Hi Jim,
I made a pillow/towel rack and it works great. I first saw one at Buses
By the Beach in Frank Condelli's van. It turns out that he has a friend,
Hans Brouwer in Canada that makes these pillow/towel racks that insert
in front of the bed to keep your pillow from falling down in the middle
of the night and gives you an extra barrier to keep your kids from
sliding off the end. During the day when the top is up and bed is folded
back it doubles as a towel rack.

My kids are 3 and 5 and I always sleep up top with one of them with no
problems. I emailed Hans and he said he would not send one in the mail
but he would have them for sale at Bus Fusion or he would tell me how to
make one for free. Very nice guy!

Here is how you make one:
Go to Home Depot, buy 4 of the 4' dowels (5/8" I think) and trim them
about 1/4" off, piece of 1x2 wood about 11" long, drill some holes in it
(couple inches apart), glue the pieces together (where the rods go
through the wood, a small screw would work as well), 1" clear tubing on
the ends (no rattling), and that is it.

I have made several of these to give away to my friends as gifts and
they work great!

Wishing you many miles of smiles!
Todd Olson
Grand Rapids, MI
todd.olson@charter.net
Buses By the Beach www.busesbythebeach.com
LiMBO Area Rep. www.bcn.net/~limbo/
1970 Volkswagen Westfalia Campmobile (Dorothy)
1987 Volkswagen Westfalia GL Camper (Scarlet B)
2001 Volkswagen Eurovan MV
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Date:    Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:39:14 -0700
From:    Jim Quan <full360@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Kids sleeping in top bunk.

I recall sometime ago seeing a post specific to some kind of solution
to keeping kids safely sleeping in the top bunk. Mostly, there was
some sort of solution that kept them from rolling out and falling.
Maybe a net of wooden barrier attached to the forward edge of the bed?
Your solutions and suggestions will be reviewed with much interest.

Jim
1991 Syncro Westy