I believe in reinforcing the forward edge of that bed so that a
200lb person can sit in it without the bed seeming to be ready to
break. Angle Iron.

I also believe a pillow is a terrible thing to lose down that hatch.
I added an additional panel up there because I am so tall--6' 2"--so
that the bed is now big enough for me.

At 12:24 PM 10/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
>At 10:52 06-10-98 -0700, mac stricklen wrote:
>>However, somebody once told me that the upper bed has a 220lb.
weight
>>limit.
>>So how much will this bed hold?  Anyone out there have any
>>experierince with this?
>
>I believe I read that the upper bed capacity is 350lbs.  I weigh in
at
>125kgs (275lbs) and sleep very soundly up top.  I often sleep there
with my
>kids and have even slept up there with my wife where our combined
weight is
>over 400 lbs.  The problem is more one of space than weight.  At
195cms
>(6'5") I prefer to lie at an angle, otherwise I lose the pillow
over the
>edge.  I also worry about kicking out the canvas at the low end of
the top.
>
>Kelly Bauman
>Delta, BC
>'91 Westy
>

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