How To Install Gas Strut Cabinet Supports - DIY RV Upgrade

How To Install Gas Strut Cabinet Supports - DIY RV Upgrade for Camp Liberty

In this video I am installing gas cabinet lid support struts in our off-grid custom built sheep camp, Camp Liberty. DIY gas cabinet lid support struts are an easy and inexpensive upgrade that really make the upper cabinets more user friendly. The gas cabinet lid support struts are available on Amazon at the link posted below. Gas struts are an excellent DIY project! Please don’t forget to subscribe, share, like and post a comment!

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Home base for Camp Liberty is Mountain View Ranch located in beautiful Southern Oregon. Camp Liberty is not your regular travel trailer or RV camper! This is our second sheep camp. Camp Liberty always gets strange looks while on the road. We get many inquiries for a camp tour whenever we pull into a camp site or pull in to fuel up Big Red, our Ford F-350 tow vehicle.

Camp Liberty is an ultra-comfortable and completely self-contained four-season modern travel trailer modeled after the old nomadic sheep camps or range camps that were used in the sheep, cattle ranching and agriculture industries. These camps are roomy, rugged and super comfortable. While built to withstand the rigors of off-road travel in a rugged ranching environment, they are equally comfortable out on the open road.

These camps are hand-built by Peak Mountain Camps located in Spring City, Utah. The camps are fully self-contained with true four-season off-grid capabilities to keep you comfortable under all conditions. Full four-season comfort includes robust insulation, a forced air propane fired gas furnace, a wood burning stove to keep you warm when it gets cold and an air conditioner to keep you cool when the temperature soars. Lighting includes AC/DC LED and a propane gas lamp. Off-grid power is provided by a set of solar panels connected to a solar charge controller and a deep-cycle battery bank. Systems redundancy keep these camps operational and comfortable in harsh environments. This is the ideal travel trailer for both open highways and off-road adventures.

If you are interested in a camp like Camp Liberty, the awesome guys at Peak Range Camps located in the beautiful mountains of Utah will make you a customized range camp that you will treasure for generations! Call and ask for Weston Wheeler, he built Camp Liberty.

Peak Mountain Camps
phone: [phone]
15850 North Hwy 89
Spring City, Utah 84662

CAMP LIBERTY SPECS
Sleeps 4-6
42-gallon Fresh Water Tank
35-gallon Grey Water Tank
35-gallon Black Water Tank
Enclosed heated holding tanks
6-Gal On-Demand Water Heater
20,000 BTU Forced Air Furnace
4x80-90watt Solar Panel with Solar Controller
4 Deep Cycle Batteries
2 x 30lb Propane Tanks
Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) 10,500lbs
Gross Trailer Weight (GTW) 7600lbs
Dry weight 7200lbs
Tongue Weight 740lbs
Length 25'
Width 92"
Height 9' 5"
Interior Length 19' 8 ½"
Interior Width 88"
Interior Height 80 ¼" 15"
Load D Rated Tires
Frame Ground Clearance 20"

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[USNERDOC]

In this video I installed gas cabinet lid support struts Camp Liberty. This is an excellent DIY RV upgrade project!

[MrHatetheplayer]

even added the blooper at the end, relatable. i know this vid is 2 years old but it still convinced me that this is the way to go for overhead storage. the slow close feature is a nice touch, the wife won't slam them when i annoy her!

[polebridgey]

"now that I know where this mount...". That's the part I wanted to see.

[rogern]

One of the best videos I’ve seen on this subject ! I also added two gas shocks to my queen bed storage compartment and it’s hands free like my camper kitchen cabinet doors ! No more headaches or smashed fingers for me.

[blanehartleb]

Thank you so much for this video. The ones I got look exactly like yours. No instructions. THIS VIDEO was perfect.

[silversmith]

Only video that showed me how to take off gas struts! Thx.

[howiecarnivore]

Best installation instructions. I'm usually pretty good at figuring out instructions and diagrams, but whoever wrote this manual didn't know how to think as a regular Joe. Especially, not telling you the flexibility of measurement based on your project. I wasted so much time until I came upon your video. Took me not even 2 min to install after watching it...thank you! 👏

[shawnshreves]

In my case I didn't need the mounts. The ones that came with the struts worked fine. I followed the measurements in the instructions and at first had to move the "catch bracket" that keeps the door closed while in transit (they were on both sides, right in the way of course). After I did two, I realized I could keep the catch bracket and just mount the round mount just above it and it worked fine. I had smaller cabinets in our bedroom, just barely 8" tall, but the brackets "just fit" so it was a win all around. Thanks USNERDOC for the video!

[andsk]

Ur video helped me out tremendously. I bought some shocks on ebay and they didn’t come with directions. Thank u sir the measurements were spot on!

[wyattoneable]

100% better when the doors are supported. (The manufacture needs to watch this video). :)

[alexcorona]

Thank you for giving me the correct measurements, I used the ones in the Instructions provided and they would just bind.

When I used your's it worked perfectly!

[rzaba]

Came here to learn how to remove the struts from the balls. Was not disappointed.

[stephenroberts]

Thank you very much for posting these videos. Folk like you who are willing to make them make this whole interweb thingy a fabulous resource! Keep it up!

[rogern]

This great ! Been looking for a way to fix my camper doors from having to hold them open while working in the
Thanks for the video. !

[benfuhriman]

bought the gas struts and the extra mounts. The struts work great, but the mounts are too big so I ended up just using the pieces that came with the struts and they worked fine. Thanks for your video. It gave me confidence to do it.

[digdye]

Can you please tell me how to determine the actual length of the strut for it to open just like yours, at 90 degrees?

[spiritwings]

I used to install these every day. The screws that came with the secondary mount are more than sufficient. #8 pan head screw.

[ttullo]

Thanks for the video. I had this exact issue with cabinets on my credenza.

[furnicauk]

Great work! We would only suggest putting the black gas struts other way round. They will last longer 🔥

[WanderingBeast]

Nice touch, cant wait to be that far on my van build. Just finishing the wall panels at the moment