Best advice I could give you is find someone who knows what their doing. I’ve seen a few pretty bad installs in my travels and shake my head wondering if/when the whole setup was going to fall off the coach.
Make sure that the installer is on the list of installers provided by the lift manufacturer and ask tons of questions and watch the install, I did and I’m glad I did. Don’t accept anything that’s not attached to the frame, either bolted or welded or both. Our setup is welded and bolted to the frame. Two large plates were welded and bolted to the frame. Then two 2X4 extensions were welded to the plates and extend under and beyond the rear cap, no cutting of cap. The saddle brackets were then welded to the extensions. Real nice and solid install. He also built a custom bracket assembly for the lift motor assembly.
The guy who did ours has been doing it for a while and builds the framing prior to install. He used card board patterns and then transferred to material for the setup. He builds all of his frames to allow for a trike to be added at a later date. Told me he was tired of ripping out old setup only to install a beefer one at a later date for a trike since he gets guys who come back a year or two later looking to add a trike to their coach. Told me labor is about the same with a small up charge in material.
If or when we upgrade either the coach or to a trike I’ll be back in New Hampshire having him do the work.
Here’s our install -
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f278/hydr...4b-291542.html
Good luck.....
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