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07-31-2017, 10:22 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
Just FYI, this pic of yours has me pestering the local drone guy at work. I might have to jump on this band wagon too.
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Sorry Bob, I know nothing about drones. Or, even what that is...
However; I have gotten very good at climbing trees in my old age.
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07-31-2017, 10:24 AM
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#222
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
Sorry Bob, I know nothing about drones. Or, even what that is...
However; I have gotten very good at climbing trees in my old age.
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Drones are cheaper than broken hips.
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07-31-2017, 12:03 PM
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#223
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: SW New Hampshire
Posts: 1,334
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Originally Posted by Brewerbob
Drones are cheaper than broken hips.
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Amen, brother!
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08-03-2017, 06:25 AM
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#224
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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I finally got around to putting the hinges and gas springs on my bed frame. This is so I can use it for storage. Nothing terribly fancy or unique but sure nice to have!
Pretty simple - three door hinges and two gas springs (and mounting hardware). The springs are 20" long and 110 lbs of force each. That seems to be about right for my mattress.
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08-03-2017, 07:14 AM
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#225
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
The springs are 20" long and 110 lbs of force each. That seems to be about right for my mattress.
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Nice, I was just going to ask that so since you already answered I'll ask another question. Did you measure it some kind of way or did you just get lucky?
3/4" ply? Memory foam or something else? I'd like to do the same but I don't want it flapping up every time I hit a pothole. I also don't want to have to bench press 200 lbs while holding a chainsaw in one hand. The gf doesn't like the idea of a Murphy bed but I think that's just the semi permanent up position she doesn't like. The bed can stay down but needs to open one handed for the storage. Over sprung could be fixed with a simple latch but I'd rather have it just under than over the needed force.
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08-03-2017, 07:34 AM
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#226
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
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Oh and damn!!! There's not much room on the side of that mattress. I'm assuming king but is it a california king turned sideways???? I definitely want more room to get around it than that. I'm thinking full size. GF is wanting at least a queen. As I end up sleeping with the same amount of space (about 16") in a twin as I get with a king (damn wemon and dogs)... I'm going to try to do just a full. Something between full and queen would be ok except for the sheets.
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08-03-2017, 08:19 AM
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#227
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Skoolie
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Lake geneva Wisconsin
Posts: 199
Year: 93
Coachwork: Amtran
Chassis: International
Engine: 7.3 idi
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Looks great JD. Lots of storage there. plan on getting a king size memory foam and cutting it to just smaller than a queen. That way the excess foam i can use as bench coushins.
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08-03-2017, 08:22 AM
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#228
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Originally Posted by Greatestrr
Looks great JD. Lots of storage there.
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Looks like he should have made a cut out in the floor and put in a hot tub. 
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08-03-2017, 08:58 AM
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#229
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
Did you measure it some kind of way or did you just get lucky?
3/4" ply? Memory foam or something else? I'd like to do the same but I don't want it flapping up every time I hit a pothole. I also don't want to have to bench press 200 lbs while holding a chainsaw in one hand.
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Good questions Bob! I mostly got lucky with the springs. I had a similar setup in my last motorhome and knew the springs had to be pretty strong so that was my starting point.
Details of the bed frame are here - I used 11/16" plywood as it was more affordable than 3/4" (for whatever reason). The mattress is a regular queen size and is the pillow-top style. It is not light but not ridiculously heavy either. It stays down by itself and requires enough of a tug that I don't think it would ever open by itself - even a big bump.
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08-03-2017, 09:00 AM
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#230
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greatestrr
Looks great JD. Lots of storage there. plan on getting a king size memory foam and cutting it to just smaller than a queen. That way the excess foam i can use as bench coushins.
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Nice! I am not vertically challenged so even a queen is longer than I require. An inch or two shorter would make a big difference in 'walk around space'.
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08-03-2017, 09:04 AM
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#231
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
Looks like he should have made a cut out in the floor and put in a hot tub. |
Ohhhh.... now THAT is an idea!!! 
Hmmm.... Maybe I'll make the frame another foot or two taller, waterproof it, and put the water inside. The mattress is then the 'insulated top' for the hot tub! I could even use engine heat and a heat exchanger to keep it hot!
Oh boy... I suppose if I did that there would be a horde of ladies hanging around my place.... Maybe I better not... 
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08-03-2017, 09:11 AM
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#232
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
I used 11/16" plywood as it was more affordable than 3/4" (for whatever reason).
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Phfft close enough. I don't know why I need 191/256ths plywood.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
I am not vertically challenged so even a queen is longer than I require.
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Sounds as tho you are. Anything shorter than 74" and my feets are going to be hanging off the end.
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08-03-2017, 09:12 AM
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#233
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
Oh and damn!!! There's not much room on the side of that mattress. I'm assuming king but is it a california king turned sideways???? I definitely want more room to get around it than that. I'm thinking full size. GF is wanting at least a queen. As I end up sleeping with the same amount of space (about 16") in a twin as I get with a king (damn wemon and dogs)... I'm going to try to do just a full. Something between full and queen would be ok except for the sheets.
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No, sadly not (much room to walk around). There is "enough" but I have to sort of step side-to-side to get by. It is a regular queen. I debated about a shorter or even custom size bed. I sure do not NEED a queen - I guess I got hung up on "standard" (for sheets, blankets, etc.). I even considered a King as I figured I should have plenty of room if a band of Amazonian Warriors ever decided to have their way with me. However; it seems there are not many of those wondering around the forests of North America - or they have kept their distance, so far. 
I've also considered rotating it 90 degrees. I keep telling myself that it is more difficult to make the bed that way but considering how often I actually do that... well... pretty weak excuse.
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08-03-2017, 09:17 AM
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#234
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
Ohhhh.... now THAT is an idea!!!
Hmmm.... Maybe I'll make the frame another foot or two taller, waterproof it, and put the water inside. The mattress is then the 'insulated top' for the hot tub! I could even use engine heat and a heat exchanger to keep it hot!
Oh boy... I suppose if I did that there would be a horde of ladies hanging around my place.... Maybe I better not... |
With your ceiling, might I also suggest a disco ball.
Sent the gf your framing pic. She mentioned the windows being block. So, make the bed platform two piece. Have it so they fold down along the sides and use them as benches. Be sure to leave enough room under them for mini fridges. Nothing worse than getting a chill while fetching beer.
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08-03-2017, 09:50 AM
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#235
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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08-03-2017, 09:52 AM
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#236
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
I guess I got hung up on "standard" (for sheets, blankets, etc.). I even considered a King
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I need the length of a queen but don't need the width. I foresee tucking the excess sheet under the mattress in my future.
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as I figured I should have plenty of room if a band of Amazonian Warriors ever decided to have their way with me. However; it seems there are not many of those wondering around the forests of North America - or they have kept their distance, so far.
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Wandering the wrong forests maybe? Just don't forget the hobbits need loving too. I has a little Ginger hobbit. She won't let me have an Amazon.  I told I'd share the Amazon with her and still no dice.
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08-04-2017, 07:06 AM
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#237
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Well Bob, I took your advice and looked for Hobbits yesterday. I found what I thought was a village in the following photo but no Hobbitses any where to be found. I am clearly doing something wrong...
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08-04-2017, 08:05 AM
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#238
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JDOnTheGo
Well Bob, I took your advice and looked for Hobbits yesterday. I found what I thought was a village in the following photo but no Hobbitses any where to be found. I am clearly doing something wrong...
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Clearly. Hobbits are short but they aren't pixies.
VERY nice photo tho. Good detail especially for compressed and resized. What camera?
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08-04-2017, 10:58 AM
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#239
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The West
Posts: 1,210
Year: 1998
Coachwork: MCI
Chassis: 102 EL3
Engine: DD 60
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
Clearly. Hobbits are short but they aren't pixies.
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DOH!!! See!?!? I need help! No wonder I wasn't finding any of them... I'm probably looking in the wrong places for Amazonian Warriors as well. 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
VERY nice photo tho. Good detail especially for compressed and resized. What camera?
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Thank you! It is a Sony Alpha A6000. I have been very happy with it. As you say, squishing photos down to a reasonable size for the web has a way of making them less good.
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08-07-2017, 11:29 AM
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#240
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: SE Florida
Posts: 1,108
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Engine: T444E
Rated Cap: 65 pax
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Gorgeous! Is this in CO?
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