fold up wall beds

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

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 .

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

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

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 .

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

Excellent interiors on your trailers guys. I've been playing with some ideas for a while , but you guys really have it thought out . Mine is only a 16x7 x 7 1/2 hieght cargo . I really like the air conditioner . I hate sweating in my sleep. Thanks for all the pics .

bunch of good idea's.

Nice ideas. Leaves plenty of room for your machines.