Interior Expanda bed end weight limit?
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Cannot give you a definite limit but with myself and my wife weighing close to 200kgs it doesn't even give a hint of an issue.
I think they will be pretty robust but a more knowledgeable person on here will no doubt know.
BJ
I think they will be pretty robust but a more knowledgeable person on here will no doubt know.
BJ
Hi, were still awaiting our Expanda, so I can't be much help, however, if the beds are supported by steel cables as Bank of Dad mentions, if you have the diameter of the wire, we can work out what weight it's rated for, if that helps?
Adding yr Hubby, Boy 10, Girl 5 and said fluffy Labrador to the bed would be a great myth busters moment!
Regards
Adding yr Hubby, Boy 10, Girl 5 and said fluffy Labrador to the bed would be a great myth busters moment!
Regards
Just make sure it's not hung up where it connects to the bed, I have sh@t myself before when I climbed on out and there was a twang and the bed dropped a little. I had all sorts of scenarios going through my head of where I would land when it let go and what bits would be showing when I landed in a heap!!!
We worried when we looked was told 300kg did the sums with Wife and the kids and ........... he he a diet might be needed.
We work on the principle that when we land on the gas bottles we have exceeded the Safe Working Load. So far so good, but I am continuing to increase the applied weight (increased daily intake of beer) to find the SWL.
Will let you know when I find said SWL....
Will let you know when I find said SWL....
Well, on a 5mm wire rope, without knowing how many strands, or how many wires in the strands, Bank of Dad is correct in saying it's not the wire rope that's a concern but what it attaches to. The wires breaking strain will be roughly 1800 kgs.
That's a lot of beer that Holden Man is going to have to consume to before attaining his myth buster moment!
That's a lot of beer that Holden Man is going to have to consume to before attaining his myth buster moment!
That will be interesting, @HiTech⚓️Mariner, will take some serious drinking to get there, might have to get Mrs HM to chip in as well!!
The tricky bit will be after physically finding out the SWL, will be asking the boss to get on the scales, that should be tricky.....
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ah we have a tool box underneath as a saftey net, we also have some rubber on the said lid just in case it eventually makes it to the tool box, noticed there is a pattern of the tool box now appearing on said rubber mmmmm time for a diet me thinks lol
pretty sure when I was searching for a van read a few Rapids with bowed bed ends. They put it down to kids jumping or something.
Kids jumping eh......yep that's what it would have been for sure...
we saw two kids fall out of a bed on a jayco wind up, outback model ! They were wrestling on the bed and the Velcro Didnt hold. Long way down on one of those. Thankfully they were on the rear end, and didn't fall on the A frame, still the ground was pretty hard.
maybe lucky we got the Starcraft with 4 boys. After hiring the Expanda said to Sarah if we buy one I am using cable ties on zips.. All night zip zip zip.. stop that.. ha he ehehahhe ahh zip zip zip. I assume others know what I mean
Having a three year old grandson that tags along we know exactly what you mean but what is worse is that he now realises he can reach the roof light from his "bed up high" as he calls it..... click "light on"... click "light off"... click "ooohhh pretty blue light"... click etc!!!