Sleeping Room
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Sleeping Room
What are the swb caddy's like to sleep in?
I am thinking of getting one to replace my transit connect to haul mountain bikes about and sleep in at races, but that is a lwb and is only just long enough, is there the possibility of removing the bulkhead and moving the front seats forwards in the caddy? as this is not possible in the connect.
I'm around 6'2"/6'3" if it helps.
Thanks in Advance
Charlie
I am thinking of getting one to replace my transit connect to haul mountain bikes about and sleep in at races, but that is a lwb and is only just long enough, is there the possibility of removing the bulkhead and moving the front seats forwards in the caddy? as this is not possible in the connect.
I'm around 6'2"/6'3" if it helps.
Thanks in Advance
Charlie
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room
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Re: Sleeping Room
Hi,
Why not just go for the maxi and enjoy the extra space that it will bring.
Why not just go for the maxi and enjoy the extra space that it will bring.
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Re: Sleeping Room
Bulkhead is easy to remove and then push the seats all the way forward. Reckon you'd have enough room. There's a company that offer swivel seat conversions for the Caddy so it turns round to face the back. You could then design a bed around using the passenger seat as the headboard.
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Re: Sleeping Room
plenty of room with the bulkhead removed and front seats pushed forward, I turned my SWB into a camper.
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Re: Sleeping Room
Springer Mad wrote:Hi,
Why not just go for the maxi and enjoy the extra space that it will bring.
I still want it to be small enough to handle like a car, as I'm thinking of getting rid of my van and car for a caddy, I am very tempted by the potential power gains
Sounds good though, might make a flap that folds down behind the passenger seat to extend sleeping room.
Thanks,
Charlie
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Re: Sleeping Room
I use a full sized double mattress in the back of mine, fits like a glove.
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Re: Sleeping Room
I have a custom sofabed in mine. Bulkhead to rear doors is 170cm, and wheelarch to wheelarch is 113cm.
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Re: Sleeping Room
The Caddy Maxi is 2.2m (just over 7ft) from rear doors to bulkhead if it helps.
Cheers,
Cheers,
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Re: Sleeping Room
I'm 6'2" and can just manage it with the bulkhead in and all my gear piled on one side, so i'd imagine with the bulkhead removed it'd work easily.
Nice conversion dizzee stuff!
Nice conversion dizzee stuff!
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Re: Sleeping Room
Get a screen blind shut the back doors no disturbance.Job done
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Re: Sleeping Room
That answers a few questions for me. I was thinking of getting two touran passenger seats as they fold flat and making them fit somehow then putting a mattress over them but no need now as im only 5ft 7", this must be the only joy of being a short ar5e
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Re: Sleeping Room
I'm in the process of building a sleeping area in the rear of my caddy . Just removed the bulk head and I had a enough room . Barley have to move the seats forward and I'm 6 ft
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Re: Sleeping Room
That conversion looks amazing did you design it yourself or follow plans, I wouldnt mind a conversion like that, well donedizzee stuff wrote:plenty of room with the bulkhead removed and front seats pushed forward, I turned my SWB into a camper.
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Re: Sleeping Room
where did you get that screen cover from ? it looks a much better fit than my own.mkvanman wrote: Get a screen blind shut the back doors no disturbance.Job done
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Re: Sleeping Room
Looks like a Rainbow screen?dizzee stuff wrote: where did you get that screen cover from ? it looks a much better fit than my own.
http://www.rainbowuk.com