I have a job where the wife is DONE with drywall dust. We got called in late to do a Fujitsu P50XHA10US and five in walls. The monitor absolutely has to be perfectly centered and of course the studs will not line up. Usually I employ my construction background and cut open the wall, install new framing, patch it up and I'm good to go. What I need is a mount that will span three studs and has the ability to adjust side to side. Haven't seen it at Chief... our main company or Peerless from our distributor. There has got to be something like this out there and I'll bet one of you knows where I can find it. Thanks in advance.

Rhm9....

If you use a number of large toggle bolts, you should be fine...

there are several out there that are rated in excess of 90lbs EACH...

use 6 or eight of these, and you'll be fine...

no dust. plenty of strength, perfect alignment.done.$$$

avdude

Here is a suggestion. Omnimount makes a bracket that only mounts into one stud. If one of the studs is within about six inches from center you can pull it off. Here's how it goes. You need the Plasma fixed mount MTQM300F-G $54.97,(Bracket) MTUM1 $82.47 (Universal Adaptor Plate. If you haven't used one of these things they are kind of a pain. But no big deal.
On the adaptor plate are 4 screws that you can remove. This will let the Plasma slide 6" either way. Nice thing about it is the center screws stay in so the TV just can't slide off. Works good and has gotten us out of trouble in the past. They also have a tilt mount if needed. When ordering MAKE SURE YOU ORDER THE ADAPTOR PLATE. IF YOU DON'T YOUCAN'T MOUNT IT. We have used them for the 53" Pioneer. Nobody has called to let me know that their TV is on the floor. Good Luck.

AVDude

Maybe that idea plus drilling the center of the mount and installing lags (3 or 4) into the center stud. All television mounts done by our company must pass the "fat boy test". Me... at slighty over 200 pounds (fat because I'm only 5'8") must do 5 chin ups on the mount before a TV or Plasma will go on the mount.

Skybird,

Thanks for the info... I'll check em' out!

Any others??

You might want to look at the Sanus VMPL series. (www.sanus.com; skip the intro. Anybody else bothered by intros?) The wall plate is 32" wide, so can be placed to hit two studs easily. The brackets attach to the back of the plasma, and then that fits onto the flanges on the wall plate. Since this is a tilting mount, you can tilt it back slightly to connect or check connections, then tilt it to level or forward for viewing. It supports 175 lbs. It adds about 3" of depth to your product.

Premier has a mount called the Clevis, it allows some substantial side to side movement of the plasma on the mount allowing the mount to bolt to off center studs and still a precisely placed display

The Sanus looks like the one...

Everyone else check this out... I'll post on how it worked!

Thanks again for all the help!

[Link: sanus.com]

Call Cheif again.. They make a Lateral Shift kit for their plasma brackets. Wrks great. We've made it standard with EVERY plasma install.

Chief Part # PAC-125

The toggle bolts that work [Link: fastenal.com]

How about the Fujitsu mount? It allows you to adjust the TV several inches off center - wild guess around 4". If you let me know how much you need I'll check on the range of adjustment for you. It's the only mount we use with them even though it's more expensive (and much better IMO) than the Peerless.

Were talking 7-7 1/2 inches... dead in between 16" OC studs... nothing I've seen adjusts that much, hence the need for a 32" mount. The 48" width of the monitor means it will still hide nicely.

I did a 60" Zenith on one stud and about 6 toggle's it's still hanging 4 mo's later. I wasn't that comfortable with the idea at first, but the aformentioned fat-boy test helped quell my skeptasism.
(not me, my 6'4" 265lbs. assistant.)

another cool option might be the peerless articulating arm. it allows you to hit two studs, and center on one of the studs (almost)

[Link: peerlessindustries.com] (sorry you have to cut and paste.)

Told you guys I'd post when install was done. The Sanus mount is exactly what was needed. It is a very cool mount... the best thing is the tilt up so you can see the connections on back. It is also nice to have one SKU as it really is Universal. This means they will always have it in stock.

Its only drawback to me was that it needed to be 33" wide with holes at 32" OC. It is 32" wide with the widest holes being 31". To fix this I angled the two outside right holes and anchored the left and center in the middle of the studs. The dead center of this room was right at a stud and the right and left were 16" OC. Any of the Peerless or Chief mounts wouldn't give me the flexibility.

Anyway, a really positive review of this mount from me!