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Originally Posted by Shane826
Where would you put them? And wouldn’t that make it even harder to close?
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I'd have to weld brackets to the frame. Not a big deal.
That's the beauty of the gas struts. They can lift a lot of weight but are easy to retract. Same concept as most cars have on their trunk lids and SUVs have on their tailgates. Our last motorhome had them on our king sized platform bed. That bed was heavy as heck but you could lift and lower it with with one finger. We stored a lot of stuff under there.
Auto manufacturers abandoned the torsion rod technology about 40-years ago. I've often wondered why TM hasn't gone with gas struts a long time ago. There MUST be a reason. I'm just not seeing it. That's why I'm posting this thread. Maybe someone knows and save me a lot of time and $.