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Old 08-30-2012, 07:43 AM   #1
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Travel with tv on wall???

I just installed a 27 LCD tv using the factory mount. We are heading out tomorrow for our first trip in the 21RR. Is it ok to leave the tv on the wall mount while hauling or should I take it down and store it somewhere else?
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Old 08-30-2012, 09:50 AM   #2
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If it's securely installed you can leave it there. We leave both TV's (one on the factory installed mount, one in the bedroom on a mount we installed ourself) in place and have no problems.

Woudn't be a bad idea just to double check the screws are still good and tight before each trip though.
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Old 08-30-2012, 10:37 AM   #3
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We've not had any issues with the tv/mount I installed myself using an inexpensive mount from Best Buy.
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Old 08-30-2012, 10:51 AM   #4
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Old 08-30-2012, 01:30 PM   #5
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Can't see it being a problem.

We leave our 32"-er on it's factory mount...
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Old 08-30-2012, 01:35 PM   #6
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OK Thanks all
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Old 08-30-2012, 02:18 PM   #7
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We live in California. We have the nation's worst roads...even worse than the northbound out of OK City!. Our mattress comes off the bed at times... We remove ours from the bedroom mount.
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Old 08-31-2012, 09:44 AM   #8
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We have both and have traveled with them 5 times so far. Haven't moved once not even a half an inch.
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:04 PM   #9
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We live in New York we have the worst roads I take mine off the wall.
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:13 PM   #10
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Leave mine up. Hit some rough roads last weekend and it didn't budge. If I ever mount a TV in the bedroom I'll probably take it down for travel.
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Old 09-06-2012, 03:09 PM   #11
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I leave mine on the wall, without a problem.

Last weekend camping, I left my new MacBook out, and when my son and his fiancee brought thier two Labs into the TT, DW was worried that the laptop might get chewed or stepped-on (they are still pups), so she stuck it on top of a wall-mounted shelf for the DVD player that I installed in the TT bedroom. She told me it was there, but I soon forgot completely about it, and it rode there all the way home, without vibrating off of the shelf.
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You must have bin on a new road
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Old 09-07-2012, 07:33 AM   #13
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We leave our living room 32" on the mount all the time and we have hit some roads that were bad enough that on the way to the FROG rally in Goshen it tore the wall mounted light fixture right off the wall and our stand alone dinette table tore out of the floor, coffee table flipped upside down and smashed the light that is mounted on it. So ya I think the TV mounts are pretty good. The only caution I would offer is to take the TV down once in a while and check all the mounting screws and bolts as ours were quite loose when I took the TV down last week.
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Old 09-19-2012, 08:47 AM   #14
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I've made 2 trips so far and left the tv on the wall. I checked the screws each time and so far no wiggle but these were short trips also. Will keep an eye on it.
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