Topic: The New Addition

[Donnie1]

Picked this up off of Craigslist in KC for $500. New they are around $1100.

[tdybr27]

Damn, I missed that one!   

Good job!   

[bluedevil]

Very cool.  What is it, couple hundred pounds the most?

[Fowlhunter]

Nice find Donnie!!!   

[Donnie1]

Very cool.  What is it, couple hundred pounds the most?

The weight of the bedslide? Only about 100 or less. I picked it up one side and the other guy picked up the other side and we sat it in. When I was bolting it in, I had one end resting on the ground and the other on the gate and slid it right in.  Not heavy at all, but is rated to carry 1,000 or so.

[boilers94]

Nice find!! 

[oHIobellboy]

I'm still debating on one of these. We use out avy tent fairly often in the summer and I just don't know the compatibility of an air mattress with one of those.

[Vetman]

Nice Find!
Gotta love those bedslides.
Not sure how I got a long without one......
Oh yeah, I spent a lot of time crawling into the bed of the AV!

[msdinsp]

I'm still debating on one of these. We use out avy tent fairly often in the summer and I just don't know the compatibility of an air mattress with one of those.

I have the bedslide, and the tent and air mattress.
1st time using it, I used a piece of 3/8 plywood, I had laying around, worked OK, but plywood was too flexible, I now have 2 pieces of 3/4 inch plywood, 3'x4', hinged along the 4' side, so they'll fold together, and lay in the bedslide, also not too bulky to move by myself.
Open it up, lay on top of the bedslide, matress on top, works pretty good that way.

[oHIobellboy]

I have the bedslide, and the tent and air mattress.
1st time using it, I used a piece of 3/8 plywood, I had laying around, worked OK, but plywood was too flexible, I now have 2 pieces of 3/4 inch plywood, 3'x4', hinged along the 4' side, so they'll fold together, and lay in the bedslide, also not too bulky to move by myself.
Open it up, lay on top of the bedslide, matress on top, works pretty good that way.

Now that sounds interesting, I'll have to check that out next time we meet up. Can't talk you into Bratfest over Labor Day weekend can I?

[Donnie1]

Now that sounds interesting, I'll have to check that out next time we meet up. Can't talk you into Bratfest over Labor Day weekend can I?

I was going to suggest something similar as well. It is bolted behind the front and back tiedowns and it locks in place so it does not move at all. The sides of the slide are only a couple inches tall so I don't see why laying a mattress on top of the slide would not work either.

You can see by all the stuff on Gina's that it would be fun climbing in and out of there everytime she wanted something, and that is only some of the stuff that is in there on a regular basis. So when I built the other one, I realized then that it was a must have. I was just waiting to find the real bedslide at a reasonable price and I finally found one.

[tdybr27]

ORrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, OBB, you could use the Swing n Load and when you camp just lift if off the hinges.   

[oHIobellboy]

ORrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, OBB, you could use the Swing n Load and when you camp just lift if off the hinges.   

As nice of a product as that is, it wouldn't do me any good getting my spare tire out of the bed.