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Top bunk weight limits

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by shandala, Aug 13, 2015.

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  1. Aug 13, 2015 #1
    shandala

    shandala Light Load Member

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    Just curious we are buying a 2015 volvo 670 not a choice we would have picked but that's a whole other story. The weight limit on the top bunk is 250, without all the rude comments and childish remarks of "lose weight" has anyone reinforced their top bunk and if so how did you do it. My husband exceeds the 250 mark and I have stage 4 arthritis in my knees so he doesn't want me climbing up there. (Anyone that has a volvo know how high up it is and I'm 5'4) has anyone beefed up their bunk???
     
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  3. Aug 13, 2015 #2
    BeanDip

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    I realize this is not an answer..... But it's killing me.....
    Why not both sleep in the bottom bunk? Is sleeping in the top bunk while the truck is in motion safe?
     
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  4. Aug 13, 2015 #3
    purpleprime

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    I'm sure she means while they are stopped it is often uncomfortable to sleep 2 people in a twin size bed
     
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  5. Aug 13, 2015 #4
    pattyj

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    Why not both sleep in the bottom bunk? Is sleeping in the top bunk while the truck is in motion safe?[/QUOTE]
    Its not only unsafe but I think illegal.But one of them may not drive.
     
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  7. Aug 13, 2015 #5
    rachi

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    I know a guy that's 350 lb and sleeps in the top bunk. They dont design these things to fail right at 250.
     
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  8. Aug 13, 2015 #6
    dca

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    Can't give you a maximum weight .. perhaps your owners manual will. When I'm solo, I use it as a shelf for storage, the safety net holds it in.. There's at least 250 pounds.. when I have a trainee on board, they sleep on the top bunk with some of their gear, another 250 plus.. plywood may help if you think it's needed..

    Note : I'm not in a volvo
     
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  9. Aug 13, 2015 #7
    pattyj

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    How many times aday do you climb in and out of the trk?Does that affect your arthritis?I would at least try the top bunk before thinking its unsafe.I see the photo of you and your husband,you're a tiny pitete little lady or see if you can make the buttom bunk to accommodate the both of you.
     
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  10. Aug 13, 2015 #9
    shandala

    shandala Light Load Member

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    We don't sleep while the truck is in motion at all, the bottom bunk is not even the width of a twin size mattress, it's very narrow and we are not team driving. He is the driver .I don't know why they made the bunks so narrow in the 670's but literally my husband's shoulders are broader than the bunk.
     
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  11. Aug 13, 2015 #10
    shandala

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    Lol bless you for saying that however there is nothing petite other than my height my husband and I are both plus size people.
     
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