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Re: Platform bed plans? Ideas?
mainstay #294114 May 22nd 2009 4:43 am
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this is a idea that I'm working on,of course there will be alot of tweeks and little changes,but it's an idea.
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looks like a cool plan


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Re: Platform bed plans? Ideas?
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Originally Posted by Snotty
I didnt take many pics of the construction of the bed, however if you look at this one you can see how I have them layed out for Strength of the bed... I may be able to get under there and take some better pics for ya...

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My bed looks like this,but i added center support.I then ordered an air mattress from Amazon with remote control, it is 54x74, it works Great.


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I am building mine big enough to use a queen size mattress.

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PYSCHOWard #314508 August 02nd 2009 5:28 pm
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Originally Posted by PYSCHOWard
Originally Posted by Snotty
I didnt take many pics of the construction of the bed, however if you look at this one you can see how I have them layed out for Strength of the bed... I may be able to get under there and take some better pics for ya...

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My bed looks like this,but i added center support.I then ordered an air mattress from Amazon with remote control, it is 54x74, it works Great.


The reason I didnt use a center support is because I store my full size spare under the bed, I did however double up the support 2x3s in the center of the bed...


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Re: Platform bed plans? Ideas?
Snotty #315014 August 03rd 2009 5:52 pm
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I wanted to take the spare off the back door and put it under the bed, but my wife had back surgery, she wanted to make sure
it was Strong enough. I really didn't like the fact that the mattress would've been a 1/3 of the way up the window too. I would love to have that much interior space, but only on camping trips.


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Re: Platform bed plans? Ideas?
PYSCHOWard #315295 August 04th 2009 10:31 am
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Just a thought...If you take the spare off the rear door in a shorty, and put it under the bed, you will lose a lot of storage inside, then you will end up stumbling around over clothes coolers etc all weekend .......

My van is a LB so I have more storage room under the bed.

My bed is lightweight, built on a 2 x 4 and 2 x 3 frame with 1/2 inch plywood. It has a front and a rear section, the front big enough for the twin Colemans and the back deep enough for 2 rows of supplies, tools and first aid kit...It also uses the wheelwells and divider for extra strength. It can be removed in 10 minutes as every thing is screwed together.

It is also just high enough to clear the cooler, and so I can sit on the bed without bending my neck, which is also hard on the back. My head is under the roof vent when sitting erect.

The mattress is a covered layered foam core made by Royal Mattress in Ontario and is 48 x 60 .........I have no problem sleeping in with a bad back and knee

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Re: Platform bed plans? Ideas?
keystonekid1978 #315304 August 04th 2009 10:50 am
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Originally Posted by keystonekid1978
I'd like to build a platform bed for my van, something simple that can be easily removed if necessary. My thought is to use a sheet of 1/2" ply cut to roughly 4 feet long and the width of my van from inside wall to inside wall. Should I use 2x4 to build a frame under it? Is a simple square frame enough, or should I brace it underneath? Can I use the rear wheelwells to support the platform in the front, or should I use 2x4 legs front and back? I have some rough plans drawn up, but I'd like to know what works and what doesn't before I dig in. Pics would be especially helpful, my guidance counselors always told me I'm more of a "visual learner". lol.


How removable do you want it? Why not get the bed frame out of a conversion and modify the top to accept your mattress plans?


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Re: Platform bed plans? Ideas?
josh_performanceinc #317858 August 12th 2009 1:59 am
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I HAVE NOT read all this thread.... hell, I ma have posted already! lol

I read about a cool bed a guy built , he bolted a 2X6 to each side wall the length of the bed he wanted to make, before mounting the boards thou, he cut notches every 12" 1x1 on the top edge so he could set 1x1 steel tubing in the notches as cross supports, then set plywood on top of it all for the base... then his mattress on that... worked great and gave the most underbed storage as the supports where so thin compared to using 2x4s

here is a link to the artical, hope it discribes it better than I did! lol

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