Adios Bunk December 12, 2022, 05:03:12 pm We use the wonderful back room for sleeping so I removed the bunk and shallow storage box. Really great storage area now. I'm going to put the pad back in in February as one of my kids can use it to host her friends during a 24 hour bike race. Really a lot of room up there without that big cushion. jor 1 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #1 – December 12, 2022, 06:01:18 pm Looks great! It does make a good storage area, especially for long term travel when you may need more stuff. How do you plan to secure the storage so it doesn’t shift or fall on you while under motion? 1 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #2 – December 12, 2022, 06:59:42 pm QuoteHow do you plan to secure the storage so it doesn’t shift or fall on you while under motion? Still thinkin' about that. It will be a priority. A number of years ago we were tooling down the road in an SOB when a laptop computer flew out of an overhead compartment and brained me. Fortunately, my hard head saved the day. I'm open to ideas. Thanks.jor 2 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #3 – December 12, 2022, 07:51:38 pm Quote from: jor - December 12, 2022, 05:03:12 pm. . . I removed the bunk and shallow storage box.Yeah but, where would I store my games?🤪 4 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #4 – December 13, 2022, 08:47:23 am Secure storage so it doesn’t shift or fall on you while under way.Doors and drawers made by LD. Assembled by Larry Wade. 2 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #5 – December 13, 2022, 09:19:09 am QuoteDoors and drawers made by LD. Assembled by Larry Wade. Those are sweet but way over my head. I love woodworking but must admit I am more of wood butcher than a carpenter!QuoteSecure storage so it doesn’t shift or fall on you while under way.I'm thinkin' maybe a net similar to the ones in a car trunk or whatever.jor 1 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #6 – December 13, 2022, 06:15:59 pm Interesting how some of you are utilizing the cabover by removing the mattress. Our Midbath has never had a human sleep up there and we always store extra duffle bags of clothes and blankets. What I learned from a fellow Lazy Dazer was that one of those "stealth options" when you ordered a rig was to ask Lazy Daze to not attach the mattress. Those owners simply removed it when they got home and made some storage trays to fit in that area. I don't think they ever had the storage cabinet deleted though.Steve K
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #7 – December 13, 2022, 06:34:02 pm Here's what it looks like under the carpet. It is bolted down with four carriage bolts.The previous owner (Hi, Youndi!) had LD install a backup camera. You can see how they did that as well as see the thickness of the insulation in the bunk area.jor
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #8 – December 14, 2022, 12:43:51 am Remove the mattress? Our cats would never stand for that! 1 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #9 – December 14, 2022, 10:23:22 am Greg, those are nice looking seat covers. Do they collect cat hair badly? Where did you get them?
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #10 – December 14, 2022, 10:57:08 am Quote from: Linda B - December 14, 2022, 10:23:22 amGreg, those are nice looking seat covers. Do they collect cat hair badly? Where did you get them?Hi Linda. Here is the thread regarding those seat covers. We haven’t camped with the cats enough to notice a hair problem. Those photos are from our last outing at Morro Bay in November. We are still trying to figure out the best location for the litter box but we discovered we don’t like it between the cab seats as litter gets transferred to the seats (yuck)!Seat Covers
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #11 – December 14, 2022, 12:15:34 pm Greg, We have our Cat litter box in the shower of our 98~MB. You just have to remember to leave the bathroom door slightly open. If it is closed Nina lets us know if we are in the LD. The other nice part about having it in the shower is that everything is contained in the shower especially when on the rare chance there is a slight miss. Also clean #2 go right in the toilet so goes the smell. Karen~Liam 98 ~ MB NinA __________ | ^^ | | >(* *)< | | | I__________I
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #12 – December 14, 2022, 01:23:17 pm We keep our liter box underneath the dinette seat closes to front. We had factory install a door similar to the other seat. We removed the door and put up a curtain for our cat to access box. To clean, we simply lift the seat to access the liter.
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #13 – December 14, 2022, 01:23:41 pm Quote from: Karen & Liam - December 14, 2022, 12:15:34 pmGreg, We have our Cat litter box in the shower of our 98~MB. You just have to remember to leave the bathroom door slightly open. If it is closed Nina lets us know if we are in the LD. The other nice part about having it in the shower is that everything is contained in the shower especially when on the rare chance there is a slight miss. Also clean #2 go right in the toilet so goes the smell. Karen~Liam 98 ~ MB NinA __________ | ^^ | | >(* *)< | | | I__________I At the risk of further hijacking this thread, we ultimately did switch the litter box to the shower and, we agree, it's a much better location. As you said, one has to remember to leave the bathroom door ajar. Do you move the litter box out of the bathroom when driving, or just make the kitty hold it?
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #14 – December 14, 2022, 01:42:13 pm Quote from: Ross and Beverly Taylor - December 14, 2022, 01:23:17 pmWe keep our liter box underneath the dinette seat closes to front. We had factory install a door similar to the other seat. We removed the door and put up a curtain for our cat to access box. To clean, we simply lift the seat to access the liter.Ross, we tried putting it in the cabinet under the rear dinette seat but our "big girl" didn't take to it. We also tried on the floor under the dinette table but WE didn't take to it there. I think the shower is the way to go for us now.
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #15 – December 15, 2022, 01:00:44 pm We did not find a good way to wedge the door slightly open to allow access to the bathroom. The door always ended up closed. So we drive with it closed and when we stop for something Nina let's us know she wants in the bathroom. At 17 she can hold it way longer then we do. Karen~Liam 98 ~MB NinA 1 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #16 – December 15, 2022, 02:17:58 pm Quote from: Karen & Liam - December 15, 2022, 01:00:44 pmWe did not find a good way to wedge the door slightly open to allow access to the bathroom. The door always ended up closed. So we drive with it closed and when we stop for something Nina let's us know she wants in the bathroom. At 17 she can hold it way longer then we do. Karen~Liam 98 ~MB NinAA simple rubber wedge doorstop worked well for us! — Jon 1 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #17 – December 18, 2022, 06:30:54 am Quote from: jor - December 13, 2022, 09:19:09 amThose are sweet but way over my head. I love woodworking but must admit I am more of wood butcher than a carpenter!I'm thinkin' maybe a net similar to the ones in a car trunk or whatever.jorJor we have long used our overcast bunk for storage. We have used the cargo nets (made for backs of SUVs). It works well when there is not an out of items and they are lighter. We used eyebolts installed to connect it - you can follow along your opening that way.But we have used this netting also and like it a lot better. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D429C17?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_shareI normally dislike buying non amazon shipped items but have bought this twice (including the last month) with no problems.We have used it in the kitchen cabinets (those heavier oil and vinegar bottles like to jump out of closed cabinets, and we moved to glass plates/bowls as they are so much easier to clean with little water when boondocking and want to keep them secure).The nice part - we stretch it reasonably tight and then we can still stretch it to lower it a couple inches to grab something. One ofOur goals is to not need to prep anything before moving the RV so having everything secure always but still very useable.This stretchy but string material has worked great.We just ordered a new piece to put over the cab bunk area - it will get installed in the next couple weeks. As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #18 – December 18, 2022, 10:26:50 am QuoteBut we have used this netting also and like it a lot better. J&S, how's about a photo. This looks like a great way to go. Thanks.jor
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #19 – December 18, 2022, 12:08:03 pm A large percentage of older LD owners use the bunk for storage only, most leave the mattress in place in case visitors need a bed. The Factory warns not to load the bunk too heavily to prevent damage to the framing. I have seen bunks filled with hundreds of pounds of books and other heavy items. As long as the cab's overhead remains rot-free, I have never seen any evidence of damage in rigs with a heavy bunk load. Many will use some form of net, similar to what Jane and Scott use to keep things in the bunk.Removing the mattress provides storage with a lip to prevent things from falling out, some owners divide the bunk area with wood partitions. Don removed his mattress and ordered doors and drawers from LD, along with a 4X8 sheet of matching wall paneling, parts I used to construct a large storage cabinet, probably one of the more complicated projects I have taken on.Behind the front panel is a complicated frame that had to be designed as it was built in place, it was too big to go through the entry door.Larry 2 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #20 – December 19, 2022, 10:57:18 am Larry, You did a superb job on the cabinets. They have been well used.I have seen some folks secure the rear "flap" of the bed vertically. It hides the junk and keeps it in the bunk. That would not have worked for us, we needed organization.
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #21 – December 19, 2022, 11:32:15 am Our main sitting area is the back couch on either side at the back dinette. This presents a problem if one person is sitting, and another opens the storage cabinet door. 'Stuff' does move around during transit, and can fall out when the door is opened. We found a lightweight truck tail gate net works well. Heavy Duty Cargo Net Stretchable Universal ElasticTruck Net for Car SUV... They come in various sizes, both height, width, strechability, and hole size. Steel cables not needed. They make an easy to remove cargo net, that would keep stored items in the cabover from falling out. My cats wouldn't care for it but it works for the rear 'above the dinette' storage. RonB 2 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #22 – December 21, 2022, 08:21:26 pm @jor we used a cargo sub one like Ron did (pic attached) for over the cab. We use bins big time to organize, we don’t put heavy stuff over cab. Green netting to replace that soon.See green netting pieces - what I really like: No gaps like we can get with the cargo net that things can slip thru, it is taunter so things don’t slip over/under like with cargo net.Even when pretty taut, it is very easy to lower the netting to grab something )‘fyi can adjust the tautness vs ease of grabbing things to suit you. We have it wider taller where glass plates and bowls are (don’t want that slipping out) but cover less for our Rubbermaid brilliance and other containers (light weight, don’t shift as much, bigger items). We gradually moved to glass and brilliance because it was much easier to get very clean with little water when boondocking - much easier than Corelle plates/bowls. 2 Likes
Re: Adios Bunk Reply #23 – December 23, 2022, 01:30:21 pm Quote from: jor - December 12, 2022, 06:59:42 pmStill thinkin' about that. I’ve heard good things about cargo nets. We have to sleep in the bunk, the sofa bed in our RB is too short for Anthony.
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