Hunter
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One of the things that we did not like about the 21fbs was the fact that the table had to be put down while traveling. We like to stop at truck stops or along the side of the road and make a coffee and just sit at the table and have a rest.
The 21fbs was lacking this feature, but, my husband promised that he would modify the table to allow it to stay up all the time.
Our friend knew someone who would be able to bend metal, my husband designed the legs, and between the 2 of them, they decided the material to be used.
Each leg was made out of a single piece of 48 inch long, 3 inches wide and 3/8" thick stainless steel. The stainless steel was bent to have an 8 inch base, 28 inches of height & 12 inch top. Holes were pre-drilled in the stainless steel for anchoring to the floor and to the table top. A foot and braces were saudered on ... see pictures on below link. Total cost ... as we went with stainless steel .. was $250 plus taxes. The cost would have been less if we had gone with another material, but, I liked the idea of never having to paint it.
The legs are extremely sturdy .. in fact maybe a little sturdier than what they should be. Each leg weights 16.2 lbs, but once attached they will not go anywhere.
Pictures and explanations can be found at:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/569375754mHDjuE
My husband is going to use the existing table leg holes to attach the new legs. Our current plans for attachment is to use a bung in the hole, as we want to take the table down if we want to use the bench as a bed. Regardless of whether we use a bung or fill the hole with wood (if the bung idea doesn't work), we will be using the existing hole in the floor to attach the legs. We put the foot on the base so that the existing metal leg holes will stay where they are.
P.S. You can also find this post on The North Trailers.com forum at: http://www.northtrailtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1121
The 21fbs was lacking this feature, but, my husband promised that he would modify the table to allow it to stay up all the time.
Our friend knew someone who would be able to bend metal, my husband designed the legs, and between the 2 of them, they decided the material to be used.
Each leg was made out of a single piece of 48 inch long, 3 inches wide and 3/8" thick stainless steel. The stainless steel was bent to have an 8 inch base, 28 inches of height & 12 inch top. Holes were pre-drilled in the stainless steel for anchoring to the floor and to the table top. A foot and braces were saudered on ... see pictures on below link. Total cost ... as we went with stainless steel .. was $250 plus taxes. The cost would have been less if we had gone with another material, but, I liked the idea of never having to paint it.
The legs are extremely sturdy .. in fact maybe a little sturdier than what they should be. Each leg weights 16.2 lbs, but once attached they will not go anywhere.
Pictures and explanations can be found at:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/569375754mHDjuE
My husband is going to use the existing table leg holes to attach the new legs. Our current plans for attachment is to use a bung in the hole, as we want to take the table down if we want to use the bench as a bed. Regardless of whether we use a bung or fill the hole with wood (if the bung idea doesn't work), we will be using the existing hole in the floor to attach the legs. We put the foot on the base so that the existing metal leg holes will stay where they are.
P.S. You can also find this post on The North Trailers.com forum at: http://www.northtrailtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1121
. GOOD IDEA you have there 
