Drop down bed improvement??

[steve 6644]

I just got one of these seat belt extenders...

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This is to drop the bed down about three inches more to allow us to store thicker/additional bedding in it when closed up.

Can anyone see a problem with using this?

 

[Sandancers]

I just got one of these seat belt extenders...

UK New Universal Car Safety Seat Belt Extender Extension Buckle Lock Safety Clip | eBay

Baby Stroller Storage Bag. Fits 95% of all existing seatbelts. This Universal seatbelt extension fits nearly all types of buckles and receivers. Nail Art ACC. Simply Connect to the existing seat belt to secure the safety of you.

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This is to drop the bed down about three inches more to allow us to store thicker/additional bedding in it when closed up.

Can anyone see a problem with using this?

Only banging your head on the bottom of the bed.

 

[steve 6644]

My heads up my arse most of the time so might be okay there...

 

[WillandLes]

You might find tgat the lights under the bef dont work as ours has a microswitch controling these lights when the bed is stored in its corect position.

 

[Parrot Face]

I'm interested as thinking of getting a thicker matress but can't work out what you need the belt for??

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[Reallyretired]

I have removed the mattress from our drop down bed. Makes a lot more space for storage and much lighter too. Obviously we don't use the bed for sleeping in.

 

[The Wino]

You will need to put a small block of wood the same thickness as the belt extender (or similar) on the flat plate that meets the switch to let the electronics know the bed has reached the top if its a project 2000 bed.

 

[steve 6644]

I'm interested as thinking of getting a thicker matress but can't work out what you need the belt for??

The bed is held in place by a seat belt fixing as you would find in a car, it is at a fixed length, about four inches long. This holds the bed up tight against the ceiling of the van , the bit I just bought extends this fixed length allowing a bigger space to store stuff when traveling. I find that in order to store a duvet and two pillows up there I have to force the bed into position in order to get the seat belt fixing to engage, which puts the whole fixing under stress and seems wrong to me. There is no way of adjusting the length of the existing belt fixing hence my buying the extender above.

In addition to storage, there is another reason I was not happy with the stress on the bed frame when forced shut...

When we got the van I knew I would be replacing the mattress and sterilising the whole bed area and proceeded to try and work out how to clean under the bloody bed slats. That's when I spotted the fixing at the front of the bed frame that holds the main plastic cab/bed roof lining in place. This fixing is a piece of plastic stuff( same material as the bed roof lining, about six inches long by about two inches wide, a piece of webbing is looped through this and attached to the aluminum bed frame. This is right at the front of the bed near the windscreen and is all that holds the two parts together. On our van the plastic parts had been spot welded together but the welds had come apart and someone had drilled two holes and reconnected the thing with two small cable ties!!!

This is difficult to describe, but I would advise everyone with a drop down bed to take a look at how the headlining/plastic cab cieling is actually connected to the bed frame and to check how secure it is. SERIOUSLY!!
How ours had stayed in place I don't know, it was a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[Wellington]

I’d also thought of doing something similar (I don't need headroom, but I can’t be faffing about with making up beds). I did wonder if the bed might rattle if not held tight, which could be incredibly annoying, right over your head.