Converting dual beds to queen?

[erniecarpet@...]

Ryan, i believe Harvey Lawrence converted his PT40 from twins to full. I
think he put a king bed in there and had to make a frame where the aisle is.
Under the beds are fresh water tanks and all the myriad of pipes.

Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Livingston, Mt




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[Ryan Wright]

Curious how much work this might entail. I see a lot of nice coaches
that are perfect except for the separate beds in the back. Gregory
O'Connor posted an '87 PT40 in Florida that is ideal and if it weren't
for those beds I'd be on the phone with the owner right now. Shoot,
I'm thinking about it even WITH those beds.

What do you think? Is it a simple matter of "out with the old, in with
the new", maybe a 3 day project? Or are there heaters and other
systems underneath the dual beds that would make such a conversion
painful?

-Ryan

[erniecarpet@...]

Ryan- this arrangement lets you store stuff under the bed.

Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Livingston, Mt




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[jvredden@...]

I have 91PT with twins in back and was considering not buying it because of
the beds. We put up a headboard across the rear, put 1/4" oak on the areas
around the bed, we built a span to cover the walkway between the beds, slid the
twins together, held them together with a queen fitted sheet ( tight as is
king size but snug fit holds it together well. I am very happy with it. We
also had a small bedside cabinet for each side of the bed. When it the twin
mode the fit together in the middle on the center table. It became real
convenient as when the son or daughter comes for a visit and brings a friend,
we
can separate the beds and there is room for all. Under my roadside bed is the
water tank. Under the curbside is the safe, water filter, water heater,
water pump,and a storage area. The way we feel now we have the best of both
worlds. The only negative is making the bed. We use a fitted sheet and pull
up
a quilt or comforter and all is wonderful.

We are happy with our set up and feel we lose nothing with our home done
conversion.

john redden
91PT40



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[jimocon]

Ryan, we full time in an '83 PT35 with twin beds. We bought some
plywood and spanned the space between them, then got two pieces of
4" foam rubber for a mattress and put a queen size memory foam
topper on that. (one piece of foam, queen bed size would be a bear
to get in thru the door)

It's a platform bed, we climb in from the foot. We gave up trying
to 'make' the bed: we put on a fitted bottom sheet and each have a
quilt for covers.

Coachcraft by MacDonald wanted about 5 thou to convert to a queen
bed. And then we'd lose closet or drawer space to open up an aisle
to walk alongside the bed.

Platform was easy, inexpensive and we did it ourselves.

Pen Sand & Jim O'Connor
'83 PT 35 Lazy Bird
Benson AZ at the moment

[Ryan Wright]

Excellent! Thanks for the info. Also, big thanks to Ernie for letting
me know what was under the beds - with water tanks there, might be a
big deal to actually move that stuff to convert to a "traditional"
queen Wanderlodge setup.

Sounds like putting a platform in would be the way to go, then, and it
could be easily removed and put back to twins if I ever wanted to sell
the coach. Would only take me a weekend to build something like that.
I will no longer shy away from coaches with twins.

Appreciate it! This helps open up my buying opportunities.

-Ryan

On 4/18/07, jimocon wrote:
>
> Ryan, we full time in an '83 PT35 with twin beds. We bought some
> plywood and spanned the space between them, then got two pieces of
> 4" foam rubber for a mattress and put a queen size memory foam
> topper on that. (one piece of foam, queen bed size would be a bear
> to get in thru the door)
>
> It's a platform bed, we climb in from the foot. We gave up trying
> to 'make' the bed: we put on a fitted bottom sheet and each have a
> quilt for covers.
>
> Coachcraft by MacDonald wanted about 5 thou to convert to a queen
> bed. And then we'd lose closet or drawer space to open up an aisle
> to walk alongside the bed.
>
> Platform was easy, inexpensive and we did it ourselves.
>
> Pen Sand & Jim O'Connor
> '83 PT 35 Lazy Bird
> Benson AZ at the moment