So far the struts have held up well this summer. Did over 30 days camping and all went well. At the time that I had the struts installed I also thought that 100 to 120 pounds would be better than 60 pounds but the tech who installed them said that if you have too much resistance when closing, you would put more pressure on the brackets when closing the roof and make the roof harder to close the last foot or so. After thinking about it, I agreed with him and he then said to try the 60 pound struts and if I'am not happy with them, he would replace them with 100 pound struts. So far I am very pleased with the install of the 60 pound struts and they have been working very well. When I open the roof, the front section with the struts go up about 3- 4 feet, I stand inside the camper door which is in the down position, and push up the rear roof section some and then use a 6 foot long shovel handle with a rubber cap to push up the roof and engage the front section locking them in place. When lowering, I stand inside the door again with the sides down and push up on the roof to disengage the two sections, being careful not to get bonked in the head but so far so good. I keep an eye on the brackets of the struts to make sure they are holding and realize that eventually, the struts will leak and fail but they all do sooner or later. In my opinion, the struts are worth it, makes raising and lowering manageably without the electric lift which is in the storage bin and there it will stay.
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2021 Apex Nano 191RBS OFF GRID
2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 4x4 3.6 L
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