fold up wall beds

Subject: fold up wall beds Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:11 pm

any of you that made fold up beds over the trailer wheel wells could you sort of tell some of us how you did it .thanks Gary

Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:21 pm

Gary wrote:

any of you that made fold up beds over the trailer wheel wells could you sort of tell some of us how you did it .thanks Gary

My last trailer we basicly made a door that layed on its side . Laying 2x4's on their sides we made the basic frame of a door and used 2x4's as cross braces in the center and covered it with 3/8's ply board . For hinges we used comercial door hinges since they would be carrying the weight . We put blocking in the wall ( Filled the wall with plywood attached to the studs ) and re-covered the wall and attached the hinges to this blocking . For the legs I used scrap ply to stand on end ( simular to a water bed support ) but used hinges to attach were it could be folded back to the wall( simular to the way a bifold door works ) . with the beds up against the wall it was only 2" thick off the wall but was solid as a floor ( I'm a big guy ( 350+ ) ) ...

Bed folded up , you can see the bottom of the bed frame and the legs folded to the wall

the legs are 2 pieces of Ply that have standard door hinges holding them together , they can make a L shape both ways ( toward the front and the rear ) supporting the center of the door , and center of the bed transfering the weight over the entire floor . I looked and can not find any pictures of this thing down so you can see the legs , hope this helps . A bonus to doing the legs this way is storage , the L shape lets you shove things under the bed you don't need while the bed is up . It took me exactly 2 min to set up this bed and tear it down , one barrel bolt held it aginst the wall .

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Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:30 am

thank you that really helps could not get my brain to work

Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:12 am

here is mine, made the same way but offset for room for the mattresses to stay on all the time.

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Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:19 pm

Daryl is a good person to bounce ideas off of , he did a lot of research before he started on his , I got the benifit of seeing his before doing mine .

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Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:34 pm

Daryl,
Very nice job. It looks like you put a lot of thought into it.

Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:13 am

Daryl the board in middle of bed going to floor does it just help hold weight when folded up or does it stay there all the time up and down ,thanks

Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:25 am

Gary wrote:

Daryl the board in middle of bed going to floor does it just help hold weight when folded up or does it stay there all the time up and down ,thanks

Gary, it was put there originally for that purpose but I found out quickly that it wasn't needed at all. I have been using it for over 2 1/2 years with out the extra support and it works great. The key is to put bracing behind the wall like this pic.

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Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:44 pm

here's how i did mine in my toyhauler that i built
queen bed, folds up when the toy is in the garage
it has little legs that fold down

Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:05 am

thanks for all of the ideas you all have been a great help

Subject: Re: fold up wall beds Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:23 pm

Just for comparison, here are mine. They sit a little lower which is a negative I guess, but as they hinge down they use the inner fender well for additional support. I didn't build it personally, but it was custom done by the previous owner.

And just for giggles, the rear bunk can also be a table. It uses banquet table legs for support.

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