Sleeping arangements

[Jack_Berry]

Jack, cool set up, I like the way you did your walls, and that 'sub wall' for the etrack.


it was a terry suggestion.


Nice Job, and the flooring is very sweet!'

can't remember if it was terry or another older gentleman from bolt. cargo slides in and out easily. sometimes cargo needs to be strapped to keep it from sliding side to side.

Dale

the flooring came from a friend with a carpet and floor store. he had extras from past installs.

 

[DannyD]

Another option for sleeping might be to get one of those foam pads ya put over your mattress. Make sure ya get the thick one. Mine's about 3 inches thick & it's perfect. Very light & lasts forever. I've had mine for 15 years or so now.

For when you're loaded & need to sleep, a foot rest that comes w/ a chair (for your house) does the trick. You place it between the two seats & then put the foam pad over it & sleep across the seats. This isn't the most comfy option, but it's not terrible & it beats sleeping upright in the seat. At least ya get to lay down.

 

[arkjarhead]

I don't see how you vanners do it. I guess I'm to spoiled having my sleeper with my snuggly little bed in it. My grandpaw fixed it from the normal twin size to a full size width which is nice when my wife rides along. When I was running a company truck she has elbowed me in the eye and everything else in the bed. You get some funny looks when you walk in the truckstop and someone asks how you got the black eye and you tell them you got it from your wife in bed last night.

 

[MrSheltie]

MrSheltie. If I understand you correctly, you took a mini truck camper shell, installed a floor in it and hoisted it onto your van roof and bolted it down. Is that correct? Do you have any pics? Sounds interesting.

No, it was bolted to a pipe rack that fixed to the rain gutters.

You could have it off the van in 10 minutes.

It was STRICTLY to sleep in, by no means should you think it was a weekender, but it did solve the issue and would sleep two warmly without taking up space in the cargo area.
Having sold it, I am trying to get you pictures...but it was nothing more than a cap with a plywood bottom, then the plywood was bolted to the pipe rack with reversed U bolts.
The back glass closed against the plywood and the thing worked pretty ****ed nice. (Watch too much weight in it though...but for sleeping bags, clothing and pillows it was fine.)

In one of the older vans, (high tops) over the driver/passenger is another place I have seen people make a bunk. Has to be a VERY tall roof though.