Van Conversion Bed Lift

The bottom is connected directly to our subfloor plywood that s mounted directly to the steel floor.

Van conversion bed lift. The motor uses up to 12 amps but only for a short period of time. The basic free bird standard starts at 37 665 including the van and includes a nifty removable contraption that supports a double size longitudinally oriented bed. After the bed frame was designed and built out next comes mounting the bed lift to a support frame. Twitter instagram motoringhome patr.

This lifts the bed up into the ceiling when not in use. This design by brian rogers uses lift supports to raise and lower the bed from the ceiling. We used standard 2x4 s to connect the rails of the bed lift inside our van. As soon as you pick up the edge of the bed the springs kick in like a truck canopy rear window and lift the head or foot of the bed up.

When both are rotated up you guessed it we can have a huge baby crib. With one section lifted you can sit in the bed like a deep futon facing the interior of the sprinter or out the back of the van. Welcome to the motoring home super ceiling up down lowering floating winch pulley super bed. Living in the van fulltime makes for a lot of bed making if you re moving sofa cushions etc.

In a small van a permanent bed can take up over half the floor space so we opted for an electric bed hoist made by happijac. This diy bed lift makes it possible to carry oversized objects like dirt bikes and snowmobiles or accomodate multiple passengers in your camper van.