Camping on a toon

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Camping on a toon

#1 Post by BigDaddy » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:37 am

I have the desire to spend the night on my toon sometime this summer. I was interested in turning the 2 couches in the front into a bed.....any ideas? Do they make something or am I going to have to construct a frame?

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#2 Post by Bamaman » Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:06 am

If your couches are not long enough to sleep on, take blow up air beds with you, and sleep on the floor under the canopy--out of the dew. They now make blow up's very comfortable.
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#3 Post by fredeboy » Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:50 am

I would suggest staying under the bimini some how. Every time we have spent the night the morning dew is really heavy. Here is some links to our first over night and how we did it that might give you some ideas. We have done 6 nights now and each time is GREAT!!
http://texaspontoon.twilight-mania.com/ ... er-nighter
http://texaspontoon.twilight-mania.com/ ... ter-part-2

Good luck and enjoy. There is something special about that first cup of coffee in the mornings.

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#4 Post by curtiscapk » Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:55 am

BigDaddy wrote:I have the desire to spend the night on my toon sometime this summer. I was interested in turning the 2 couches in the front into a bed.....any ideas? Do they make something or am I going to have to construct a frame?
Too bad yours doesn't do this.
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#5 Post by badmoonrising » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:08 am

The lounge seats on my Party Cruiser fold out, big enough to sleep 4, although at Canal Days we've had more, lol.
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#6 Post by ROLAND » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:36 am

badmoonrising wrote:The lounge seats on my Party Cruiser fold out, big enough to sleep 4, although at Canal Days we've had more, lol.
Sleeping? I think not! :smoke
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#7 Post by badmoonrising » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:14 am

Yeah not a whole lot of "sleeping" per se,...lol.
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#8 Post by captainjack » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:04 am

I have 2 sterns blow up beds specifically made for going in between front couchs an the L couch in rear. They came with a nice air pump an storage bag I highly recommend these beds.
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#9 Post by LocoCoco » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:30 am

I think I'm going to try out one of these. The reviews are mixed but for the price it's hard to go wrong.

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product ... rchID=4005


Then put a tall air mattress in between the seats.


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#10 Post by BigDaddy » Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:39 pm

Thanks Guys, I appreciate the tips. I was thinking air mattress but didn't think one would fit. Does the netting keep the dew off, or should I be looking into something else?

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#11 Post by fredeboy » Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:24 pm

BigDaddy
The netting goes over my bimini and that keeps the dew off. The netting by itself would not. :)

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#12 Post by Bamaman » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:26 pm

We'd like to do some long distance river cruising in the future. Wouldn't it be nice if the full enclosures weren't $4,000 additional?

I guess that means we'll have to be stopping at state park inns and cities that have motels on the water. There's nothing wrong with that.
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#13 Post by fredeboy » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:17 pm

As long as the night time temp is comfortable our rig works GREAT and less than $500 for everything. :lol3

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