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06-17-2018, 03:44 PM
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Location: Monterey, Tennessee
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17B front bed comfort level
Can anyone comment on sleeping in the front bed of the 17ft camper? Looks like 30". Comfortable for a small adult?
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06-17-2018, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
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When on a fishing trip, I give my buddy the rear bed/dinette and I take the front. I have no problem sleeping there at 5'8" and shrinking, and 180 lbs. and growing.
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06-17-2018, 04:36 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Jonesborough, Tennessee
Trailer: 2015 17 B "Essie Lou" Pulled by 2007 FJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
When on a fishing trip, I give my buddy the rear bed/dinette and I take the front. I have no problem sleeping there at 5'8" and shrinking, and 180 lbs. and growing.
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Now that's funny!!!
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06-17-2018, 04:59 PM
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Location: York, Pennsylvania
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Yeppers, age makes you shorter and bigger at the same time, it just redistributes your weight.
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06-17-2018, 05:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Eastern Iowa, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
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Shortning
Then when the nurse enters your height as 5’2” and the last time it was 5’9” you ought to see what it does to your BMI. Fortunately the DR gave me a pass and told me my weight was perfect ( if I was 6’10”)
Iowa Dave
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06-17-2018, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Kimberley, British Columbia
Trailer: 2016 17B
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lostpond
Can anyone comment on sleeping in the front bed of the 17ft camper? Looks like 30". Comfortable for a small adult?
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I'm 5' 9" (175 cm on my Canadian driver's license) and weigh 140lbs.
I have plenty of room to stretch out on the front bunk and be comfortable. The factory cushions are fine for sleeping but many people add some sort of a foam topper for extra comfort. I didn't need to do this. And I sleep up front for 2+ weeks at a time when I am on temporary jobs where I work 10-12 hour shifts and really NEED good sleep.
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06-17-2018, 07:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: boise, Idaho
Trailer: 2017 Escape 17B
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I really wanted the front bed to work so the 4 person dinette could stay up but....with 2 15# snugglers I couldn’t move. Too late to train the canines to sleep on the floor like a dog. So now bigger dinette is always in bed position.
Btw it would work well for me sans dogs & w my thermarest.
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06-17-2018, 08:39 PM
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I have the bath door hinged on the left, so when I get up in the middle of the night, I access the bath from the right, and the door blocks light from the bath that might disturb my buddy sleeping in the rear.
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06-17-2018, 09:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Seattle, Washington
Trailer: 17b - 2017 model
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The front bed is pretty comfortable width wise. I'm 220 and fairly broad shouldered. I think almost anyone would be comfortable width wise. Height wise is a different story. I'm 5'10 and I don't think I'd want to be much longer. Maybe 6' would work but any higher and I'd consider the 19' or 21' which are wider body trailer. As many have mentioned, an extra foam topper is nice, although I am fine without.
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06-18-2018, 01:59 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Placerville, California
Trailer: 2018 Escape 17A double dinette
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I have my 17A built with two dinettes and the front is configured so that the bed is about 32 inches wide at the very front, with a 20 inch seat in both driver and passenger side. I have a thermarest on top and find it very comfortable. It can be made into a double
If needed.
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