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Those who tow fifth wheels or heavy bumper pulls, this might interest you...

http://www.automatedsafetyhitch.com/2013/05/backing/

Hi everyone. Just thought I would post the results of my attempt to make the 13 RDB a bit more user friendly. We tend to leave the dinette bed down as our queen bed. As such, we didn't have a table for the computer, lunch, food prep, banana grams, cards, etc. We usually use the outside portable kitchen, however, on a cold or rainy day we needed another flex space.

Enter new bench seat and corner dinette..with Lagun aluminum articulating arm w/table top. (usually used in marine applications, however some Northstar campers are using them).

The space between our midship bath and the sofa bed was originally open extra floor space. I found some stainless table legs on sale at Home Depot and made a portable bench for the corner. The cushion is actually a spare from the dinette that is not needed when in the dinette is in the down bed position.

We wanted to keep the storage space underneath the new bench due to our limited space however I guess I could have made a bulkhead. My goal was to keep a storage area for the extra water in the blue jug for when I dry camp while hunting.

The articulating arm is all high grade aluminum and dissembles when not in use. I can take the table top and arm apart and store them behind the bench or under the sofa bed. The table top is a cheap plastic Walmart folding table, which I robbed the top from. It's light and won't scratch the adzel up when stored.

Both the Lagun arm and the table top can independently swivel 360 degrees which gives us many combinations for food prep next to the counter or we can move it further into the corner if someone wants to lie down and have a side table. The arm also slides up and down for an adjustable height.

The one tricky part was adding a 3/4" plywood backing on the inside of the Adzel sofa base. I cut the plywood it to fit in between the aluminum box tube frame,  then affixed the 1/2" aluminum angle and flat bar to the top and bottom for rigidity. Its quite bomb proof now.

The Lagun arm came with white plastic spacers which I chose to put in behind the mounting plate on the Adzel. This allows the sofa to still be lowered into the bed mode.

Hope this might help someone looking for a side table or a new flex space like us.

Happy Camping!!

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone knows the part number/name of the outside porch light lens (clear) on a 2013 13 RDB Camp Lite trailer. Mine has a on/off switch on the left side and what looks like 4 tabs for the lens cover to clip in (however the lens blew off so I have no reference). I have tried searching e-tailer, and amazon, however it seems all of the replacement lens have only three tab clip in.

Thanks in advance

KC

I just picked one of the Lagun articulating table support up for the 13 RDB. Still waiting on delivery from the U.K. My plan was to attach it to the front sofa as you enter the door. (It's along the front wall in the RDB). Thought it would be a good alternative for breakfast when the rear dinette bed is down (which is all the time as we don't have the tip out). Also adds a bit of a flex space and office /  computer area and could double as additional food prep table while cooking at the stove.

Anyone have experience with these? I know they are popular as an option with the Northstar campers. Originally came from the marine industry.

https://www.marineteak.co.uk/lagun-adjustable-swivelling-cockpit-table-mounting-system-331

had a bit of a hail incident last week ...vent covers were hit pretty good so I installed these tonight  :

lift kit installed. new 14" wheels from eTrailer. Bf Goodrich LT all terrain T/As.