Hi all,
We recently bought a 2008 18.57-6 Expanda with the bed on the front and triple bunks down the back corner. We love the setup, but we are wanting to get our youngest (1 y.o boy) out of his portacot (as it takes up too much room) and getting him into the bottom bunk. we have looked at a few options to keep him in there (such as netting or other gate style fittings) and were wondering if anyone had any thoughts of advice in regards to this.
also, the very helpful guy we bought the van off showed us how the two gas bottles are handy steps for reaching up to pack the front bed away. I am just wondering if anyone had ever thought of putting a plank of wood over their gas bottles on the front so as to make a bit safer step to reach to the top when pushing the bed in and when zipping up the fly bags??? I am 6 foot 1 and sometimes I think I am going to snap something in my groinal region when i stretch out between the bottles... or is there another, safer and easier, way to do this??
p.s. we pulled out the 4 inch wide legth of foam along the front end of the mattress to make folding up a bit easier (esp with egg foam and sheets on).
cheers
We recently bought a 2008 18.57-6 Expanda with the bed on the front and triple bunks down the back corner. We love the setup, but we are wanting to get our youngest (1 y.o boy) out of his portacot (as it takes up too much room) and getting him into the bottom bunk. we have looked at a few options to keep him in there (such as netting or other gate style fittings) and were wondering if anyone had any thoughts of advice in regards to this.
also, the very helpful guy we bought the van off showed us how the two gas bottles are handy steps for reaching up to pack the front bed away. I am just wondering if anyone had ever thought of putting a plank of wood over their gas bottles on the front so as to make a bit safer step to reach to the top when pushing the bed in and when zipping up the fly bags??? I am 6 foot 1 and sometimes I think I am going to snap something in my groinal region when i stretch out between the bottles... or is there another, safer and easier, way to do this??
p.s. we pulled out the 4 inch wide legth of foam along the front end of the mattress to make folding up a bit easier (esp with egg foam and sheets on).
cheers
