Galley door props

[rufi0h]

Does anyone have some advice to use for the Galley door prop. I tried searching around here but I might be looking for the wrong words.

If found this on Amazon and thought two would work for my gally door. http://www.amazon.com/Wright-Products-V150WH-Heavy-Duty-Pneumatic/dp/B0009YDHJ8/ref=pd_cp_hi_2

Here is a picture of my Galley doors closed.

[dexstrom]

I'm not sure that would open the Galley door sufficiently for use. Lots of people use gas struts for that kind of lift, there are various levels of pressure from 10 pounds to 150 lbs.+. You need to match the weight and length to the galley door for easy open/close.

http://www.rvpartscountry.com/GasSpringsStruts

[absolutsnwbrdr]

The pneumatic screen door prop definitely won't work. You'd be better off with a piece of wood.

Those of us who have installed gas struts have found that the struts usually used are rated anywhere from 75-150lbs. And unfortunately there isn't a simple answer on what you'll need. It all depends on the geometry of your hatch and positions of mounting locations.

Here are 2 links that helped me out....

viewtopic.php?p=350386#350386

viewtopic.php?p=54750#p54750

[Woodbutcher]

This place sells a strut that is adjustable. You can bleed off pressure till you get the right poundage.



http://www.spdhardware.com/

[Midget]

We used wood dowels on each corner. I made a bracket which is attached to the corners of the door out of sheet metal and bolted one end of the dowel. Towards the middle, above the latch I screwed two catches side by side so when the rods swing up, they clip in for storage. The other end of the dowel has a piece of threaded rod at 90 degrees to the dowel. It's about 3/4 inches long. This piece fits into a metal tube that I drove into the side wall. When you swing down the prop rods, you fit the metal into the hole and it holds the lid open. It also prevents the lid from blowing over on top the trailer. Since our galley lid is full width, It's a bit heavy and a blow over would tear up the hinges pretty bad.


Bob

[Backroads4me]

Here's a photo of my TCTeardrop galley---the "hurricane hinges" on mine are spring-like. You push in the middle of each to close the door and they have springy "give" to prevent the door from flipping backwards (or off) in a high wind.

[mike_c]

We use simple wooden props, one on each side. They're 1 1/8 inch diameter wooden dowels with rubber covers fitted over each end. The top fits into a brass cup set into the inner side of the galley door (the cups are brass closet door finger pulls). The bottom currently just sits on the hatch lower door sill, but I'm planning to add brass pins that fit into small holes to prevent the props from being kicked out sideways, not that that has ever happened, LOL.

Anyway, the wooden props are low tech, dependable, and they look nice. I finished them with a coat of CPES followed by Epifanes varnish. They'll probably last forever.

on edit, here's a pic: