3400 port side locker doors

[sreigle]

The locker doors on the port side of our 3400 came with no provision to hold them open against the wind. That's the street side horizontally swinging doors to you landlubbers. Anyhow, being in the land of perpetual wind I kept getting swatted upon the backside by those doors.

This morning I corrected that situation. The left door will open to parallel with the rig so I used a standard chrome door holder, the little spring loaded one.

The other door has a bumper to keep it from getting under the slide where it might be destroyed if the slide was retracted with door open. It doesn't open to anywhere close to the side of the house. A short door holder like that used on the entry door worked just fine. I had to turn it 90 degrees from normal but it works great.

See another Montana or Mountaineer on the road? Flash lights twice, it might be one of us!
Steve Reigle (pronounced Regal)
Fulltiming since 3/21/03
'07 3400RL
'05 Ford F250 SD Lariat CC SB 6.0L PSD/TS FX4 4x4

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[kwbosch]

Steve,

Your rig may be different since it's newer but on my '05 the aft side of the basement door covers the furnace exhaust vent. I thought about putting a door catch on it but thought I'd forget and leave it open and melt the front of the door.

Ken



Ken & Tina in Riverside, Ca.
MOC-3237
'04 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie SWB 2WD
5.9 Cummins 600 Turbo Diesel & Auto Trans 3.73 Diff.
--Pulling--
'05 Montana 3400RL w/ PullRite SuperGlide & Prodigy Brake Control
LA Marathon Runner,'03, '04 & '05, Training for LA Marathon 2007!

[Parrothead]

Gee, Steve, and I was so envious of you guys with the newer doors under the bedroom slide. I'm kinda glad they aren't perfect. I think we have part of our problem solved with the new catch (a bent one of the kind that holds the front door open). We saw another brand of 5er when we were in AZ that had the same dumb configuration as our 05 3400 has and he was calling it dumb also. Actually a few choicer words than that. (And yes, Dave, that is a word.)
Happy trails.....................

Sue and Ed Rowe
Hemet California

2005 3400RL

2006 GMC 3500 Dually, D/A, Crew Cab, Long Bed

[Ozz]

Nice going, Steve.
Could you take pictures for us?
I'm a copy cat!
Ozz

'07 3400RL 2nd RTU
2 Golf Cart batteries 3,000 watt inverter, automatic transfer switch
Honda 2000 Generator, Maytag's with 220 Dryer
Stationary domed Sat. dish, LCD 12 Volt Amp gauge, LCD Tank Monitor
3 added 120 volt outlets, On Board Air; 12 Volt Viair 450C compressor
2006 Ford PSD 4x4 Off Road Lariat, Hadley Air Horns, Truck inverter with 110 volts: laptop, Color Backup camera, Firestone air bags,Husky air ride roller hitch, Awning lock

[sreigle]

Ken, mine also would cover the furnace vent except Keystone put a bumper in place to keep the door from opening that far. The latch I put on pulls the door up against that bumper but no further. I think in these pictures Ozz requested you'll see what I'm trying to describe.

right (aft) door:


left (forward) door:


See another Montana or Mountaineer on the road? Flash lights twice, it might be one of us!
Steve Reigle (pronounced Regal)
Fulltiming since 3/21/03
'07 3400RL
'05 Ford F250 SD Lariat CC SB 6.0L PSD/TS FX4 4x4

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[boat391]

GREAT IDEA I'll be doing this next after I finish installing shelves in our washer dryer room have this underway right now always a better mouse trap being built here lol

tim ford