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#1 2025-01-08 09:22:05

Isaac_Blanc
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From: Manchester, UK
Registered: 2024-09-05
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Bed

Final post for a while. Here are a few thoughts on the bed we designed for our medium wheelbase Peugeot Expert Mk3.

  • It is a cantilever design, meaning that the bed "extension" has no legs. This makes it easier to pull the bed out into "double-bed" mode.

  • We used "Accuride" heavy duty drawer runners from Components Direct. They are rated for 80,000 cycles with 140kg load or 10,000 cycles with 160kg load. I have slept with two folk on the bed in double-bed mode for about 6 nights and they haven't broken yet. Shall report back if we have long-term reliability issues.

  • The top of the bed in "singe-bed" mode measures 2100 x 610mm, which is comfy for me (6 foot 2, skinny) to sleep on and also works nicely as a bench for sitting on. The bed is a little less than double this width when in "double-bed" mode, which is plenty comfy for two people.

  • The surfaces of the fixed and sliding bed sections are both 9mm ply from B&Q

  • The sliding bed is reinforced by a basic rectangular frame built from 38x63mm CLS that sits beneath the sheet of ply.

  • The bed is supported at either end by sheets of 18mm ply that are screwed to the walls & floor of the van via pocket holes. The drawer runners are also screwed into these 18mm ply sheets.

Showing the attachment points between the bed and the van. Note that the flooring is removed in this photo so we can see the sub-floor frame. Of course, we reinstalled the flooring before fitting the bed.
Dillon-bed-19.jpeg

Single bed mode:
finished.jpeg

Double bed mode:
bed_out.jpeg

Last edited by Isaac_Blanc (2025-01-08 09:25:21)


2018 Peugeot Expert Mk3 1.6L BlueHDi 115 hp

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