>We have been down that road too. I had a 3 inch foam mattress made to
>lay on
>top of the seats. We found that it wasn't thick enough to hide the
>hump and
>bumps in the seats. So I did take the seats out and with the help of
>a few
>2x4s to level the base, used two hollow core doors for a platform. If
>I had
>it to do over with, I'd probably not take the seats out, but use the
>platform
>with a mattress a little thicker. The advantages of the hollow core
>doors
>are: 1..relative inexpensive. 2. Light weight.
>3. can easily be removed and stored. They have to be cut off some. To
>do
>this measure the length you want. If either the top or bottom solid
>piece is
>more narrow, carefully cut the door off there. Then peel the veneer
>off the
>cut off piece, insert it in the opening and glue it in. One caution.
> Don't
>try to kneel on these doors. They will break through, but work well
>with a
>mattress on top. Incidentally the doors will be of different width.
Before I got rid of that hard-to-make-up bed back there, mine was built
from 3/4" plywood and the gauchos were removed. Strong, simpler to cut
and to place if you cut into 3 pieces lengthwise.
Yes, it is much more comfortable than the fold down, hump laden seats but
the new twins up front are heaven!
David Lee Greenberg
GMC Motorhome Registry
and Boston Homes, Inc.
800-827-9989
>lay on
>top of the seats. We found that it wasn't thick enough to hide the
>hump and
>bumps in the seats. So I did take the seats out and with the help of
>a few
>2x4s to level the base, used two hollow core doors for a platform. If
>I had
>it to do over with, I'd probably not take the seats out, but use the
>platform
>with a mattress a little thicker. The advantages of the hollow core
>doors
>are: 1..relative inexpensive. 2. Light weight.
>3. can easily be removed and stored. They have to be cut off some. To
>do
>this measure the length you want. If either the top or bottom solid
>piece is
>more narrow, carefully cut the door off there. Then peel the veneer
>off the
>cut off piece, insert it in the opening and glue it in. One caution.
> Don't
>try to kneel on these doors. They will break through, but work well
>with a
>mattress on top. Incidentally the doors will be of different width.
Before I got rid of that hard-to-make-up bed back there, mine was built
from 3/4" plywood and the gauchos were removed. Strong, simpler to cut
and to place if you cut into 3 pieces lengthwise.
Yes, it is much more comfortable than the fold down, hump laden seats but
the new twins up front are heaven!
David Lee Greenberg
GMC Motorhome Registry
and Boston Homes, Inc.
800-827-9989
