harleyfire18
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Guys heres what I came up with so far:
I talked to the parts guy at camping world and emailed him the picture. Haven't heard back from him yet. He wasn't sure over phone though.
I decided to call Dutchmen myself just to see what they would tell me. I got a very pleasant lady who I explained everything to. She told me that the bracket and the tv part are sold as a set and you cannot buy one without the other. When I explained again that I had two extra mounting plates in the trailer she said that the other parts must be somewhere in the trailer. I explained that they had not come with the camper and pressured her that their must be a way to use these other mounts. She then came up with this part number 171285 which she called an "arm plate". I'm guessing this is the same thing that the main tv has on the back since that tv uses the same type of mounting plate.
So I'm going to wait and see what camping world says but at least I have a part number now. BTW she said the cost was $150 but said I could get it for much less through a dealer since their prices are so marked up.
Also one more thing I found this http://www.wallmountworld.com/Detachable........Slim_TV_Wall_Mount_p/rv-flush-detach.htm
which looks to be the same two button mount however this plate looks bigger than the one in my trailer and pic. So now I want to go home and take some measurements to see if this would work or not.
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tim and amy
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Harley fire, I just went and checked my trailer. The Current LCD TV mount inside that the TV is mounted to does unhook and hang outside on that bracket. I looked for a name or such but non is found. I hope camping world comes through. I've searched for two days on google, dogpile, and yahoo for even a picture of that mounting bracket but they only come up on kodiak trailers.
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2008Wildcat
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I'll get with my Part's department tomorrow, but it is actually quite a common mount.
Keystone Outbacks use the exact same mount.....
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knesdad
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tim and amy wrote:Harley fire, I just went and checked my trailer. The Current LCD TV mount inside that the TV is mounted to does unhook and hang outside on that bracket.
Really? I looked at mine and it's mounted on a swing arm in the trailer. I have to take a bolt out to get the TV off of the arm! Unless I'm missing something, but I don't see a way to take the swing arm off the wall mount and take it with the TV either... Sucks to be me! 
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harleyfire18
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Dave try lifting up on the tv by holding both sides and pulling up. I bet you'll find that it will come out and then you'll see that bracket with the holes. The problem is the tv is large and its really hard to get a good view back there with it on.
So I talked to my guy at camping world today and he confirmed after his research that the bracket in the bedroom and outside is meant to take the living room tv off and put in one of those brackets. He said they dont sell another bracket to use on your own tv.
So my plan is to just come up with something on my own and I will probably end up taking that bracket out of the bedroom and getting my own. Personally I think that living room tv is too big and heavy to be moving around.
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u303969
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Thanks for all of the information regarding the breckets. I too called Dutchmen today and got the same response from a lady who answered the telephone. "Any RV Sales center will have them...." yea right!!! Just a thought, I'm going to replace the main TV mount in the living room of my Kodiak 284BHSL with a new one from Brandsmart. I will then buy a smaller and lighter TV for the bedroom and use the swivel mount from the living room for this TV. This will allow me to use the mount reciever that is already in the bedroom as well as the one outside. Hope this idea helps anyone. Plus, it wont cost $150.00 for a new mount.
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harleyfire18
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Heres a http://www.brandsmartusa.com/SearchProdu........DEyKStTb3J0KDUpK0Rpc3BsYXlBbGwoRmFsc2Up0 for the BrandsMart site. I had never heard of that one before. One thing to consider is that the $100 + dollar rv mounts that I've seen have some sort of a lock on them for travel. So maybe thats part of the extra cost...but I'm sure they are marked up well like any accessory these days.
On my previous trailer I found a $20 bracket with a arm on Ebay and I just made my own nylong strap with plastic buckles to secure it. I got the idea from seeing many of the tvs in the newer trailers had this setup. The straps and buckles I got from the local hardware store and then I just screwed it into my wood cabinet to hold the ends.
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Mayer5
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Hi Im buying a 284 bhsl and Im planning to pull it with a Dodge 1500 Laramie Longhorn staying mostly in Florida Georgia area . This is my first Travel Trailer any words of wisdom or advise ?
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