Where is the table stowed in the 179

Originally posted by TigerPawd We have used the strap as several others have posted, and also, we have just left the table on the bed.  It showed no tendency to move forward and rub against the forward wall.However, when we tried to put the whole thing together to use as a bed, it just didn't work well.  The five cushions shifted around, even with rubberized shelf material underneath, and worse, the bed ends up with several different levels - not real good for sleeping.  In the end, we made a plywood "slide-in" to use when the slide-out was out.  If I have done it right, this conversion is down toward the end of page 46:     http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=842&PN=46&title=list-your-modsSo far, it's been much more satisfactory than the factory installation.  The old table is in storage and the replacement is a couple of TV tables that are much lighter and easier to move outside.

Thanks for the reply

The table is less than useful. I don't like part of the mechanism that sticks out looking like a chisel, just waiting to be impaled on. We plan on keeping the dinette permanently as a bed, basically just for lounging. We bought a cheapo memory foam topper to level out the lumpy shifty cushions below, which works well enough for lounging and napping. Long term I will fill the space by building some sort of a removable cabinet type thing, that will add storage as well as give proper support to the bed.