Fold down bed suppport

[BC_Explorer]

I am redoing my 6x10 V-Nose CT and will be putting in a folding bed this time. The bed will be lengthwise and fold up against the roadside wall when not in use. I know there are several similar type beds that are being used and the question is; When the bed is folded down, what have you used to support the outside of the bed (the side not attached to the wall.) I was thinking of a couple of swing down legs in both corners with a 3/8" or so round pin through to keep them locked into place?

Any suggestions?

[jwhite]

I was lucky and the height of the bed off the floor was the right size that a 1x10 pine board when folded down worked as legs.

[pvangel]

I used 3/4x3/4square tubing bolted to a 1x1 angle iron which created a stop.





I made them go over center so they stay out, welded a small "shim" bead where it hit the angle iron and then ground it down until they were even at the right angle, so far have worked great!

[roadinspector]

Mine is simular to pvangel. but I have kickers that lock it in place when down for use and up for traveling. Built it out of an old bed frame I had in the barn.

[BC_Explorer]

Thanks guys. The pics from Pvangel and Roadinspector have given me some ideas to work toward.

I gutted the CT (excepting insulation) today and just about broke my heart to do so. However the good thing about a CT build is that there is more then 1 chance to get it setup and working the way you want it to. A few major and minor lessons learned since the first build and I will be applying those lessons this time around for the second build. I will start a new build thread maybe next weekend if the weather cooperates.