Good to know. Thanks Stuart. Nobody reported a failure and i can't find one that ever happened, so hopefully my wife and I won't squish the kids below. Jeff > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:27:33 -0700 > From: stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM > Subject: Re: Upper bunk weight limit? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I no longer use the upper bunk and took it out. The fold out part is very > robust, with a steel reinforced front edge that will bow, but not break. > Mine was significantly bowed, but was easy to straighten by putting it > between two sawhorses and sitting an bouncing a little on it. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Jeff Palmer > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 7:25 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Upper bunk weight limit? > > Camping with the kids (4 and 5) is getting easier, although they still only > sleep when it's dark out. Which right now is between 1030 and 6 in the > morning. > > They get the bottom bed, we get the top (less risk of rolling out and it's > smaller!). > > Got me thinking - if the top bunk hasn't failed it must be the only thing > that hasn't. What's the weight limit up there? Anybody hear of the bed > coming crashing down in the middle of the night? Yikes. > > Thanks > Jeff (recovering well from the heart attack and sadly back at work)= |
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