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1L243's avatar
1L243
Explorer II
Feb 27, 2017

New Toy Hauler Garage Electric Bed

I have had several Toy Haulers but this is the first that has a drop down electric bed in the garage. The bed has locking pins about 24" down from the sealing where the bed will come to rest on the pins if they are not removed. This is the only place where there are holes for the pins. With the pins removed the bed can be lowered all the way down to where it would almost sit on the folded down couches. What is the purpose of the pins? Can't you sleep on the bed at any point along the track?

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  • MartyMoose's avatar
    MartyMoose
    Explorer
    Feb 28, 2017
    It sounds like your rails might be mounted upside down. Are there holes about 12 from bottom?
  • Wild_Card's avatar
    Wild_Card
    Explorer
    Feb 27, 2017
    1L243 wrote:
    On my unit it only has one electric bed. There are two jackknife couches that will lay flat or fold flat against the wall. The single electric bed will come all the way down but no conflict with a second electric bed. So in my case do the pins not really do anything? Can the electric bed be used anywhere on the track without the pins?



    There is pins stopping that second bed from comming down. It should come down and stop around the top of the windows.

    The bottom bed or couches are resting at the bottom of the track.

    No you do not want to sleep on either bed without it resting on the proper stops
  • 1L243's avatar
    1L243
    Explorer II
    Feb 27, 2017
    On my unit it only has one electric bed. There are two jackknife couches that will lay flat or fold flat against the wall. The single electric bed will come all the way down but no conflict with a second electric bed. So in my case do the pins not really do anything? Can the electric bed be used anywhere on the track without the pins?

  • Sandia_Man's avatar
    Sandia_Man
    Explorer II
    Feb 27, 2017
    Yup, if the upper bunk is not pinned it will go down when switch is depressed to lower them. Top bunk should not lower beyond a certain point keeping enough clearance for unencumbered use of the bottom bunk. In our rig both bunks need to be at their stopping points to use for sleeping purposes.
  • arhayes's avatar
    arhayes
    Explorer
    Feb 27, 2017
    As others have stated, the locking pins should be at the top holding the bed in position so it cannot contact the chain and lower. On ours, when the pins are pulled, both beds lower but when it stops the the upper bed is spaced about 3 feet above the lower bed. There is a ladder for folks to get into the upper bed.
  • Wild_Card's avatar
    Wild_Card
    Explorer
    Feb 27, 2017
    inside the track will have a stop for the top bed, mid way down or so...if you have a 2 bed system. If you have 2 beds and the top bed comes all the way down its missing the stop brackets.

    the pins are to pin the top bed and allow only the bottom to go up and down, the bottom will go all the way to bottom of track

    the bottom is the lifting bed they do not work independent
  • lightfoot's avatar
    lightfoot
    Explorer III
    Feb 27, 2017
    I think there is a problem with the setup of the beds. I have had 3 TH's with the Happijac system and when lowering the beds, the top one only goes down a foot or two from the top location to a stop. Then the lower bench seats/bed continue to lower to the bottom stop. In my case, we do not use the top bed, so I have the locking pins in the upper holes so that the top bed does not lower.
  • lawnspecialties's avatar
    lawnspecialties
    Explorer
    Feb 27, 2017
    There should be holes near the top so when you lower the bottom bunk, the top bed does not move at all. It stays hugged to the ceiling.

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