First: Hello! I just got my Eagle Shell on Saturday. You'll of course need to see a picture, so I'm attaching the best I have. I promise I'll get some better ones.
We spent our first night out where it was probably in the high 20's overnight. We were so excited that the cold hardly bothered us, but more heat will be nice. We've had our Wave 3 sitting around while waiting on the Shell to arrive (seemed like forever...) and now I'm ready to do a more permanent mount. For now, it's just temporarily mounted on a board so we can get a feel for things.
My questions for now are about mounting into the wood. I'd prefer not to drill into the aluminum just yet, and would rather build up from the base. The attached photo gives an idea of what I have in mind (except I'd use nicer shelving instead of 2x4's). Then I'd attach some kind of mount for the Wave 3, possibly a swinging arm.
Can I screw into the wooden base there and build up? How far into the FWC's wood can/should I go, or do I need to go all the way through and bolt it from the bottom?
The idea is to have 20 lbs of weight, and the shelving might hang over the edge (towards the door) as the 2x4 does in the picture. In fact, all of the weight might be on the part that hangs over if I just use a swinging arm. I guess I could support some of the weight that hangs over by jamming something between the floor and the board. This is a semi-permanent install, but it doesn't need to be beautiful and I'm not the most skilled craftsman (and I'm OK with that). Over time I'm sure we'll tweak and improve.
By the way, this is a Shell with the rollover couch on the driver's side. So the rear passenger side is looking like the most attractive place to mount the heater.
Thanks for any ideas!
We spent our first night out where it was probably in the high 20's overnight. We were so excited that the cold hardly bothered us, but more heat will be nice. We've had our Wave 3 sitting around while waiting on the Shell to arrive (seemed like forever...) and now I'm ready to do a more permanent mount. For now, it's just temporarily mounted on a board so we can get a feel for things.
My questions for now are about mounting into the wood. I'd prefer not to drill into the aluminum just yet, and would rather build up from the base. The attached photo gives an idea of what I have in mind (except I'd use nicer shelving instead of 2x4's). Then I'd attach some kind of mount for the Wave 3, possibly a swinging arm.
Can I screw into the wooden base there and build up? How far into the FWC's wood can/should I go, or do I need to go all the way through and bolt it from the bottom?
The idea is to have 20 lbs of weight, and the shelving might hang over the edge (towards the door) as the 2x4 does in the picture. In fact, all of the weight might be on the part that hangs over if I just use a swinging arm. I guess I could support some of the weight that hangs over by jamming something between the floor and the board. This is a semi-permanent install, but it doesn't need to be beautiful and I'm not the most skilled craftsman (and I'm OK with that). Over time I'm sure we'll tweak and improve.
By the way, this is a Shell with the rollover couch on the driver's side. So the rear passenger side is looking like the most attractive place to mount the heater.
Thanks for any ideas!
