Hi Everyone!
We live in Northern Virginia and have a gooseneck horse trailer with a weekender LQ in the front and nose. The trailer has propane (hot water heater & two burner stove) and is wired for 110 hookups (fridge & /C). When we bought it, it came with a home type refrigerator sitting on the counter top and held in place with screws and a bungee (hold the door closed in motion).
The problem we have is, unless we have hookups or use our portable generator, we don't have a fridge. We usually use the trailer to haul the horses to one and two day shows and snack out of a cooler - the generator will either run the A/C or everything else on 110. Around here in the summer, I'm not sacrificing A/C at an all day horse show just to run lights and the fridge! I figure if I can swap out the existing fridge for a 2 way, I'll be in heaven.
What we have run into is that we have a 40H x 24 7/8W x 21D footprint and none of the fridges I can find are less than 24D. My husband is under the misconception that the Dometic RM2410 I have ordered has "feet" and will fit. I disabused him of that, explaining that ones that small are built in. I stopped looking for a 21" fridge and began thinking about constructing the enclosure box it will reside in. It seems to me that we could build that on top of the 21" countertop and that will overhang a little bit but it is not a place where it will make much difference to lose that space.
Unfortunately, my husband also thinks this refrigerator is going to come all put together. He told me he could "hook it up" starting with the existing gas lines. I nicely (believe that?) said no, we'll pay someone qualified to mess with the gas.
Have any of you installed a fridge like this? Back many years ago, my father built his own RV and installed everything himself but he also built our house and worked on airplanes and helicopters, etc. My husband, not so much. He's good at around the house and auto repairs and certainly can swap out a hot water heater or sink disposal but I feel that, when it comes to venting, etc, I'm not sure I want him cutting into the side of my horse trailer!
The trailer is aluminum over steel and made by Collin-Arndt (sadly out of business) but was factory insulated in the LQ area.
I printed out the Dometic Installation Instructions.
How big a job is this assembly/install and should I be looking for some pro place to do it? I already checked Raines RV and Holly Acres. Raines said they'd sell it to me but not install. Safford RV is further away and said they'd both sell it to me and install but they want $700 more for the unit than I can get on Amazon.
What say you kind RVers?
We live in Northern Virginia and have a gooseneck horse trailer with a weekender LQ in the front and nose. The trailer has propane (hot water heater & two burner stove) and is wired for 110 hookups (fridge & /C). When we bought it, it came with a home type refrigerator sitting on the counter top and held in place with screws and a bungee (hold the door closed in motion).
The problem we have is, unless we have hookups or use our portable generator, we don't have a fridge. We usually use the trailer to haul the horses to one and two day shows and snack out of a cooler - the generator will either run the A/C or everything else on 110. Around here in the summer, I'm not sacrificing A/C at an all day horse show just to run lights and the fridge! I figure if I can swap out the existing fridge for a 2 way, I'll be in heaven.
What we have run into is that we have a 40H x 24 7/8W x 21D footprint and none of the fridges I can find are less than 24D. My husband is under the misconception that the Dometic RM2410 I have ordered has "feet" and will fit. I disabused him of that, explaining that ones that small are built in. I stopped looking for a 21" fridge and began thinking about constructing the enclosure box it will reside in. It seems to me that we could build that on top of the 21" countertop and that will overhang a little bit but it is not a place where it will make much difference to lose that space.
Unfortunately, my husband also thinks this refrigerator is going to come all put together. He told me he could "hook it up" starting with the existing gas lines. I nicely (believe that?) said no, we'll pay someone qualified to mess with the gas.
Have any of you installed a fridge like this? Back many years ago, my father built his own RV and installed everything himself but he also built our house and worked on airplanes and helicopters, etc. My husband, not so much. He's good at around the house and auto repairs and certainly can swap out a hot water heater or sink disposal but I feel that, when it comes to venting, etc, I'm not sure I want him cutting into the side of my horse trailer!
The trailer is aluminum over steel and made by Collin-Arndt (sadly out of business) but was factory insulated in the LQ area.
I printed out the Dometic Installation Instructions.
How big a job is this assembly/install and should I be looking for some pro place to do it? I already checked Raines RV and Holly Acres. Raines said they'd sell it to me but not install. Safford RV is further away and said they'd both sell it to me and install but they want $700 more for the unit than I can get on Amazon.
What say you kind RVers?