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Subject:Re: Will a full size mattress fit in a westy?
From:Jim Felder
Date:Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:19:00 -0600

I have carried every size of bedding on the roof. Tie it down like a boat.

Jim

On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:07 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 07:02 PM 12/23/2013, Edward Maglott wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking it won't.  I need to move one and it would be nice if it
>> fit inside.
>> Edward
>>
>
> Regular double mattress is about 54x7x75 inches.
>
> Folded in half call it 54x24 (or less) x 38 inches.  I'd be surprised
> if you couldn't make it fit in the forward area.
>
> For a box spring I suspect you'd need a Sawzall.  I made a slanted
> rack that could carry several 4x8 sheets of plywood in my '84, but I
> suspect the thickness of the spring would be too much to get past the
> overhead cabinet.  But a dimensioned sketch would tell you for sure.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>