Movable bed

[mikke60]

I am in the process of redoing my bedroom. Has anyone built their beds on rollers so that it can be pushed to one side. I figured this would optimize the floor space in the room when the bed is not in use.
Thanks, mike

[Iceni John]

Rob Gray made his beds on rollers so they could be combined or separated.   Unfortunately his link to the construction of his first Wothahellizat WORT (weird off-road thing) isn't working now  -  if/when he again posts the construction details on his website you'll be amazed at not only his bed, but the whole build.   Here's its (broken) homepage:  http://www.robgray.com/graynomad/wothahellizat/index.php

John

[pabusnut]

I did an AutoCAD drawing of the queen size bed and the profile of the back bedroom in my 4905 to see if there was a way to tilt/fold/move it to make a "sitting room" ----RESULT--FALURE!!!

The combination of the curved sides at the roof and the "stepped rear seat" over the engine made it impossible to rotate and tilt the bed to get it out of the way.  If I wanted to put the bed against one of the side walls it might have been possible, but I know which person would have had to crawl from the foot end to get in the bed---and it wouldn't have been the "dear wife"!!

[Oonrahnjay]

I did an AutoCAD drawing of the queen size bed ...

    I had a queen-size bed at home for a number of years (inherited it so really didn't think about it).  But the the bus, I picked a "Ca" king.  It's wide and doesn't leave a lot of room on either side but I sure love it.  NO WAY it's going to fold or slide, though. 

[Lin]

When we got our first bus, it had two separate beds in the back. I'm sure this was done that way because it was a Superior Super Cruiser and had wheel wells that made other arrangements difficult,  We put the surface of one of the beds on slides so it could be pulled over at night to make a queen bed. A little inconvenient, but it certainly made the room easier to use during the day.

[David Anderson]

I made two separate 30" wide twins on rollers that move to the middle and dock to make a queen.  I put them on drawer slides and also a 2" roller on angle iron to carry the weight.  I use 12v linear actuators to mechanically dock them together.  Each bed rolls separately.  The in/out button is on my headboard, so when I lie down I slide my side to the middle.  When my wife comes to bed she still has room to walk between them.  When she lies down, she slides hers to the middle and they are docked.  The covers are just tucked on top, then when docked, thrown over to the other bed. 

We love this arrangement.  If I get up to the stool at night I just slide bed back enough to roll off the mattress and walk between, the crawl back in and re dock the bed.  the bed platform is plywood.  It is hinged so it can be raised with storage underneath. 

I had the mattresses custom made.  I bought the linear actuators from Grainger.  I made this arrangement because I wanted overhead storage above windows.   I wanted a wide aisle in the middle, and I did not want to give up snuggling with my wife. 

[solodon]

David, that sounds like a great arrangement.  Got any pictures?

Don

[lostagain]

Of David snuggling with his wife? LOL

JC

[Dave5Cs]

JC LMAO

I like that idea other than with my luck the Wife would be sleeping in the middle and I would go to get up slide it back and dump her on the floor, then it would be on!.... LOL

[lvmci]

My wife said I would need a tug boat to dock me and my side of the bed together, tom...

[David Anderson]

David, that sounds like a great arrangement.  Got any pictures?

Don

I'll try to get out to the coach and take some.

[David Anderson]

here ya go

[David Anderson]

one more

[solodon]

David, Thanks, it seems very well put together.  Nice Job.

Don

[David Anderson]

David, Thanks, it seems very well put together.  Nice Job.

Don

Thanks,  I don't think I've had any issues with it in 15 years since I built it.  It's been really reliable.