Newbie need help with purchase decision

DutchmenSport wrote:
A Murphy bed flips up and out of the way, providing more living room space. They still come with bunk ends (not canvas), slide-outs, but in a much shorter length, comparable to the length you're looking for.

When we were looking to downsize to a shorter couple's trailer from our triple bunk bed KZ Spree I investigated Rockwood travel trailers with a front Murphy bed. It's an interesting solution to having the convenience of a sofa for day use and a queen bed at night in a floor plan that would otherwise be too short to accommodate both. However, there's a glaring drawback to this design - very little cargo storage capacity. That was a deal breaker so we passed on the Murphy bed design and stuck with a conventional design with storage under the bed itself and this huge front pass through storage compartment. :B