Starting my 7x14 trailer conversion

[OverTheTopCargoTrailer]

RWH

Congrats on your fantastic build.
I noticed your bed springs do not have a safety wire inside the springs as now REQUIRED by law on all garage door type springs. Springs do break & if your head is around you might wake up dead one day. PLEASE consider changing to a spring with a internal safety wire ....so that Bob can sleep worry free at night.

Cheers ottct.

[chiefairwrench]

I am having trouble wih my bed I can not get the bed low enough using the springs . How long is your spring?

[McDave]

I am having trouble wih my bed I can not get the bed low enough using the springs . How long is your spring?

Usually just a month or so, then it's right into summer!
But seriously folks,
Maybe the whole spring/strut approach isn't the solution. If you can't go through it, and you cant get over it, go around it. Just brainstorming here.
How about a small winch and pulley/cable system? This could give you infinite range of up/down position, as opposed to set up/down positions. Or, maybe you could co-opt the existing axial spring used for the ramp? Possibly using the ramp door as a lever to lift and lower in a controlled fashion via cables/pullies, pin the bed in the up or down position and then remove the cables? There is always the "actuator" threaded rod "happyjack" style, but they can get spendy. How about counterweights? Pneumatics, Hydraulics? Are you using "C" or "J" channel as would be used in garage doors? Maybe a pic of where you are at now would help us help you.


McDave

[RWH]

[quote="chiefairwrench"]I am having trouble wih my bed I can not get the bed low enough using the springs . How long is your spring? [/quote
I do not go to normal bed height for sleeping. I like to leave enough room under the bed so someone else and have a cot there or I can continue to store items under the bed while sleeping. Everyone will have different needs and this set up fit mine well. You may need to make adjustments here and there. (also, my bed has storage in it which acts like a counter weight for the springs. The weight of the springs may differ in different setups.)