Mod Ideas Needed for 37MDQS

[Moseh]

We upgraded from a 29RKS Jayflight to a 37MDQS Pinnacle a few months ago and mostly love it. There are a few things we don't love, and I'm looking for ideas to help improve these things. Please help if you can.

1. The bedroom has a king bed. I want to do two things: a) cut it down to a queen to give us more room around the bed. b) Raise the bed frame up about 10", and open the end of the under-bed storage to make room for dog crates. I know that will probably require a step on each side to get into bed... but has anyone done anything similar?

2. Kitchen storage space. There just doesn't seem to be enough cabinet space. Any creative ideas? Is it crazy to think about something like a hanging pot rack? I don't know... just reaching...

Thanks.

[Jagiven]

The bed should be fairly straight forwards, especially if you are handy. The two hard parts I see is finding paneling that matches your interior, and how does the bed work with the slideout. I would start by taking the mattress off, take a bunch of photos of how it is built today. Then sketch out the new frame design.

Buy the mattress before you start, just to make sure you build it to the size you need/want. RV mattresses are usually a little shorter than traditional mattresses. Nice part about the Queen mattresses is the new side tables to hold a book, drink, phone, etc. Lot you can do.

Another thought instead of using crates. Build a set of dog houses right into the bed frame. No need to haul crates with you.

How big are your dogs?

Good luck, please post photos

[Moseh]

Thanks! Good idea Re: crates. Both are medium size dogs. A 40lb hound mix and a 25 lb beagle.

[Stingray75]

My 4 1/2” circular saw made cutting the bed to fit a queen easy on our 36FBTS and made walking around the bed much better. I added a strip of gorilla tape along the edge to give it a smoother finished look and feel. We use a standard queen mattress which only required about 4”’to be trimmed from each side.

[jventure3232]

What did you do for kitchen storage space - we have the same issue.