Must I 'PIN' the bed in the rail to travel?

[JRTJH]

It seems that from an ergonomics standpoint, drilling holes as Lippert did will keep you out from under the bed when pulling them. That may be a "design safety feature" to protect from the bed falling on you when pulling the pins??? If you were to drill holes on the "inside" of the rails, would you be more likely to position yourself standing under the bed when you pull them?

just a thought, I've not really studied the Happi Jack Bed system enough to know all the 'ins and outs" of the system. It may not make a "hill of beans difference" ???? Just thinking out loud......

[sptddog]

Originally Posted by chuckster57

The pins are inserted from the outside of the rails, the front ones are easy, its the rears that have to be inserted from the door/ramp side and often there isn't much wiggle room to reach up when the door/ramp is closed.

I think he wants to drill the holes so the rear pins can be inserted from the inside of the rails. I'm not gonna say it's a good or bad idea.

Yes, this is what I mean. Agree that it might fall on my head, if I put the front pins in first, and removed the rear pins first, perhaps only one half would fall on my head lol.

[smokeyfl]

You raise the bunks up slightly to take the pressure off the pins. The pins go through both sides of the rails and can be inserted from either side. Best way to drill the new holes is to get a long drill bit that will go through both sides. That way alignment is not an issue. Make sure you use the correct size drill bit for the pins so the will stay in place. I also removed the stops that hold up the upper bunk and use the pins to determine the height of the upper bunk. The upper bunk has a queen sized mattress that will take regular queen sized sheets. We bring it down all the way at night to sleep on so the ladder is not needed for access, and then lift it up above head knocker height and secure it with the pins to use the seats and table during the day. We raise both bunks all the way up and put the pins in below the lower bunk when towing.