matress is terrible

If you live in (or near) a college area the big box stores will usually have the twin size memory foam on sale close to move in time.

Since we are very budget conscious we buy it in the fall and use a lot (4-5 layers) and it sleeps great.

edit* (cheap egg-shell foam not quality memory foam)

Heelshock wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
We replaced ours with a Queen Tempur-Pedic when we hit the road FT

I worry about the added weight on the bed frame in our Skyline. I'd really like to put a pillow top mattress in there but it looks like it would add about 60 lbs to a lift-up frame that seems to defy the laws of physics.

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Add a piece of plywood standing on edge in the storage area to 'hold up' the bed. Pretty simple really, just get the plywood cut to the proper 'width' at the store and then you can probably just stand it up and screw it to the existing wood frame of the bed to hold it in place.

We had this in our old trailer and it was actually really helpful in keeping the storage 'stuff' from moving around too much under there as well.

Memory foam with gel toppers on my hybrid. Night and day comfort difference.

We replace ours with a new pillow top mattress from Mattress Firm. They have the "short queen" which is the RV queen.

After measuring I found that we have a "short" queen. There's a couple inches wiggle room, but not enough to fit an 80" queen. I went ahead and ordered this one. Great reviews. If they hold true I think we'll be happy with it. We're looking forward to never sleeping on the Skyline factory back breaker again!

DreamFoam Bedding Ultimate Dreams Short 9-Inch Crazy Euro Top mattress, Queen

chr$ wrote:
We have a heavy foam mattress. I cut a regular queen down with a sharp serrated breadknife. I also have a Skyline, The "frame" can handle it. It handles that and 350 Lbs of us.

Ebay has the exact same as Tempur pedic for around 300 bucks. Best 300 I ever spent.

We have a heavy foam mattress. I cut a regular queen down with a sharp serrated breadknife. I also have a Skyline, The "frame" can handle it. It handles that and 350 Lbs of us.

proxim2020 wrote:
A 4" or greater foam mattress topper works great. If you have one of the short queens then just take a old kitchen knife, heat it up on the stove, then use it to cut the mattress to length. It leaves a nice smooth edge and no mess.

I found that a very sharp butcher knife will do the same thing without heating it.

A 4" or greater foam mattress topper works great. If you have one of the short queens then just take a old kitchen knife, heat it up on the stove, then use it to cut the mattress to length. It leaves a nice smooth edge and no mess.

We bought our trailer used a few years ago. It had not been used very much by the previous owners. I am so glad that they had replaced the mattress with a new queen. We love it...was at one time better than the one we have here at home.