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Subject:Re: Westy upper bed loads
From:Derek Drew
Date:Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:48:39 -0400

Right. I did not like the strength of that metal and reinforced it
again with thicker metal.

At 09:42 AM 10/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I have had my upper bed out many times and there IS a steel bar
going
>from side to side, right where to bed foulds.
>Malcolm S.  91 syncro  westy
>
>> 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.
>
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