How to add support to my Short Queen?

cbowie1964 wrote:
We have our brand new Jayco Jay Flight SLX 8 212QBW.
You can use the link to see the floor plan.
https://www.jayco.com/products/travel-trailers/2019-jay-flight-slx-8-west/212qbw/

The bed is an island short queet. Underneath the bed is the bow storage. By lifting the foot of the bed it will hinge upward and hold by two pistons so you can access the bow storage from inside. Kind of neat.

We are complete newbies and are slowly trying out all the features while it's parked in the driveway so we figure out any major problems before hitting the road.

Recently we slept for the first time in the trailer. No surprise we find the mattress on a board is just too uncomfortable. I've ordered a 4" topper to try and solve that.

My issue I'm trying to address next is the board used under the mattress is a single plank of composite wood. There is no support structure other than the 2" frame of the cabinet/storage area under the bed.

With both my wife and I on the bed there were a couple "pops" in the night from the wood. I did inspect it in the morning and there were no obvious splits or cracks but it drives me to ask how I could reinforce this.

My problem is just putting in a thicker piece of would will likely exceed the lift capacity of the pistons that hold up the bed.

I'm imagining something under the wood on the frame to create support would be the best approach but I'm looking for suggestions.

Has anyone dealt with this issue and what did you find successful?

I would invite you to join the Jayco forums, if you haven't already. There some folks over there who know a lot about Jayco products. You can get there at www.jaycoowners.com/forums/.

I'm one of those who modified my pass through/under bed storage who are in the link to Jayco forums. When I did mine, I kept the old 1/4" or so platform, just cutting it so only the portion over the under bed storage opened. I probably should have gone to 3/8" or 1/2" plywood for the platform, but the original has, to date, served me well.

Some who have added a partition between the pass through and under bed have left the bed platform in it's original length and keep it hinged up at the very top of the bed. I didn't. The portion over the pass through is screwed down permanently. On mine, only the portion of the platform over the under bed storage will lift now.