installing a door handle on travel trailer

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Don Simard - 24 May 2005 03:26 GMT

Does anyone have experience installing a grab handle to a trailer? How is it
secured - are there tricks to screwing it into the trailer walls? Should I
just pay to get one installed?

don

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Tom Biasi - 24 May 2005 03:34 GMT

> Does anyone have experience installing a grab handle to a trailer? How is
> it secured - are there tricks to screwing it into the trailer walls?
> Should I just pay to get one installed?
>
> don

Hi Don,
Depends on the walls.
You need a secure mount. If the material behind your handle is just panel,
you may need to go all the way through and mount a plate behind the wall.
If you can hit a support structure you may get awaty with fastening to it.
HTTY,
Tom

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mac davis - 24 May 2005 18:23 GMT

>Does anyone have experience installing a grab handle to a trailer? How is it
>secured - are there tricks to screwing it into the trailer walls? Should I
>just pay to get one installed?
>
>don

don.. check the wall where you want to mount it, it could be a solid (wood)
frame around the door, it could be just an aluminum skin on one side and
paneling on the other..
A friend wanted one on his trailer, the dealer wanted $150 installation, because
they would have to open up the wall at the door frame and put a solid wood piece
behind it..
He opted to replace his stock handle with the swing-out one that he had picked
before, and the installation went down to $25... (and for $25, I'd let THEM have
the liability of drilling holes in a trailer)

mac

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