TRAILER TALK

Mod #1: Dinette, Banquette w/ Storage

When you have a designer in the family, you never run out of ideas or opportunities! Christina got busy redesigning Big Willy before we even got him home from New Mexico. John kept arguing that we should (a) get him purchased and home, and (b) maybe use him once or twice before we started switching things up. I will let you guess who won that argument.

Our first remodel (of what could be many), was the dinette. The standard solution in the 2022 Globetrotter was a two-part table with a bench on either side. You had to latch the two halves of the table together and there were two supporting posts. The halves of the table didn’t align well and the table itself wasn’t very stable. The legs weren’t adjustable, and so if we wanted to convert the dinette area to a seating lounge or bed, we had to remove the legs and store them somewhere. We also thought a u-shaped bench would allow us to accommodate a third person at the table while also providing some additional storage. We decided we would make some modifications.

We started researching and discovered Airstream had redesigned the table for the 2024 model year. We liked the direction they had gone, so we reached out to Airstream for pricing. Yikes! ($$$$) We quickly decided to go a different direction! We found a hydraulic table pedestal which would allow us to easily adjust the table height, and allowed for side to side and front to back adjustments. Here is a link if you are interested. For the top, we wanted one solid surface that was large enough for dinner or working. So, we had to make a new table top to meet our needs. We also had to fabricate a third bench to create the u-shape we were after. Below, we have included some before and after images, as well as a step-by-step of what we did.