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JrStafford
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Aug 08, 2020

Is there a weight limit on cabover bed?

Recently sold my broken camper to someone (cheap), and found myself another. It's a 2000 Lance Lite, in amazing shape. The lady who sold it to me, said she had a second mattress that I could have. So I took out the thin one, and put this one in it's place. It's a lot heavier than the stock mattress, much thicker and with a sort of pillowtop on it. It's about 11" thick, as opposed to the 7" thick that you normally see in a truck camper.

My question is this:

Does anyone have a opinion of whether or not it's bad for my camper to haul the heavier mattress on the cabover camper?

My previous camper had some damage, like someone had hauled something too heavy on the bed, and I want to make sure that I'm not going to trash the camper with a mattress that's too heavy for it.
  • The brand new camper I bought had a Serta mattress with pillow top on it in the overhead. So, I would assume it would be OK. Mine was the north/south bed if that makes any difference.
  • harley4275 wrote:
    The problem you may find is that you lose 4 inches of head room. Should be no prob with weight . I weight 170 and there are guys that weight 340 and makes no diff . No offense to 340 lb guys...lol


    That I've already seen and can accept. My other option is the regular 7" mattress with a 3" memory foam on top, so either way it's about the same.

    I'm just worried about the extra weight of the mattress when bouncing down the highway at 70 mph, wondering if that's an issue?
  • The problem you may find is that you lose 4 inches of head room. Should be no prob with weight . I weight 170 and there are guys that weight 340 and makes no diff . No offense to 340 lb guys...lol