secureing sofa in slide

[MissouriCamper]

I'm planning on removing my dinette and replacing it with a recpro 70" jack knife sofa. Anyone that has done this did you secure the sofa to the floor or did you just let it sit as is. There is something about using L brackets on their site but the information they provide is extremely sketchy to the point of being invisible.

[4x4van]

valhalla360 wrote:

stripit wrote:
We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.

Probably bolted down because you have a MH and with seatbelts, it's considered at least technically as seating while driving.

It also can turn into a large, heavy, flying missile in case of an accident if it's not secured. That's not nearly as important in a TT/5er.

[valhalla360]

stripit wrote:
We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.

Probably bolted down because you have a MH and with seatbelts, it's considered at least technically as seating while driving.

[MissouriCamper]

jdc1 wrote:
A jacknife sofa is not the same as a regular sofa or recliner. They are top heavy. They need to be bolted in place. The plywood subfloor in slides is 1". Use lag bolts. The framing under the plywood is usually 1" also, so, if you penetrate the plywood, do so no more than 3/4".

Thank you, very informative and useful information. I appreciate you along with the others, taking the time to respond to my post.

[jdc1]

A jacknife sofa is not the same as a regular sofa or recliner. They are top heavy. They need to be bolted in place. The plywood subfloor in slides is 1". Use lag bolts. The framing under the plywood is usually 1" also, so, if you penetrate the plywood, do so no more than 3/4".

[ReneeG]

rhagfo wrote:

stripit wrote:
We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.

OP is asking about a 5th wheel, only our kitchen table is secured, chairs, futon, recliner all just sit there..

Same with our FW. Only the table is screwed down.

[rhagfo]

stripit wrote:
We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.

OP is asking about a 5th wheel, only our kitchen table is secured, chairs, futon, recliner all just sit there..

[dieseltruckdriv]

We pulled the jackknife sofa out of ours and replaced it with a dual reclining loveseat about 4 years ago and it's not fastened down. The original one wasn't either. No problems yet.

[stripit]

We just removed the sofa from our rig and it was held down to the wooden flooring with lag bolts. Then there were large bolts for the seat belts that went into steel framing.I would use some way to secure the unit to the floor.

[valhalla360]

The ones we have had always just sat there with nothing holding them in place.

[joelc]

I have a 5er and both the reclining chairs and sofa that is in a slide just sit there. When I am on the road and close the slides the sofa and chairs are penned in and can't move.

[Lwiddis]

An unsecured sofa wouldn’t be wise IMO…not that it needs to be overdone however.