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galtgirl
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Mar 01, 2014

Queen bed in place of current King

We have a king size bed in our 5th wheel and we replaced the mattress last year with a good quality residential. We've had the RV for 10 years and I have always hated changing the sheets and the lack of room on either side of the mattress; it's butted up tight against the walls.
We are going to fulltime next year and I'm really considering cutting down the platform and putting our current queen mattress, which is also new and is memory foam and therefore light in the RV. It would make it so much easier to change the sheets. It would also give me room for a small shelf on each side of the bed for glasses, a book etc. Hubby isn't convinced. We sleep on a queen fine at home but I think he likes the expanse of the king in the RV; also we have two French Bulldogs which we let sleep on the king bed but not the queen because they take up too much room.
Anyone gone from a king to a queen and regretted it or have any thoughts on the matter?
  • put queen in RV. husband and dogs can sleep there. wife can sleep on jack knife sofa.
    solution was easy.
    bumpy
  • How about trying the Queen from the house on the next trip? Just swap it in without any other modifications. The other thing that may make life easier with the king is if you had help making the bed...just sayn..
  • Wow, I think with dogs you may be crowded.

    We have a king in the house, a queen in the TT. We are wishing we could put a king in but the wardrobes butt the mattress.

    IMO, I am thinking you are making a huge mistake if you change.