bed mod

[Kenny Strong]

I have a 13' Bigfoot. I wished the bed was wider. reading threads about what others have done I thought I would give it a try. The base or floor of the bed extension is 3/4" plywood sanded down to 1/2". std. 1/2" is what I wanted. ( it came from a cabinet shop, and that is what they had available, the dark area is the glue between layers, not sanded away) the feet came from a damaged sewing table with fold up legs, I cut them to length; measuring the height of the existing ledge to support the table top. here are some pictures. I ordered some foam from a foam supply company out of San Francisco. Haven't received it yet.

[Kenny Strong]

these are some pictures, Kenny

[RogerDat]

I like that, simple yet it looks effective.
Where do you plan to stow it when you want the floor space? Will it slip under the table?

[Kenny Strong]

I thought I would just set the extension outside next to a chair, it then becomes a table to support a beer glass and chips, it is too wide to fit under the existing table.

[RogerDat]

We used a small folding camp stool and a board to do the same thing in a school bus conversion. Extended a bench seat by 18 inches if we needed that bed but ALWAYS saw use as a drinks and snack table

Looks like you can sleep lengthwise now. Nice.

[Tony Nowak]

Thanks Kenny, I'm going to look for a damaged sewing table/lightweight folding legs in my night before garbage pickup tours. We have the same issue in our BF. Tony

[RRJR]

As long as either one has very cold feet this would work.
Ron

[Raz]

A 13' trailer with a 17' bed. Good solution. I missed it when it was first posted. Glad it resurfaced. Thanks for sharing. Raz

[Tim Wood]

Nice job, it looks like it will work great.

[Dave Fish]

Originally Posted by Kenny Strong

I have a 13' Bigfoot. I wished the bed was wider. reading threads about what others have done I thought I would give it a try. The base or floor of the bed extension is 3/4" plywood sanded down to 1/2". std. 1/2" is what I wanted. ( it came from a cabinet shop, and that is what they had available, the dark area is the glue between layers, not sanded away) the feet came from a damaged sewing table with fold up legs, I cut them to length; measuring the height of the existing ledge to support the table top. here are some pictures. I ordered some foam from a foam supply company out of San Francisco. Haven't received it yet.

I may be wrong, but the dark area sure looks like s cat to me:-)

[Kenny Strong]

thanks Dave,,,I wondered what that black thing in the picture was!

[Hazel in Sk]

I'm wondering if you use your bed extension when the furnace is on? I would be concerned about igniting the bedcovers.

[Kenny Strong]

Hi Hazel
the furnace is quite hot,,,to the touch,,,but my wife and I sleep in a connected sleeping bag that is too wide for the space between the furnace and the pantry, so we fold both sides of the ends of the sleeping bag inward it is away from the furnace outlet to let the air pass beside it. the cold air return is below the support platform. the sleeping bag has come in contact with the furnace outlet at times and it has not become very hot. I can put my hand on the furnace outlet and in is uncomfortable, but I feel it would not ignite fabric if I held it against it. I will give it a try.

[RRJR]

A small screen guard about 4 inches out from furnace might be the (safe) answer.

[Kenny Strong]

thanks Ron I think that is a perfect solution.

[RRJR]

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[Kenny Strong]

My wife, and I, just took a 6 week trip, from Ut. to the east coast down into Virgina,then up thru D.C. into N.Y. and Connecticut, Left N.Y. and N.J. as the waves were starting to crash along the shores. went over to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. into Ontario, back into the USA then home by the northern route. We have a Electra glide Harley. so we had to go to the Harley museum in Milwaukee Wisconsin. then home. We decided that the bed extension, made it very problematic (to use the Dometic toilet). there is only about a foot of space at the end of the extension; if there was a rush in the morning (with my companion), and the campground bathroom was to far away,I would get up, while she sat up in the std. bed area. I would take the bed extension down, set it outside, throw the sleeping bag bottom up onto the std. bed area. I would pull the toilet out from under the front seating/bed. I have thought about this and decided we can go back to the original sleeping method with about a foot extension; where knees or a rear end could be extended! All will be good!

lATER kENNY

[Julie T.]

Kenny, I love your idea! I have placed a large plastic storage tote with thick patio cushions on top to attempt the same thing! It works pretty good and the box doubles as storage. It then has a third use as a coffee table when the bed is made up! Since you felt your platform table left too little room for the porta potty, did you ever shorten it? If so can you post an updated photo? I'd love to see it!