Hanging Shelf Above Bed on 179
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Topic: Hanging Shelf Above Bed on 179
Posted By: IrishDream
Subject: Hanging Shelf Above Bed on 179
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2019 at 8:44am
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Good morning everyone- Wife Gail starting to get real excited. We pickup our new 10th Anniversary 179 from RVNation just outside Cincinnati on April 18th. She’s thinking of installing a shelf above our bed, and is looking for ideas on how best to do it. Any and all comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks much, Jack 2019 1/2 10th Anniversary Rpod 179 2005 GMC Envoy SLT
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Posted By: crw8sr
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2019 at 9:56am
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Welcome to Podding. Use the search function and you'll find several great examples of what others have done. ------------- Chuck & Lyn Izzy, Morkie. RIP Zoe Joy & Gracie, Yorkie 2018 R Pod 190 2019 Traverse In moments of adversity;when life's a total wreck, I think of those worse off than me and really feel like heck. |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2019 at 10:11am
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My suggestion is to go camping first and see how you actually use the space. There is a nice spot under the forward ottoman for extra bedding, and you can use the under bed area as long as you keep the area directly in front of the furnace clear. We find the storage in our 179 just fine without any extra shelving and I personally would feel claustrophobic with something over my head above the bed. Just my $0.02. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: IrishDream
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2019 at 10:25am
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My wife isn’t planning to use her proposed shelf for storage- rather, simply forbdecoration purposes. As she envisions it, said hanging shelf would be disconnected from above when we’re not camping.
Jack Happy wife, happy life! |
Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2019 at 10:33am
Let me google that for you:
------------- bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2019 at 12:24pm
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Our cats use our shelf. It provides a nice, high sleeping platform.
You can also pry loose the cover on the forward ottoman and add a shelf over the slide motor in there for even more storage. ------------- Alan 2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2019 at 2:16pm
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The newer RPods use the Schwintek system that has no slide motor below. They are high up on both sides of the slide-out. The front 179 ottoman is empty. The rear one has some wires and gas lines running through it. I built a cover for the wires so I have some storage in the rear ottoman also.
------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: Pod People
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 7:54am
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We built a shelf over our bed in our 179. We did it differently from most people because we went front to back instead of side to side. https://postimg.cc/G85nkJhk">  https://postimg.cc/q66VQhzW">  https://postimg.cc/ykdkCBGd">  https://postimg.cc/q66VQhzW"> https://postimg.cc/pp6y24NB">  Vann ------------- Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 https://postimg.cc/0zwKrfB9"> 
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Posted By: crw8sr
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 5:41pm
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I like that set up; thanks Pod People! ------------- Chuck & Lyn Izzy, Morkie. RIP Zoe Joy & Gracie, Yorkie 2018 R Pod 190 2019 Traverse In moments of adversity;when life's a total wreck, I think of those worse off than me and really feel like heck. |
Posted By: fischersinpa
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2019 at 9:04pm
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I really like that! How did you mount the front support?
------------- 2016 Toyota Tundra 2017 179 "The Hodge Pod" |
Posted By: Pod People
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2019 at 10:18am
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There are lots of examples of shelves going side to side. We didn't like those because they were over our head when sleeping and felt claustrophobic. Plus, they blocked the light fixture. We designed our shelf differently. I had to drop the tv mount down in order to get the shelf over the window valence. I simply put a vertical metal plate(approximately 4"x6") on the inside of the wardrobe and ran the bolts through the tv mount, through the hollow wall and through the metal plate on the inside of the wardrobe. I then mounted a horizontal board( 1"x1" ledger) from the solid front corner of the wardrobe to the solid rear corner of the wardrobe cabinetry with screws. The cabinets have solid 1"x1" corners. The forward end support is cut at the appropriate angle of the roof so that the shelf is level over the window valence. I used short moly bolts and glued the support to the ceiling. It is very sturdy with 3 points of contact/support. However, we unload the shelf for travel-all of the items are placed on the bed. We use various sized plastic bins to hold linens, towels, and clothes on the shelf. The wire shelf came from Home Depot and was cut from a 12" wide closet wire shelf. Vann ------------- Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 https://postimg.cc/0zwKrfB9">
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Posted By: Kup-Pod
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2019 at 5:57pm
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There is a posting that has a lot of the mods in one location, "List your mods". I put a shelf in the back of our 178 but the same idea is often used in the front of the 179. see http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=842&PN=65&title=list-your-mods. I agree with Pod People that the shelf can restrict the lighting, so also mounted an LED pucklight (pick them up in any Home Depot or the like) and it provides lots of reading light right above our heads. Also, you may want to check out Stephen's "escaPod mods" for his 179, some great ideas there too! ------------- 2017 RP-178 2021 F150 5.0l "Lead me on a level path" |
Posted By: fischersinpa
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2019 at 7:52pm
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Thanks for sharing! ------------- 2016 Toyota Tundra 2017 179 "The Hodge Pod" |