Modified Rear Twin from 2-34" Wide to a 34" and 39"STD Twin

[sgschwend]

We have a 1986 rear twin, center bath 25' trailer. By replacing the metal slates with ones 5" longer I could convert one bed to a standard width twin. The bathroom is also 39" deep so the setup look like it should be that way. The only other change was cutting a new plywood top. I used 3/8" DF material, just to keep it from sagging. Material used: 1X2" aluminum square tubing, same width but 1/4" thicker than original. Tip up access still works too.

[rolledxj]

Very nice! My wife and I were discussing bedroom options just this afternoon. I assume you will have a mattress custom made?

[sgschwend]

The wife points out that AS no longer uses internal springs in their mattresses.

Her plan is to order standard foam twin mattresses and then using a foam saw cut them to fit. She will then sew the cover back on.

Thickness, 10", includes 2" of memory foam.

[Sovereign25]

Thanks for the excellent idea on converting the roadside bed to a twin. I bought a twin X-long foam mattress and it worked perfectly.

[cojo75]

Quick question- we pulled out our twins to put in a double or queen- does anyone know how much the twins weighed? Ours is an 87 sovereign

[sgschwend]

My guess is that the twin frame is about 20 pounds. It is really just a front and a few aluminum rectangular tubes. The decking is 1/4" think.

Also the mattresses we found on Amazon had independent springs, so we ended up with foam/spring mattresses.