DIY Bed Lift for Van or Camper | Happijac Alternative

We converted a cargo trailer into a beautiful travel trailer / DIY camper! In this video we take a look at the electric bed lift that we designed from the ground up.

We hope you enjoy this video and learn something along the way. For full details, helpful how-to’s, and in-depth build guides, check out our website and start your own DIY cargo trailer camper conversion!

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Corey's a doctor. Cait's a therapist. In our free time, we have a thousand hobbies. Follow along and learn something new as we navigate the insane life that is balancing work and play. Subscribe for more videos on DIY, cargo trailer conversion, build videos, camping, and learning new hobbies and skills.

💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡

0:00 - Intro
2:39 - Showcase
3:40 - Timing
4:14 - Lighting
7:06 - Control Board
10:19 - Cost & Parts
10:40 - Parts
12:12 - Final thoughts

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[Battlebuddie]

completely awesome. 1 tip to save money. that 200lb rating is for dynamic loads, meaning weight that it's actually lifting. as long as your static load rating is less than the total amount that will be resting on it when it's not in motion, you don't need to spend all that extra money. for instance, 100 lbs of dynamic force is 180lbs of static force. as long as the amount of weight on it when at it's stopping point is less that 180x4, then you can get a lower dynamic. hope that helps with cost saving in the future. really great job. saved a ton of money.

[kanwaljeetsingh]

Excellent.
Please direct me to the second video on micro aspects of this DIY bed lift.

[cabasneto]

Corey, you are simply fantastic. Thank you for being so kind in showing us your skills.

[heartofhealingaz]

Thank you for the details and even going into the online shopping site going through the products you bought. You made things very easy for us to do. You did a great job with your bed.

[HabitualButtonPusher]

That’s pretty neat. Total fan of ceiling & murphy beds for build. Just makes so much sense for dual use spaces. Imagine the weight savings if the bed frame and slats were aluminum.

[MrBowNaxe]

What an awesome build Corey! Thank you for sharing and doing a detailed explanation of how you did it. I'm in the process of creating a bed system in my trailer and I think you just solved my Delima. Thanks again.

[avc]

Any chance you could go into more detail about the aluminum frame, trolleys, and upright tracks?

[laurelanderson-rostami]

Thank your for your generosity with your time, research, wisdom and downloads! You have given me more hope that I can do this!! Gratitude!!!

[psdaengr]

A very nice design. To refine it you could install simple magnetic switches as up and down limit-switches and connect them with a DPDT toggle switch so you don't need to babysit the bed when it's moving.

[fizzybubblegumbottles]

Thank you man I was worried how I was going to do this in my van and you made it really easy. you just gained a subscriber

[dee]

Thks for getting straight to the build in your videos! Great idea! Very nice!

[bobaloo]

I've watched a ton of videos on bed lifts, this is the one that I'm going to emulate. Having room for a comfortable U-shaped couch is a game changer fro me in an upcoming van build.

[vice]

Thank you so much for the details on how to make it work.

[zzsdadYY]

Looking forward to the part two of this with the DIY explained. Subscribed!

[SteadyShadow]

Your are chancing people life, good stuff in here

[hammeraz]

Great job I have been doing research to build the exact same bed in a van. You gave me the information I will need to complete my project.

[MsHappy-uo]

Thankyou...your ingenuity is inspiring - this is really great info😃

[projectnerdvana]

Thank you so much! I'm going without the actuator and electronics for the but thanks for the tracks idea!! It's exactly what I was looking for. I'll just have to manually lift it for now.

[mudspringer]

That is super cool. Yes - you definitely want to use electrical actuators. I used pneumatic for mine. Got it to work but I had to use a few flow control and one-way valves to get the pressure leveled. Anyway - nice work - nice video!

[joicejewerly]

Very nice. Use Ropes and Pulleys to save electricity. It doesn’t matter if it is not balanced going up and down. As long it is fine when on the roof and settled down flat and square on the benches underneath 😊😊