Sliding bed base for minivan camper - converts to couch and requires no modifications 

This is my favorite slide out van bed yet. Fantastic job

I bought a large white trunk to store my infant niece’s stuff in ru-vid.comUgkxNuLbiXpLQ-mKH5NlyjrNe88hiCk2N3Cg , as she comes to my house frequently. For now, it’s toys on one side and diapers, wipes, and other baby care items on the other. As she gets older, it will be all toys. I had originally wanted a trunk with a hinged lid, but I was afraid of her smashing or pinching her fingers in it. This will be a much safer option. The lid has great padding in it and it is actually nice to sit on. It feels very sturdy and secure. Looks like it can be wiped clean easily. If it gets abused by her, I won’t be terribly upset because I paid less than $50 for it on Prime Day.

Because there's always a man doing the heavy/technical work, congratulations to your husband.

Thanks for sharing this excellent conversion. I love the way you designed the bed and bench - just fantastic. You gave me a lot of ideas!

This is great. I've been picturing something like that but its great to see it actually completed.

Genius double bed van conversion, very well narrated, beautifully simple straight forward Thank you!

Omg this is absolutely the best conversion I've seen, I love it. Thank you for sharing this with us 🤗🌺

Very creative! Hit all the storage points and spaces for the van! I’m going to borrow this idea. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing. I've been trying to figure out how to do a pull out couch bed in my SUV and this is brilliant. I also love how you have the detachable light/usb charger. Brilliant.

Most definately a genius idea for a double bed in a camper van! Or a rental room! WOW! Fabulous!

Great job. Clever design. I like how it locks in to the existing seat latch bracket.

So Clever! Love every little detail, very well thought-out!

Your videos are great. To the point, yet very detailed and thought out. Thank you.

I agree with some of the others, out of all the bed conversation I've seen, I really love this this one the best, especially all the little touches you've added on.

Wow. And I’m even more amazed 😩 so talented and skilled

This was excellent. Thank you so much for sharing.

We recently purchased a 1990 Toyota Hiace Van which came from Japan. Our kitchen is oriented so it comes out from the back, under the hatch. We have been playing around with how to have an extending bed which hooks onto a box sitting behind the front seats. We were close to your design, but once we found your channel and saw this bed, we knew that it was exactly what would work and we were looking for. The stationary part in ours will be attached to a big storage box. The pull out part of the bed will go forward to a box behind the front seats. Because this distance is so long, we will have created the very bottom of the bed to be a piece hinged to the box that will raise up and be held by 500lb folding brackets. this will then hooke to the now middle piece with the angle iron channel and track like yours. We think it will work! Thanks for making these videos. You are very creative and handy! I wish I could come up with the solutions you have.

Best design thus far on my search! Thanks for posting! ☮❤🕉

Awesome project...very nicely thought out and well executed....Just amazing...I could use this idea for an upcoming camper van project of mine...

Thanks for posting this. What a great design. And because the frame expands on long 'teeth' or slats, it provides ventilation under the bedding. Most van beds don't have ventilation at all.

A really well thought out and executed design!

Wow! This is a genius clever idea. So much cleaner.

Very well thought out and executed! Good Job to you and the shy man!

Thank you for sharing! Very impressive set up! 👏👏

great design

Brilliant!

This is awesome! Thank you for sharing

Awesome Bed/couch idea.

very impressive.

Fantastic design and execution. Also that was a great overview of the build/ design process!

Great design and workmanship.

excellent

Wow, so many great ideas to steal! Well done, thanks for the vid. Def gonna start using those screw in snaps. I like the idea of the hook in wood pieces too and using what is already there.

*Works great, nice height.*

Great design and explaining the build.

Excellent!

YOU are so clever! Great ideas with beautiful craftsmanship. I am so green...with envy.

Superb!!! Love your small working model too

Wow, that’s like IKEA designed stuff! Very well thought out, and beautifully done! Defo one of the nicest on YT! Hats off!

I love the bed/couch

Love your creativity. Very well thought out and executed.

Very cool.. I'm full time 3 years. Nice build✌🏾

Those spacers to help the bed slide are a smart idea. I always wondered why no one ever added something to make it smoother/easier.

I love this style of bed!!! Your whole van is truly AMAZING! I have the same van and have watched all your videos for ideas, and this is by far is the best layout I have seen. Would you mind sharing your designs so I can follow them... 😉 Thank you for sharing all your videos!

Ok this is frigging awesome.

Great solution and a very good work.

I have wanted to make that design for about 2 years, now. Had to go with other bed orientation for now, until my walls are built. I would sit at work on breaks planning how to cut that out, how many slats, etc. You have done a great job building all this and a great detailed video. This will help someone with a minivan to do the same. Very thoughtful of you.

I’m attempting to do something similar except the two separate slide outs need to pivot up the side and slide up for a couch and down with slide outs for a bed. I’m using angle iron and 1x1 to reinforce the plywood. Nice work on the joinery

Nice job!

Marvelous choice

what a great design! very nice.

😂 Shy man! Great design.💯👍 Thanks for sharing!

Oh my goodness glad I stumbled across this! Love this bed and love your channel. Very simple, elegant and useful. Well done!

Thanks for sharing great ideas 💡 ☮️

Great ideas for the bed \sofa unit.

nice work

Perfection!

Ingenious down right ingenious!

Great build

Simple, but effective! And it looks beautiful! When I see this, I'd like to have a van instead of a station wagon.

I love it!

Thanks for the upload👍

very clever and looks really nice

Great Design 👍 Well done 👏

Really like this style! Great video.

Top Job, lot of work gone into that. nice work.

well done with the bed

Thank you so much...very helpful. You are clever!

very good

Great job....hope to see more of your carpentry skills!

Great 👍😊

Very nice build!!

nice, lean, lightweight, multi purpose 👍. I like the idea, that such bed could also be used as a "spare bed" for guests when not in use in the van (what is 99% of the year for most people 😂?)

Buen vídeo, gracias y enhorabuena.

You are one smart cookie! Love the detail and your thought process.

VERY cool.

Wow es la mejor que he visto

Amazing

Excellent video. Thank you. 🌲🌝☘️

Very vert very nice

Very good idea and not as expensive as all the other things that are shown on the Internet ....P.sThanks i will try it out ......

Love this!!!! We don't deserve you lol this is amazing tutorial video!!

It may be very small but is extremely smart and well constructed .

Clever designed

Very clever thanks

Lovely job of those slats. :)

Nicely Done

Nice build.😊👍

Nice. Been looking for ideas for benches like this that can be adapted to fit into a storm shelter. (Tornado Alley)

Clever!!

superbe...merci du partage 👍

Great video , I'm going to make a single pull out bed and incorporate your sliding idea .

Very nice build and lots of great details in video. would be cool if the top of the foot rest popped up to make a nice size table in front of futon.

nice job!

Amazing video & beautiful bed build. Cheers from the Boundary Waters, MN :)

That is an awesome bed frame! You have lots of great ideas. It looks too complicated for me to make, but if I had all the right tools, I'd try. Good job!

Great video

👍 Thank you!

awesome

👍👍👍 2 the designer