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10-30-2019, 10:17 PM
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Junior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Port Neches, Texas
Posts: 17
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Dinning table chairs!! Stowing for travel?
They fall and flop and flip....no matter how we lay them.
What are the clever hacks for tieing down these whirling dervishes?
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10-30-2019, 11:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chemicalguy
They fall and flop and flip....no matter how we lay them.
What are the clever hacks for tieing down these whirling dervishes?
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Regular chairs? Set them at the table like normal, then use elastic cords to hook them together or to the table pedestal. You make want to put a place mat or towel between the table edge and chair backs.
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10-30-2019, 11:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chemicalguy
They fall and flop and flip....no matter how we lay them.
What are the clever hacks for tieing down these whirling dervishes?
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What, are you road racing or what? Just kidding. The wife just puts our two chairs right almost against the wall, and tucked under the table, as though we were gonna sit in them only a bit closer to the table. And, in the 50K miles and 8 years we've owned this rig and ran it, those chairs have sat right there, without moving. But, ours are on carpet so, that may, or may not, make a difference.
Scott
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10-31-2019, 01:54 AM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Moorpark, Ca.
Posts: 24,125
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We turn ours toward the center aisle and then push them back against the buffet. In six years, one tipped over once.
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2019 Newmar Dutch Star 4018 (Freightliner)
2019 Ford Raptor
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10-31-2019, 07:28 AM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,204
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We were involved in a head on. Since then all the chairs are tied together with nylon straps. The 2 dinning table chairs are tied together through a sturdy table brace and the "Swedish chair and hassock are tied to the dinning table chairs.
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10-31-2019, 08:18 AM
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Community Administrator
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 21,571
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Use a couple of long bungee cords around the chairs to hold them up against the table.
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10-31-2019, 04:05 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Fort Myers, FL
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We trashed ours and got two office chairs with bungee seats and back. They have five wheels and make it easy to get in and out. We simply bungee them to each other and the side base cabinet doors and they never move. When entertaining we swivel and two captains chairs and use beach/other chairs at the table.
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11-12-2019, 11:29 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 724
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We used to go thru the bungee thing till we just started laying them on their side, works great.
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