by MrBuzz » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:25 pm
My TD is 4 foot wide, not a good size for a standard mattress. Instead of going with a custom-made foam mattress I used a queen-sized futon mattress that a friend "donated" to my project.
This type of mattress had a steel coil spring in the middle of it.
I took the mattress cover off and peeled back the padding. Then I cut the steel spring to the proper width and did the same with the padding.
I was going to re-size the original cover but decided it was easier to start from scratch. For the new cover I bought a sheet set from a department store and cut the fitted sheet to the top sheet to the proper dimension and sewed them together kind of like a huge pillowcase.
The finished mattress looks great and it sleeps well too(because of the steel inner spring).
Generic Benroy - built 2007, 4X8, 1175 HF trailer, Structoglass roof and headliner, 12v and 110v electrics with Schumacher charger.