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EchoGale
Senior Member Joined: 10 Mar 2019 Location: FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 463 |
Topic: 176T specific mods Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 1:57pm |
Hi Ivathan,
Not sure how big your teen is but I actually sleep in my top bunk, I've tried both and even though the space is smaller it feels bigger because it is open to the rest of the camper. I have a little folding step stool and hop right up there.
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lviathan
Newbie Joined: 19 Apr 2017 Location: Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 1 |
Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 1:30pm |
Our teen is outgrowing the headspace on the bottom bunk. We need the storage space of the top bunk but ideally would raise it up 6 or 8 inches. Looks like I could just remove the top bunk, build up some spacers on the original supports and put a new shelf in, no?
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
Posted: 22 Dec 2018 at 9:10am |
Nice work Jerry. We cut out the upper bunk in our 172 and kept a portion of it for shelving as you did. In fact I added a second layer of shelving so it holds a bunch of plastic boxes with locking lids. I put a cargo net up in front of the shelf to keep all the stuff from falling off in a turn or a bump.
I think you get more sleeping space with your use of the dinette. Though I raised and widened the lower bunk in our Pod, it's still not the width of a full size bed, but it's cozy.
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JerryCk
Newbie Joined: 10 Oct 2018 Location: Montana Online Status: Offline Posts: 13 |
Posted: 22 Dec 2018 at 12:45am |
This link is to pictures of the mods R-Pod 176T interior mods We bought a 2011 176T recently. Our first priority was to optimize the dinette/bed setup for two empty nesters. I salvaged the table top and repurposed the "gurney" for my shop. I installed a bulkhead attached to the rear dinette seat partition that the table top is hinged from. The table can be raised level, propped on the telescoping leg I added. The bulkhead is set at 78" from the rear wall of the tent. That way we can use 2 Exped self-inflating air mattresses, creating a queen bed. With the table down, there is seating two, with convenient access to the bed from either side. I will build a hanging shelf from the collapsed table to hold drinks, Kindles, etc. I will also build a tuckaway support so that a bed can still be set up across the seating space, using one of the mattresses. On the other end of the trailer, I cut off the upper bunk even with the partition. That creates a great storage shelf and frees up space for the hanger wall plus extra seating and/or clothes storage - you name it. The lower bunk can still be used for sleeping. We may have times on the road or when the weather is bad, that we don’t bother to use the tent.
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