Sofa Bed on 3750FL shortfalls and hopeful remedy
We had quite a discussion last fall with regards to the obvious shortfalls in the design of the sofa/air bed combo that comes in the 3750FL. Some even mentioned whether an extension was needed to fully support the air mattress. Checking with Flair yielded a partial explanation that the air mattress was designed to lay long-ways on the sofa frame. After trying that one time and seeing the problems associated with it, namely that a persons feet would be close to the slide walls and in turn the window shades, I quickly reached the conclusion that I would prefer to have the air mattress laid across the frame and extending into the living room. This results in about a foot and a half of overhang for the air bed, which for a temporary fix, I was placing ottomans beneath the air bed for support. One of this Springs fixes will be to fabricate an extension for the frame which will do away with the ottoman supports. I am leaning towards a simple sheet of plywood or equivalent with folding legs and some u-type clips to attach to the existing frame of the sofa bed. There is room behind the sofa to store it with the legs folded. I will post some pictures of before and after and it should give others some ideas on making the combination more functional.
Bingo
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Bingo and Cathy - Our adventures begin in the hills of WV. We are blessed by our 2014 3850FL Big Sky (previous 2011 3750FL and 2007 3400RL) that we pull with a 2007 Chevy Silverado Classic DRW CC dually.
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