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Hi following on from my thread ' using the caravan as a bedroom on the drive' thought I would ask you what your opinions are of travelling with the front lounge made up into the double bed.

We have done this before when moving on from one site to another and had no problems.

As the caravan will have the bed made up for at least a month while the builders are here, when we come to go away in it is it worth making the bed back to settees or leave it as a bed?

Can't see any problems but sure I will get advise from you all. 

The double bed is of the wooden slatted style, we do stand the cushions on end in the middle of the  van when leaving at the site for the winter and know we wont be using it again till the spring.

The main thing I was concerned about was the travelling with the bed all made up, however I think we shall not be bothered to make to settees for a 100 miles only to have to pull it all to pieces again.

We distibute the contents sensibly and don't pile the bed with much.

As others have said with double dinettes and I would do myself if we had that layout, they leave one end made as a bed all the time.

ignore the weight distribution if the bedding is below the seats   the weight of the bedding is negligible in that respect  

re distribution of weight   have you noticed in so many vans these days that the  battery box   the water store    the fridge    the oven    the microwave   are all on one side of the van?   how on earth do we balance the wight side to side when the manufacturer breaks the rules to start with?     

Quote: Originally posted by Surfer01 on 06/10/2012

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The only issue may be that your noseweight is affected.

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