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CurtisFamily
Explorer
Oct 27, 2013

Keeping top bunk raised

I'm sure this was probably one of those DUH moments, but for the past four years we have owned our toy hauler, the one thing I have not liked is when lowering the bunks, we couldn't lower the bottom bunk without lowering the top bunk as well. It would be nice to have the extra headroom when using the bottom bunk as sitting area, etc. Then what do you know, while cleaning the other day, I see there are holes for pins up near the top of the tracks, which just happen to line up with the bottom of the top bunk's frame. So by purchasing some pins and putting them in these holes while the bunks are raised, I can now lower the bottom bunk while the top one remains in place.

I'm sure 99% of you knew this, so I post this for that 1% who like me, had no idea.
Toy Haulers
  • rkortes's avatar
    rkortes
    Explorer
    Oct 28, 2013
    Just picked up a FA3005 Ragen and the HJ pins were still in the owners package. We intend to pin it up.
  • Sledge_Hammer's avatar
    Sledge_Hammer
    Explorer
    Oct 28, 2013
    On mine the holes on one side are just a little higher than the other, which requires one of us to push up on the bed while the other puts in the pins.
  • danojeno's avatar
    danojeno
    Explorer
    Oct 28, 2013
    For some reason, the holes on one side of my HJ are smaller than the other. No problem, I'll just use a big nail...Fail. Nail popped out while moving. Luckily, nothing broke.
  • WhitehouseLV's avatar
    WhitehouseLV
    Explorer III
    Oct 28, 2013
    Poppy & Nana wrote:
    Sprink-Fitter wrote:


    The dealer told us we could do that with our coachman adrenaline, where do you get the pins?


    Happijack sells them!


    So does Home Depot
  • Poppy___Nana's avatar
    Poppy___Nana
    Explorer
    Oct 28, 2013
    Sprink-Fitter wrote:


    The dealer told us we could do that with our coachman adrenaline, where do you get the pins?


    Happijack sells them!
  • Sprink-Fitter's avatar
    Sprink-Fitter
    Explorer
    Oct 28, 2013
    CurtisFamily wrote:
    I'm sure this was probably one of those DUH moments, but for the past four years we have owned our toy hauler, the one thing I have not liked is when lowering the bunks, we couldn't lower the bottom bunk without lowering the top bunk as well. It would be nice to have the extra headroom when using the bottom bunk as sitting area, etc. Then what do you know, while cleaning the other day, I see there are holes for pins up near the top of the tracks, which just happen to line up with the bottom of the top bunk's frame. So by purchasing some pins and putting them in these holes while the bunks are raised, I can now lower the bottom bunk while the top one remains in place.

    I'm sure 99% of you knew this, so I post this for that 1% who like me, had no idea.


    The dealer told us we could do that with our coachman adrenaline, where do you get the pins?

    Now if could figure how to turn on the outside speakers.
  • FunnyCamper's avatar
    FunnyCamper
    Explorer II
    Oct 27, 2013
    This is funny.

    we just bought the happijacks and I asked hubby how to keep the bed at the very top instead of it coming down. He said, DUH, just put the pins in it at the top and it stays there :) :) He knew, I sure didn't.

    1% needs this info. worth posting

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