Seat belts - rear

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I would like to add seat belts for the rear seats (26'-3 floorplan) but see
no satisfactory way to anchor them. Has anybody BTDT?

Bill Brown - 77 Buckeye Cruiser x Kingsley
Coshocton, Ohio

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Bill Brown writes...

> I would like to add seat belts for the rear seats (26'-3 floorplan) but see
> no satisfactory way to anchor them. Has anybody BTDT?

The factory did it with a plate that stretched between two chassis
crossmembers. The anchor bolted to that plate and extended through a
hole in the floor. On mine, the plate was 1/8" thick and about 8"
wide.

But I would think that a 4" plate attached to the underside of the
floor, thorugh which the anchor bolt is fastened, would be plenty. Any
force required to pull that through the 3/4" or 1" plywood floor is
way beyond what would be survivable in any case. The only issue is if
the body separates from the frame, but the wrecks we've seen pictured
here didn't show that problem.

Rick "whose anchor interfered with the new fuel tank mounts" Denney

'73 230 Ex-Glacier "Jaws"
Northern Virginia

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Thanks Rick but the problem, as I see it, is that there isn't any floor
there. On one side I have the generator compartment and on the other the
water tank and propane compartment. OK on the water tank side there is a
floor - I guess I could snake a set of belts down to the floor on that side.
But I'm still at a loss for the generator side. The fiberglass generator
cover is not nearly strong enough.
Bill Brown - 77 Buckeye Cruiser
Coshocton, Ohio

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Denney"

> Bill Brown writes...
>
>> I would like to add seat belts for the rear seats (26'-3 floorplan) but
>> see
>> no satisfactory way to anchor them. Has anybody BTDT?
>
> The factory did it with a plate that stretched between two chassis
> crossmembers. The anchor bolted to that plate and extended through a
> hole in the floor. On mine, the plate was 1/8" thick and about 8"
> wide.
>
> But I would think that a 4" plate attached to the underside of the
> floor, thorugh which the anchor bolt is fastened, would be plenty. Any
> force required to pull that through the 3/4" or 1" plywood floor is
> way beyond what would be survivable in any case. The only issue is if
> the body separates from the frame, but the wrecks we've seen pictured
> here didn't show that problem.
>
> Rick "whose anchor interfered with the new fuel tank mounts" Denney
>
> '73 230 Ex-Glacier "Jaws"
> Northern Virginia

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Bill Brown writes...

> Thanks Rick but the problem, as I see it, is that there isn't any floor
> there. On one side I have the generator compartment and on the other the
> water tank and propane compartment. OK on the water tank side there is a
> floor - I guess I could snake a set of belts down to the floor on that side.
> But I'm still at a loss for the generator side. The fiberglass generator
> cover is not nearly strong enough.

Sorry, I wasn't far enough in the back of the coach. The top of my
generator box is 3/4" plywood, held down to the floor probably well
enough for this purpose. That part of my coach has nothing original to
speak of.

One possibility is to anchor a 2" angle steel the length of the seat
to the side rail with a body screw every several inches or so. It
needs to be strong enough to hold 1000 pounds or so, and a dozen of
those screws along the length of a piece of angle ought to do that.
That's what I would consider, with the notion that something is better
than nothing.

Rick "who hasn't designed for that many passengers" Denney

'73 230 Ex-Glacier "Jaws"
Northern Virginia

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Bill,

Isn't the top of the generator compartment below the beltline extrusion?
That's plenty strong enough for you to drill and tap into it for anchors.

JMHO,

Ken H

> -----Original Message-----
> ...
> But I'm still at a loss for the generator side. The
> fiberglass generator cover is not nearly strong enough.
> Bill Brown - 77 Buckeye Cruiser
> Coshocton, Ohio

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What about bolting them to the main beam that runs down the full length
of the coach? It would put the anchor point a little higher but would
still be below hip level and would be the strongest point on the entire
body.
Darren Paget
http://www.TZEplus.com

> Thanks Rick but the problem, as I see it, is that there isn't any
> floor there. On one side I have the generator compartment and on the
> other the water tank and propane compartment.

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