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Old 07-10-2014, 07:35 AM   #1
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Replacing Jackknife Sofa

Want to replace the jackknife sofa with acouple of recliners or a reclining loveseat. Please post your solutions. I saw that Forest River has a new loveseat but have no idea how to find out about it. What have you all
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Old 07-10-2014, 11:56 AM   #2
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I replaced mine with 2 Lazy Boy wall hugger type recliners. Had to build a 12" deep platform, to make slide floor even with dinette, for the front legs to sit on, put casters on it and carpeted it to match. I left extra carpet on back of platform to lay over slide floor where sofa sat and stapled it over the original carpet. It moves in and out with the slide. Much more comfortable than the sofa. I have a 3010DS Sunseeker MH.
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Old 07-10-2014, 01:29 PM   #3
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I replaced mine with 2 Lazy Boy wall hugger type recliners. Had to build a 12" deep platform, to make slide floor even with dinette, for the front legs to sit on, put casters on it and carpeted it to match. I left extra carpet on back of platform to lay over slide floor where sofa sat and stapled it over the original carpet. It moves in and out with the slide. Much more comfortable than the sofa. I have a 3010DS Sunseeker MH.
Would love to see what it looks like...ours is on a slide too. We have a 3011ds Forester.
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Old 07-10-2014, 01:53 PM   #4
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Here's what we did to our Lexi 283ts. Removed the jacknife and replaced it with a dual recliner from Shop4Seats.
First pic is old jacknife, rest are new seats.
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Old 07-10-2014, 02:08 PM   #5
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Would love to see what it looks like...ours is on a slide too. We have a 3011ds Forester.
If I can learn how to post a picture, I'll put it on. Just got a smart phone, and can barely take pictures, let alone do anything with them! Trying to get a grand kid to show me how, it they ever come over.
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Old 11-08-2018, 11:53 AM   #6
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Did you have to add on to your slide floor? Our jack-knife sofa is only 32 inches deep; we'd like to replace it but we can't find a recliner(s) or reclining loveseat with less than 35 inches of depth.
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Old 11-09-2018, 10:37 AM   #7
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Did you have to add on to your slide floor? Our jack-knife sofa is only 32 inches deep; we'd like to replace it but we can't find a recliner(s) or reclining loveseat with less than 35 inches of depth.
I replaced our sofabed with leather loveseat recliners from Costco , the backs are removable and they are wall huggers. I did not fasten them down , on our 26' Forestriver ,Flagstaff
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Did you have to add on to your slide floor? Our jack-knife sofa is only 32 inches deep; we'd like to replace it but we can't find a recliner(s) or reclining loveseat with less than 35 inches of depth.
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I replaced our sofabed with leather loveseat recliners from Costco , the backs are removable and they are wall huggers. I did not fasten them down , on our 26' Forestriver ,Flagstaff
You guys know you are posting to a thread from 2014?
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You guys know you are posting to a thread from 2014?
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Old 11-15-2018, 12:29 PM   #10
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Got mine done at Bradd and Hall. What a difference.
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