Waterbed in a sleeper ?
12-28-2006, 06:19 AM
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Waterbed in a sleeper ?
I was checking the FMCSA sleeper requirements (section 393.76 in the green pocketbook ) . One mattress option is "a mattress filled with a fluid and of sufficient thickness when filled to prevent 'bottoming out ' when occupied while the vehicle is in motion ." Well I'm here to tell ya a waterbed in a moving vehicle is not a good idea .
Quite a while back I bought a parcel delivery van from UPS to use for camping . I had a waterbed that developed a small leak and one afternoon I was drinking Budweisers with my brother and we had an inspiration any redneck would be proud of . " Hey , Watch this ! We're gonna have a van with a waterbed ! " We put the waterbed in the van and filled it up . I don't know how much water it held but the rear end dropped quite a bit . O.K. time to try it out . I jumped in and crunk the truck . My brother reclined on the bed . We were living in a subdivision outside Little Rock . I came to the first corner and felt the truck lean a little . Coming to the end of the block my brother starts yelling "Don't stop ! Don't stop ! " I said "Listen Dummy , I don't care how much you're enjoying it . I gotta stop . There's a stop sign 
" . Well , I hit the brakes and the waterbed came to the front like a mini tsunamai and my brother ended up sitting on the doghouse and the bed wrapped around the shifter and burst . The doors were open and water started pouring out . The shifter was in low gear and the weight of the bed held it there so I headed very slowly around the block watering the road . People in the neighborhood found it quite amusing 
. My wife didn't find it so amusing
. But really , don't put a waterbed in your sleeper . I don't care what the book says.
Quite a while back I bought a parcel delivery van from UPS to use for camping . I had a waterbed that developed a small leak and one afternoon I was drinking Budweisers with my brother and we had an inspiration any redneck would be proud of . " Hey , Watch this ! We're gonna have a van with a waterbed ! " We put the waterbed in the van and filled it up . I don't know how much water it held but the rear end dropped quite a bit . O.K. time to try it out . I jumped in and crunk the truck . My brother reclined on the bed . We were living in a subdivision outside Little Rock . I came to the first corner and felt the truck lean a little . Coming to the end of the block my brother starts yelling "Don't stop ! Don't stop ! " I said "Listen Dummy , I don't care how much you're enjoying it . I gotta stop . There's a stop sign " . Well , I hit the brakes and the waterbed came to the front like a mini tsunamai and my brother ended up sitting on the doghouse and the bed wrapped around the shifter and burst . The doors were open and water started pouring out . The shifter was in low gear and the weight of the bed held it there so I headed very slowly around the block watering the road . People in the neighborhood found it quite amusing . My wife didn't find it so amusing . But really , don't put a waterbed in your sleeper . I don't care what the book says.
12-28-2006, 06:39 AM
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THIRD BATTALION!!!!!!!!
Out in the woods where no one can hear your screams. 3088, aug 99, Inda company. Were stupid, but strong. We knew PAIN!!
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We were the most physically fit company on the Island , due to all the punishment PT . In the Old Corps DI's could do that . Boy . theyd get mad when we started laughing at all the noise flip flops made while duckwalking inside the barracks in the middle of the night and only a Marine knows how heavy a towel can get held straight out in front of you .
12-28-2006, 09:46 AM
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I was checking the FMCSA sleeper requirements (section 393.76 in the green pocketbook ) . One mattress option is "a mattress filled with a fluid and of sufficient thickness when filled to prevent 'bottoming out ' when occupied while the vehicle is in motion ." Well I'm here to tell ya a waterbed in a moving vehicle is not a good idea . Quite a while back I bought a parcel delivery van from UPS to use for camping . I had a waterbed that developed a small leak and one afternoon I was drinking Budweisers with my brother and we had an inspiration any redneck would be proud of . " Hey , Watch this ! We're gonna have a van with a waterbed ! " We put the waterbed in the van and filled it up . I don't know how much water it held but the rear end dropped quite a bit . O.K. time to try it out . I jumped in and crunk the truck . My brother reclined on the bed . We were living in a subdivision outside Little Rock . I came to the first corner and felt the truck lean a little . Coming to the end of the block my brother starts yelling "Don't stop ! Don't stop ! " I said "Listen Dummy , I don't care how much you're enjoying it . I gotta stop . There's a stop sign " . Well , I hit the brakes and the waterbed came to the front like a mini tsunamai and my brother ended up sitting on the doghouse and the bed wrapped around the shifter and burst . The doors were open and water started pouring out . The shifter was in low gear and the weight of the bed held it there so I headed very slowly around the block watering the road . People in the neighborhood found it quite amusing . My wife didn't find it so amusing . But really , don't put a waterbed in your sleeper . I don't care what the book says.
Quite a while back I bought a parcel delivery van from UPS to use for camping . I had a waterbed that developed a small leak and one afternoon I was drinking Budweisers with my brother and we had an inspiration any redneck would be proud of . " Hey , Watch this ! We're gonna have a van with a waterbed ! " We put the waterbed in the van and filled it up . I don't know how much water it held but the rear end dropped quite a bit . O.K. time to try it out . I jumped in and crunk the truck . My brother reclined on the bed . We were living in a subdivision outside Little Rock . I came to the first corner and felt the truck lean a little . Coming to the end of the block my brother starts yelling "Don't stop ! Don't stop ! " I said "Listen Dummy , I don't care how much you're enjoying it . I gotta stop . There's a stop sign " . Well , I hit the brakes and the waterbed came to the front like a mini tsunamai and my brother ended up sitting on the doghouse and the bed wrapped around the shifter and burst . The doors were open and water started pouring out . The shifter was in low gear and the weight of the bed held it there so I headed very slowly around the block watering the road . People in the neighborhood found it quite amusing . My wife didn't find it so amusing . But really , don't put a waterbed in your sleeper . I don't care what the book says.I remember when we were kids we got a hold of an old Watter bed mattress that had sprung a leak, patched the hole with duct tape
and then filled it full of air with a cattle dryer. So now in the centre it's like 4' high, shaped like a blimp or more like a big full chip bag.But!! When you sit on one end the air moves away and you are nearly sitting on the ground, when a larger child comes running and leaps onto the big overinflated end the smallest child is propelled into the air with a velocity formerly thought to be only accomplished by firearms and high explosives!!!
Good times, good times.......
It was a great game 'till said smallest child was missing too many teeth for mom to overlook.
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