Town and country 3 across help

dawnp15 · Dec 11, 2012

Tomorrow we are buy a 2008 town and country, i need seat configuration help. Can i fit 2 ffing radians and a backless booster in the 3rd row. How can i find out how many TT anchors are in the vehicle?

Kac · Dec 11, 2012

Check your owner's manual. If you know the year, I can check my LATCH manual.

Phineasmama · Dec 11, 2012

It's going to have one off center latch position in the third row, and only one tether anchor back there. It's not a great vehicle for more than 3 kids, and the seat belts are terrible for boosters, just warning you.

dawnp15 · Dec 11, 2012

Thanks for the info! Well it may not be the best van for 3+ kids, but it's what we can afford right now :/ I think i can make it work with 1 ff seat and booster in the 3rd row, and 1 ffing seat, and 1 rfing seat in the captains chairs. Well i hope anyway....

Phineasmama · Dec 11, 2012

I would use a forward facing seat that performs well without the tether, but as far as the booster you're going to have VERY limited options. The only one I've heard of that *might* work in the 3rd row outboard is one of the Kiddy models (Kiddy World Plus or Cruiserfix Pro) which I currently have on the way. The belts are kind of far forward and in pretty much every high back booster they bunch up and don't retract. But if you use a low back the belt won't even be on their chest because it's so forward.

I've also heard the parkway SG kind of works in the middle, and maybe the Evenflo high backs.

mylittlet · Dec 12, 2012

We had a 2003 caravan, so older body style and 4 kids. We were planning on having 5 in it until it started having issues. You can make it work.

I would do rf and a ff in the captains and a ff and booster in the 3rd row. Do you have one under 48# so you can use the latch in the 3rd row? I would put them back there to give your booster kid more buckling room. We had a sk monterey booster in our 3rd row outboard. It worked much better then our graco turbo back there.

dawnp15 · Dec 12, 2012

pippi2077 said:
We had a 2003 caravan, so older body style and 4 kids. We were planning on having 5 in it until it started having issues. You can make it work.

I would do rf and a ff in the captains and a ff and booster in the 3rd row. Do you have one under 48# so you can use the latch in the 3rd row? I would put them back there to give your booster kid more buckling room. We had a sk monterey booster in our 3rd row outboard. It worked much better then our graco turbo back there.

Yes my son is less than 48lbs, and i have a monterey and a turbo booster. So i will try the monterey first and see how that works for us. Thanks for the help!!

Phineasmama · Dec 12, 2012

Just FYI, I got my kiddy world plus today, and buckled it in (in booster mode) on the outboard passenger side with my FR85 installed off center latch right next to it and they fit next to each other! And the belt retracts fine in the KWP booster.

aept · Dec 12, 2012

Phineasmama said:
Just FYI, I got my kiddy world plus today, and buckled it in (in booster mode) on the outboard passenger side with my FR85 installed off center latch right next to it and they fit next to each other! And the belt retracts fine in the KWP booster.

This is great to know, although I'm not sure I want to fork out for the Kiddy. I am hoping to try a Recaro Vivo outboard third row. I have heard that fits ok and the belt retracts ok there. I drive a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan. Fortunately, I only have three kids, but am always looking to find ways to fit 2 in the third row so I can fold down a captains chair. Or to be able to bring along a friend!

I can confirm the Parkway booster works in the center of the third row but not outboard. The only way I would use one outboard is if I went back there and helped buckle in and then locked the belt.

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Phineasmama · Dec 12, 2012

aept said:
This is great to know, although I'm not sure I want to fork out for the Kiddy. I am hoping to try a Recaro Vivo outboard third row. I have heard that fits ok and the belt retracts ok there. I drive a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan. Fortunately, I only have three kids, but am always looking to find ways to fit 2 in the third row so I can fold down a captains chair. Or to be able to bring along a friend!

I can confirm the Parkway booster works in the center of the third row but not outboard. The only way I would use one outboard is if I went back there and helped buckle in and then locked the belt.

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I also drive a 2010 GC

The Cruiserfix Pro is a little cheaper than the kiddy. But I got both of them for under $150 shipped on an ebay open box seller thing.

aept · Dec 12, 2012

Phineasmama said:
I also drive a 2010 GC

The Cruiserfix Pro is a little cheaper than the kiddy. But I got both of them for under $150 shipped on an ebay open box seller thing.

Nice! I wouldn't want the KWP, as I don't think I would ever really use the nifty shield with my kids (with their age/weight stats), but would consider the Cruiserfix for my oldest, for sure - at the right price

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Phineasmama · Dec 12, 2012

Yeah I wasn't sure whether to bid on the KWP, but I figured my 4 year old DS can use it for another 5 lbs, and then it's actually a taller booster than the cruiserfix pro. So for $130 shipped for a booster that actually works in my stupid van...it was an awesome deal!

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