How I Build My Lifetime Table Bed In My Van | 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan | Simple No Build Setup
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- How I Build My Lifetime Table Bed In My Van | 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan | Simple No Build Setup
Setting Up the Table Bed Step By Step | Measurements | Tying it Down | 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan
Hope this video helped you get a better understanding about this bed. Thanks for watching!
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*Note This table has a weight limit of 200 lbs of evenly distributed weight. We are not evenly distributed humans. Adults must reinforce each leg and center with either pvc or 2x2’s. Safety first! 😃💯
How did you reinforce the table? Did you include this in another video?
@dalecleveland144 thanks for watching! I don’t have a particular video showing how I reinforce the table bed. My husband built me a little wood leg for the center, and that’s about all I use. However, any adult using this table bed idea should reinforce it at center and each leg. I recommend either PVC or two by twos. Some people have stated that they would use PVC, and cut out the area at the top of the table where the bar needs clearance, but that seems a little bit too much for me to want to deal with. I just reinforced the center. There are weight limits to the table, and there’s a debate going on about how much it actually holds. But the weight itself, per manufacture recommendations, is an evenly distributed weight, and we are not evenly distributed humans, therefore needing to reinforce mostly center. But I recommend all adults using this idea reinforce at each leg and center. It’s a simple measure from the bottom of the table to the floor of your van for each leg and center. Once you get your blankets and everything on the table bed that you’ll be using to sleep with, the weight of that hold them in place. My van is completely no build. Hope this helps! Have a fantastic day!😃💯🇺🇸
I love your setup. No build, very minimal, organized and allows a lot of space for storage.
Very informative I would have never in 1 million years thought of using a folding table for a bedframe. I have about four of these tables. I will look at them differently from now on lol.❤
I use the table top for storage and sleep on the floor with my legs going under the table. (I am longer than 67". The passenger side of the floor can be used for storage. In the morning I fold up the foam mattress and put it where my legs were.
Really glad to have found your videos! Coupled with your careful, common sense ideas and your terrific ability to communicate them, you've become a real blessing to the Minivan Camper Community! A heart felt thank you for sharing!!!
Hello, wow! Thank you so much for this kind comment. I truly appreciate your encouragement and support. I’m super glad you found my channel too! 🙌🏼😃💯 YOU are very welcome. 😊🙌🏼💯❤️
Effective. Easy. Inexpensive. Removable. Uses the only area wide enough. AND boat loads of storage space. A classic example of an idea that is OBVIOUS, once someone else thinks of it.
As a white water kayaker, I see lots of setups for weekend camping including storage space for kayaks and gear. This is the best mini van setup I've seen.
Thanks for watching! And thank you for that very kind compliment! It definitely suits me while I’m on the road, and I’d have it no other way! Less is truly More! Have a fantastic day! 😃💯🙌🏼
I want to express my gratitude for sharing this captivating footage with us. Have a pleasant weekend!✅✅❤❤
The details were great. Really made things clear
Thank you - very clear directions on the set up - Wish you would have shown how you get in and out of the bed
@@katherinefein3261 thanks for watching! I appreciate your support. It’s quite simple, just lean over in Role in and when you get out, you just roll out and put your feet on the ground. I do have a video showing it in my playlist VAN CAMPING in Michigan. It’s a simple as leaning leaning over with your upper half shoulders first rolling in and when you want to get out your shoulders over and roll your legs out and put them on the ground. Hope this helps! Have a fantastic day!😃🙌🏼💯
Thanks for all the info I’ve gained from your videos. Practical advice and helpful hints for a camper as well as a full time nomad. I keep a notebook at hand as I watch and learn. Years ago I drove a semi cross-country and loved the traveling bit of it. I’m retired now and am getting long in tooth, but want to travel again while I still can. I don’t mean truck driving. My Toyota Sienna mini-van I bought two months ago will be my wheels. Fitting it out has been fun. Come spring I’m going to see the US again. Thanks again for your videos.
Excellent ideas
Bed looks nice,would love to see you in your bed. I always see nice builds but can't understand why they leave the pic of them in bed out. Thanks for sharing.
@@arnitacanas5958 thanks for watching! I do have videos in my playlist where I’m laying in the bed. I am 5‘2“ the bed itself from window to window is 5‘7“ so I can stretch out completely on that bed and I am completely comfortable. Anyhow, I hope this is helpful. Have a fantastic day!😃💯🙌🏼
Now that I see you put it together, step by step, I still like the slightly raised from the extra mattress at the head, when you fold it over. It looks really comfortable!
Thanks for watching! The upgrade to the 3 inch foam mattress made a huge difference. It’s very comfortable! Hope you are doing well, and your weekend is going fantastic! Thanks for the comment.🙌🏼😃💯
What weight does this bed/table hold? I'm nervous about laying on it. I'm about 184 lbs
@shelleyseely739 thanks for watching! I would definitely reinforce the table before using it. I put a disclaimer post and pinned it to the top of the post concerning this matter. Definitely reinforce the table at each leg and center, making the center salad enough for heavier weight. Hope this helps! Have a fantastic weekend!😃💯🙌🏼
I also have the Same van. I had my bed from front to back, but after seeing your setup I now have it side to side. I'm 5'1", so fit perfectly. I took the wood bed I made and cut it exactly to fit between the cup holders so my mattress is 6 inches below holders and my mattress is 6 inches. and fits level with cup holders. So my head and feet rest on cup holders I put a 1 inch spongymat on top of holders. Had to add cut 2x4 to each leg, but I'm very very comfortable.
Thanks for watching! That’s awesome! It pays to be small! 😂🙌🏼💯 sounds like a perfect fit! This setup certainly makes for more living space, that’s for sure! I’m so glad it worked out for you! Have a fantastic day! 😃🙌🏼💯
@@ModernDayPilgrim right? These are the instances where I'm grateful to be short! lol
Great 'thinking outside of the box' and imaginative identification of alternative uses for items.
Lady you are a genius 💡💡💡
Thank you! I truly enjoy your content 😌
Thank you so much. I have been watching your channel and have my van set up like your original set up. But now my sister is going on a trip with me. I thought this was so great when I saw you set this up for your granddaughter
Thanks for watching! And thank you for your support! You can absolutely travel with two people in a minivan. How tall are you guys? Lol.😂💯🙌🏼
@@ModernDayPilgrim I’m only 5 ft. So I can easily sleep up there. We are going to try it out on a short trip, before we take a longer one
Simple & brilliant!
Lady, this is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing😉
The best part of this side to side mid-van setup is your rear end and elbows don't keep hitting walls (windows).
I never thought about that, good point.
Brilliant! At present, we have a cartop tent, which we love. But once we're in our 70s/80s, the ladder may become a problem so we're looking at options for the future and I think this may be it! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! If you have a minute, check out, my playlist called “VAN CAMPING in Michigan.” I have several other layouts that might be beneficial to your future camping. Thanks for the kind comment! Have a fantastic weekend!😃💯🙌🏼
Thank you for sharing that. I have bin looking for a way to make a bed that way. From window to window. Thanks for the info about reinforcing it also. I'm going to give it a try. And I guess if it doesn't work, I'll return the table. It's definitely a no-build bed. I like it. I just hope it works for me because it's a great idea. Thank you again.
I love this idea! I'm too heavy for a table. But I'm definitely gonna see if i could build something like this. It gives you so much more space!
Thanks, thanks for watching! You can absolutely build some thing like this! It really is a great set up! I have so much room under that table to keep my things, I don’t bring a lot to begin with, and I’m very thoughtful about that anyway, but over all, I love having so much living space with this set up. Have a fantastic day! And thanks for commenting.😃🙌🏼💯
I think this would be an easy build! plywood and framed in, 3 sets of legs on hinges, so you can fold up for storage! This is such a fantastic idea for those of us under 5'7"! And you can cut everything specific to make it level!
@deanngardner5578 Thanks for watching! Absolutely!! That could easily be built! I appreciate you taking the time to comment! Have a fantastic day! 😃🙌🏼💯
Great idea and lots of usable space underhand around. I’m only 59” so doable. Thank you so much.❤❤❤❤
I love the table idea I hadn't even thought of that for a bit great
Great set up. I just bought a 2015 Grand Caravan. Can’t believe you have so much spare space.❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for watching! It really has to do with not bringing a bunch of things you don’t really need. And I also feel like because it’s a no build, the area in the van seems more spacious. The other thing I think makes a big difference is not having things hanging all over in the van. Have a fantastic weekend!😃🙌🏼💯
What a great video offering a different take on a van bed. I found you this evening and I am glad I did. New subscriber here.
Thanks for watching and for your support! I appreciate your kind comment. It’s worked out really well! Have a fabulous weekend! 😃🙌🏼💯
I’m familiar with this type of table. They aren’t strong enough for an adult to sleep on. Now if one were to use it to set up their cooking are that would be fine but to hold up an entire body all night long, we’ll eventually it’s going to collapse
Thanks for watching! It does have a weight limit, and it is highly recommended you reinforce each leg and center of the table. I’ll pin a comment! Have a fantastic day!😃🙌🏼💯
I never wished to be shorter before (I'm 5'6") but now I do. This is a great idea.
😂🙌🏼💯 That made me laugh out loud!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ModernDayPilgrim . I watch a lot of these videos, especially since I got the Caravan a month ago. You're very interesting to listen to. It's like I've walked down the street to see what a friend is doing with her van today. Very nicely put together. Just enough pausing to gather your thoughts or showing us your thinking, and good editing so we don't get bored.
Awesome idea for bed table. Thank you for sharing and video.. Blessings to you.
Great idea. It would have been helpful and given some more confidence in this idea if you'd have hopped up there and shown us how a 5'2 person fit to gauge how it might work for us. I kept hoping!
Thanks for watching! Check out my playlist called “Van Camping in Michigan” I have video with mme on the bed. I fit perfectly. Completely Stretched out. This video wants about me on the bed, just how it’s built.
Thanks for watching! Have a fantastic day! 💯😃
A massage table works better, its padded, more adjustable for height and was meant for people to lay on
Thanks for watching! That may work in bigger vans, but for my minivan, it would be too big. If I wanted a longer bed, I would use one of my cots, and the set up would be different. This set up is for smaller people, and allows for more space in the van. I have several set ups! Check out my playlist called “ VAN CAMPING in Michigan.” I have several set ups! Thank you for taking the time to comment! I appreciate it! Have a fantastic day!🙌🏼😃💯
Do they come only 4ft long?
New subscriber........wow how😮 awesome......i have a Nissan nv2500 high roof.....ive had it for 2 years and have realized i will never be able to afford to build it out the way i want ......so im trading it in for a mini van.......looking at a Chrysler pacifica......with stow and go seats.... loads of storage when you remove the seats ........this bed idea is epic....... thank you ......
Thank you so very much for sharing. Great channel💜
Thanks for watching! And thank you for the kind comment. I have a fantastic weekend!🙌🏼😃💯
Hi thank you very much for sharing God bless you
Now wait, if your head is as big as your shoulders you could be a Lego person 😅😂
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Thanks for this.
Thank you
Great ideas. I wonder if a rubber cane tip would fit over the table legs to help level it out?
Thanks for watching! I bet it would! But honestly, with the mattress on it, it’s not an issue. Have a fabulous day! 🙌🏼😃💯
Do you have a video showing how you leveled your floor?
also would have liked to see how you lie down & get back off that bed.
Thanks for watching! I don’t do anything to level my floor. I only thing that I level is the bed. Check out my playlist, I “Van Camping Michigan,” I have several videos on my cots and how I level them. As for getting in and out of the bed, think of it like a bunkbed where you have to just bend over to get in the bottom bunk. Have a fantastic day! Hope this helps! 🙌🏼😃💯
@@ModernDayPilgrim hon I’m 63 yrs old & have bad arthritis, no bunk beds for me..😓
Thanks for sharing 😊
Great video, thank you
Have you slept on that bed yet ? For me I’d put a center support of some kind. As little as you are those tables aren’t made that sturdy imo. Because I travel with a dog I would like having the extra floor space.
I put PVC under the legs so it doesn’t move around and doesn’t bounce out 2 inches should be perfect
Lifetime website says it has a 750lb distributed load capacity but only 100lb center. The legs are steel, not aluminum.
For the 4 foot table I do believe it is 200 pounds of evenly distributed wait
Charlie019 · a year ago
Hey Folks I Just Wanted To Know How Much Weight This Table Can Carry, Thank You In Advance.
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Manufacturer · a year ago
This table has a uniform distributed load capacity of 1,000 pounds and a center load capacity of 200 pounds.
**This is directly from their website :). So am I correct in thinking that your middle section would have to weigh more than 200 lbs? lol I'm not 200, so I know my middle isn't ha ha
Hello,
I do not agree with this. My table is lifetime “foldable” table and I have read with my own eyes that this table has a weight limit of 200lbs of evenly distr weight. NOT 1000lbs.
You may be referring to the commercial grade table. Mine is not. I would not suggest that weight ever.
good video
What if you used a small piece of pvc pipe cut to the length you need for the front side of the table and slid it up over the leg. As quilters we use pvc to raise our tables to a height where we can work, I believe this would work in the van also.
Thanks for watching! Yes, exactly! 👍🏼
If the legs are u shaped rather than I shaped the cane tips can't work.😢
I'm going to look at tables on Amazon 67 inches long. I wonder if that would go across my 2011 Chevy HHR I want to put it all the way back to the back of the car where the window opens up. Hope it works thank you.
Thanks for watching! I’ve got a measure the floor space from wall to wall. Not from window to window. The windows are wider than the walls but the table legs won’t fit across if they’re 67 inches that table is 48 inches long.
I’m ferrying and driving my DGC cross country this spring moving from AK to MI along with my two rescued scaredy cats (their comfort and safety my priority.. their fine with me but terrified of everyone else so gives new meaning to “stealth” camping! I’m going to play with a crossways high table bed design for having a large pet crate-cage underneath. I’m over 200lbs so I will need to reinforce the bed. Wondering if anyone has more details and or experiences with bed reinforcement and also strapping everything down.
Thanks for watching! Yes, I would absolutely make sure you reinforce that bed, or maybe have one built out of wood that would be more sturdy. If you plan on putting a crate under there, you have to think about the size of that because you will absolutely need one or more reinforcement legs under the center of that table. I would not use it without making sure you have at least two or three. So that means your cat crates would have to be smaller. Not one large one. Does that make sense?
I wonder if two 2×4s under the table lengthwise resting on the cup areas would work for sturdiness. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! I think that is just a hollow molded piece of plastic. Probably would warp it in time. Have a fantastic day! 🙌🏼😃💯
Being so close to the windows that would make it colder, wouldn’t it? Since there’s no insulation and both your head and feet would be in the immediate proximity of the windows. I normally camp in high altitude mountains (colder nights) I’m just wondering how it would do. I checked some of your videos, they’re so awesome I subscribed. Thanks.
Thanks for watching! Yes, it would be cold unless you insulated the window. Which wouldn’t be that hard if you were going to use the set up. I live in Michigan, and don’t normally camp in the winter. Because I am a van camper, and not a full-time VanDweller. However, if someone was a full-time VanDweller, I would definitely recommend finding something to insulate the windows. I don’t hate the inside of my van at all when I camp in cold weather. I have camped in my van when it’s been in the low 30s. I double up my sleeping bags, putting a mommy sleeping bag in a regular, rectangular sleeping bag that is very helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to come in, have a fantastic weekend😃🙌🏼💯
@@ModernDayPilgrim I’m 66 and get cold easily lol. But maybe cutting a wool blanket and lining up reflectix? Worth trying. I’m not going to be a full time either, I mentioned that presently I tent camp. I have a home I’m planning to sell (my permanent residence) in the mountains in California and relocating to my second home in Baja but gets over 100 degrees by the Sea of Cortez in the summer thus coming back to USA van camping in the mountains for a few months and the temps can dip down into the 30s easily at night. At the moment is all about the planning and your videos are very helpful with lots of ideas, the best I’ve seen for my personal plans. 👍🏻👍🏻.
Spent many weekends camping in a pickup truck shell. I slept at window height. It's such a small space, the entire space is pretty much the same temperature. If anything, heat rises, so her body heat is more likely to be trapped at the ceiling. Maybe a tad colder at the floor. But you are on to something. Water condensation on the inside of the windows. Surely a mini van is more air tight than the cap on my pickup truck. (I could easily see daylight at the tailgate.) Even so, water would condense on the inside of the windows, walls, and ceiling. (Humans exhale a lot of moisture.) Blankets that touched the walls would get wet. Even when temps were below freezing, it was warmer to crack a window to vent the moisture rather than use wet blankets.
My tips for staying warm, even below freezing. 1) wear a hat. Depending on how cold it is, a ski mask. 2) I was disappointed with expensive sleeping bags for years before a common sense friend shared this low tech tip. If you were sleeping at home, wouldn't you just get another blanket? Adding a simple blanket on top of my sleeping bag made a huge difference. 3) Electric heating options include a heated vest or a heated mattress pad. I had a second battery wired in the back, but now those electric power stations are commonly available. A mattress pad far exceeds an electric blanket because heat rises. The first night that I used my heated mattress pad it was below freezing. I woke up drenched in sweat. WAY too hot. Good problem to have. I never ran it above the mid level setting after that.
that table is going to go flying when you put on your breaks fast
Thanks for watching! No, I have everything tied down. I show this in videos when I’m taking road trips. Check out my playlist called “Van Camping in Michigan.” Have a fantastic day! 🙌🏼😃💯
How do you support the middle of the table at the "fold" from the underside?
Thanks for watching! I would suggest using a 2 x 2 and measure from the underside of the table to your floor. Everybody’s vehicle is going to be different. Depending on what Megan model. Or use PVC pipe. Hope this helps! Have a fantastic day!😃🙌🏼💯
I would rather sleep on the bed/ table/cot and store stuff underneath. Deb from Oz
Thanks for watching! Absolutely! Whether it is the table, bed set up, across the width of the van, or the Coleman comfortsmart cot, there is storage space to be had. The Coleman cot is 15 inches high, allowing for my trunk organizer, storage containers to slide underneath. And other things as well. Under the trunk bed, someone could put a shelf if they chose and have it too tiered for storage. I don’t bring that much stuff in. There is no need for me to do that. Less is more in my book! But yes, I totally agree! great place for storage!🙌🏼😃💯
How much headroom when scan you sit on the bed?
Thanks for watching! This bed is too high to sit on. You’d have to have a chair to sit on, and then when you’re ready for bed, just lay down in your bed. Hope this helps! Have a fantastic day!😃🙌🏼💯
How much weight does that table hold?
Exactly! I am not trusting skinny aluminum legs with my 200 pound body. Its a good idea to have it as a base but i would support it better. Especially in the center. This is soooo dangerous.
@georgiahale4810 it’s a steel frame. ☺️ but I completely understand.
The manufacturer says 200 pounds of evenly distributed weight. We are not all evenly, distributed human beings, so we have to be thoughtful and careful with that. That’s why I suggest reinforcing it to be super careful. Great question! Thanks for watching.🙌🏼😃💯
@@laurenmarovich3234 this is not accurate. For the 4 foot lifetime table. It is 200 pounds of evenly distributed wait. Thanks for watching🙌🏼😃💯
She said it holds up to 200 lbs, if the weight is evenly dispersed.
Sleeping in windows? Not good!
Thanks for watching! I appreciate your comment. It works out wonderfully, and if needed the windows can be Insulated. It’s my best setup! Have a fantastic day! 🙌🏼😃💯
I love your videos, I'm just a little confused with the leveling. If it's an inch higher in the front and the wood is an inch high wouldn't removing the wood make it level 🤔 Just trying to be helpful. I bought this table and plan on trying it out in my Sienna after seeing your set-up. I have a futon in it now that is not very comfy.
I dont trust those legs. Not sturdy enough for me.
I understand!
Please spell the word "weight" correctly. I will "wait" for you to correct yourself.
Ohhh dang! Thanks for that. Darn it! Can’t fix it now. Spell check got me! 🙃 Have a fantastic day! 🙌🏼😃💯