thanks for the bed ideas everybody! I appreciate the generally enthusiastic reports about the 213. Having a leg problem, the extra driver space is very beneficial to me too. And while we've only taken 2 trips so far, they have included both the Oregon Coastal as well as the Cascade Range passes, up to 4800+ feet. Plenty of power.
I've got cataract surgery coming up & my Sweet Bride has some time off work. We'll be putting in another coastal trip soon.
The bed issue seems to have a number of reasonable solutions. I'm trying another one by having some high density foam wedges cut to run the length of the sofa crack, over which the queen air mattress will go. Then on to some of the solutions demonstrated here.
Having TT for the last 25 years, we've never had to consider a toad. While I have a Jeep Wrangler, it weighs 4000#. I'm not so sure I want to add all that bulk. Then again, the notion of peddle bikes etc may have to be explored.
Cheeze: it looks like you regained some major under-box room. I'll have to review the other links to see exactly what the process was.
Thanks everyone for posting.
I just returned from my 50th high school reunion.....not sure whether it was the right place, there were a bunch of old geezers there!!!