Some things to consider, especially in these times of "almost impossible to find people to work" that we're currently facing:
The "new cleaning lady" may be working on her first trailer and being "super dedicated to her new job" may determine that the decal in the middle of that blank wall is detracting from the hard work she did to clean the area, so she may "just move it up to the corner so people can better see the results of her work".....
Or, the "design engineers at the factory" may have determined that a "left oriented swing arm TV mount" would provide better viewing experiences, so they contacted the "draftsmen" to request a change in "mounting plate location" to be 12" to the left (or maybe to the right) on next years models, but.... As with any "well oiled machine", the people writing the owner's manual didn't get the update and neither did the decal placement people on the line, so the mounting plate got moved in the "sidewall fabrication plant" but nobody on the assembly floor was aware...... And the result could easily be that the cleaning lady actually moved it closer to the plate than the factory worker that actually put the decal in the trailer.......
And, let's don't forget the 8 year old that's accompanying mom and dad as they walk through unlocked trailers who brings a decal to mom saying, "Look what I found"... So mom, trying to not look too conspicuous, either folds it up and puts it in a drawer (can't be stealing that way) or goes to the bedroom and puts it where there's a blank spot, possibly even on the wrong wall, but hey, don't blame the "unsupervised kid" as they go on to the next trailer.....
DON'T BELIEVE ANY DECAL IN ANY TRAILER !!!!!
All that said, also remember that Keystone builds two "trailer sidewall designs"... One is aluminum framed, laminated walls (usually with aluminum mounting plates welded in place, but probably not directly behind the luan interor wallboard, but with a half inch or more styrofoam between the wallboard and the plate) and the other is wood framed, hand insulated trailers with wooden studs, aluminum skin and luan interior walls that are "hollow with fiberglass insulation. That type trailer usually has a plywood/OSB mounting plate that's stapled between two wall studs. So stud finders may or may not be capable of detecting the "hollow space between the wallboard and the mounting plate"....
Usually a sharp needle held in vice grips will pierce the wallboard and detect the density of the mounting plate much better than "drilling lots of holes in a walking pattern" or "trusting the new cleaning lady"......
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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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