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Having recently bought a secondhand Troll 540 that came with no rear table, I have explored a number of avenues to getting one that matches (or, ideally, is identical to) the original. So, being a 540 it came, originally, with a freestanding (and very heavy) table. Ours has the rear chest of drawers type "thing" at the back wall as well. Eventually I managed to get a quote for a new table out of Hymer - £600 for a small, front table and £1000 for a rear freestanding one, with a rear single-legged one being over £800...

Hmmm. That was a very, very considerable cost and so I looked at alternative solutions. There were no secondhand Eriba ones (I just missed one on Facebook, apparently) and unlikely to be any in the foreseeable future. So, could I obtain one from another caravan make? Or make one from scratch? In the end I managed to find a similar-sized freestanding table from an unknown make of caravan, being sold for just over £50 by a caravan breaker on Ebay. Hard to tell the condition, but I risked it and, when it arrived, I was pleasantly surprised to find it was in pretty good condition - just the T-trim had shrunk, leaving a gap at one end of about 1cm. We also really wanted a single leg, hook-on table, rather than a freestanding one, because we have used previous Triton ones a lot hooked on outside the caravan.

So we now, at least, had a working table in the lounge area. At this point I looked carefully at the construction and was pleased to note that both ends had a solid pine section going well beyond the curve. Excellent. This meant I could cut the end off, leaving me with a straight section to which I could attach the usual Eriba table "hook". (This, by the way, was another challenge - finding the two table-mounting profiles available for sale in the Uk. Many, many thanks to John England for helping me with this. The internal profile is now attached to the front lip of the rear cabinet (which itself hooks on the the "usual" Eriba one on the caravan rear wall).

So, the risky conversion began. I marked up and cut the table, using several layers of masking tape to try and prevent the laminate from chipping. A very fine jigsaw blade and my jigsaw set to full pendulum action to ensure only downward cuts. This all worked pretty well. A clean up of the cut and attachment of the rear table hook, plus fitting of a brand new foldable and height-adjustable Reimo leg (same as a standard Eriba one) - bought from ClearCut Conversions in Devon - to the underside, plus, for now, fitting some hole bungs to disguise the holes left from removal of the old folding table legs' screws.

Tried it out and I am very happy. Total cost under £100 - and it's very light, which is great...

...Except it's finished in oak, so doesn't match the "Merano Pear" Eriba interior at all well, however I have now found a very close matching Formica laminate - Ice Quarstone (anyone found a better match?) - which I will obtain and glue on at a later date (when I can find it at a a good price) and then add an edge trim that matches the Eriba one more closely (Has anyone found any that matches well, by the way?) The newer ones are glued-on flat trims, but I think push-in T-Trims will be more reliable for my table...

Completed pictures to follow...

Simon

This reminds me of our second 540, a 2005, which we bought in 2011ish. The table on the central chest versions was stored under the offside lounge bench, with a wooden L shaped piece at either end thatcit slid into.

A previous owner had decided that instead of having a free standing table that could go anywhere, they wanted one like Simboc that could only fit at the back of the lounge or on the side of the van and therefore only needed one leg not four.

They had removed the original legs and they'd been lost in the mists of time. They had then taken what must've been a very blunt saw and removed about 6ins of table end, cutting across the actual laminate surface, revealing the interior honeycomb. They'd then fitted the hook on attachment using some form of sealant to try and hide the ugly holes each side. Nothing could hide the chipped edges of laminate which looked ghastly.

Worse was to come, because the table was shorter, it was no longer held securely in its cradle and whilst travelling it slid about under the lounge bench. This, in turn meant the lovely wooden surround came in contact with the back of the exterror locker door lock, which had gouged a deep ragged hole in the wood.

So during our ownership the thing was never used. It would've been handy if the original legs had still been around as buying a new table top from Hymer would've been a lot cheaper than a complete new table.

Anyway when we sold the van we showed the offending table to the new owners. They blanched and said they didn't want it and the remains went to the tip.