Electric powered bed lift
Has anyone installed an electric bed lift in their coach? Our new mattress is much heavier than the sleep number mattress was. Lifting the bed has become a back breaker.
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- "RicB".....We had the same issue with our Monaco when we added a nice pillow top mattress. I tried several things including stronger pistons, but found that the bed frame, including the side rails and bed base couldn't handle the stress of the additional pistons.
I looked at an electric lift, but the design of the Monaco bed had no place to install it and I was back to having to make a stronger frame.
Finally, I bit the bullet and made a metal bar that spanned between the two frame rails (for structural support) and added plates that through bolted (carriage bolts under the mattress) through the base.
Once the frame was made, I added four pistons. The bed was then effortless to lift. Some beds only lift half the base, but the Monaco lifted 3/4's of the bed frame and required a LOT of lift to get it to work.
MrLugs wrote:
When my wife put memory foam on top of our mattress it was heavy and would not stay up. Moving the hinge point 1.5 ins solved the problem.
Re positioning the gas lifts farther from the hing should solve your problem. I have seen units that have adjustable brackets for this reason. Another contributing factor may be that if it's an older unit the gas lifts might be tired.- Hatch lift
You may want to try these - Re positioning the gas lifts farther from the hing should solve your problem. I have seen units that have adjustable brackets for this reason. Another contributing factor may be that if it's an older unit the gas lifts might be tired.
- Maybe try adding additional or try adding a linear actuator
hershey wrote:
Consider the addition of pneumatic piston supports, much like those used on bay doors. They come in a wide range of poundage. Our rear bed has them and opening the engine compartment with mattress in place is a no effort task.
I have the strongest available gas shocks available on it. It is still to heavy for my small wife to lift.- Consider the addition of pneumatic piston supports, much like those used on bay doors. They come in a wide range of poundage. Our rear bed has them and opening the engine compartment with mattress in place is a no effort task.
