Hi and welcome oakforddavo. Some wonderful people here may be able to help.

There is also a very friendly Yahoo group, their webpage link below. What they don't know about campertrailers, I doubt anyone does.

www.campertrailers.org

jetj wrote:

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Hi and welcome oakforddavo. Some wonderful people here may be able to help.

There is also a very friendly Yahoo group, their webpage link below. What they don't know about campertrailers, I doubt anyone does.

www.campertrailers.org

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 It's a new one on me, bit hard for some to give advice without seeing a pic of the camper, but as jetj said maybe you can get some info of the link she provided above.

Is this the type of camper you have?

http://www.tourlitetrailers.com.au/trailers/camper-trailers/ 

oakforddavo wrote:

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Our camper trailer is the Tourelite " getaway plus"  and more info is available on Google - try " tourelitetrailers". They are situated in Canningvale. Perth. It is lightweight so able to be towed by a small car but is very strongly manufactured. There seem to be great numbers of these type of units on the market but most are much more costly than ours. We have done a few trips so far down south and have found it very succesful but for the couple of things I am trying to rectify. We hope to be doing a long haul to the east later in the year so I hope bto solve these minor problems before that.

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 I had put the link to what I assume is the maker of your trailer on a previous post, however you are showing an "e" after Tour in Tourlite which I think is throwing people off, that is you are showing Tourelite instead of Tourlite.  Here is the link to the Tourlite Getaway Plus;

http://www.tourlitetrailers.com.au/trailers/camper-trailers/getaway-plus/ 

I don't have one myself but maybe someone does and is able to help with your bed problem.

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You can get a range of bed rails from the mobility aid type shops. They are held in place by sliding under the mattress.

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 No worries OFD, did you read this post from Pam, they might help.  Also maybe pose the question on that link jetj put on her post.

What are the other problems you have with it, could you explain them please, they might be generic problems that someone here might have an answer for.

Please keep posting here and don't be nervous, you are very welcome, we all had to start somewhere!  I see you are a sandgroper, we do have the occasional meet up now and then so keep your eye on posts.   Tony D has a camper trailer (or did) so he may be able to help also.

I must warn you though about one of our Sandgropers called Wombat, don't let him into your back yard unless you want it ruined!

Don't know what you would do for the bed, if it has a wooden base are you able to have a padded wooden panel along the sides of the bed which is slightly higher than the mattress, or perhaps a couple of pillows or something.

(Dare I say it.......I saw somewhere somebody recommended Viagra to stop a male from rolling out of bed, can't vouch for that though)

A lot of camper trailers have a zip up privacy screen (canvas) that separates the bed from the main tent area. This would solve your problem though I don't know how much it would cost to retro fit.

Cheers,

jack

OFD,

I was in the Red Cross shop at Belmont this morning, and the had a slide under the mattress bed rail which is in an L shape (imagine two L's about a metre apart with a rail over the top) all that is required is to slide it under your mattress.

It's main purpose is to help someone get up from a laying position, but is well suited for not rolling out of bed.

Because it had a very small scratch on the white paintwork they said they would sell it for $10.

It would store easily too as it is light and you could put it in motor vehicle with the L shape so that you could have the L up against the side or back of the vehicle inside leaving only the bottom of the L protruding into the floor space, or turned on it's side in a corner.

This is their address if interested,

Australian Red Cross, Mobility Equipment Hire and Sales,

17- 19 Belgravia Street, Belmont WA 6104

Freecall: 1800 251 463

Email: wamehs@redcross.org.au

Website www.redcross.org.au 

PS:  The shop is closing down about the end of this month so contact them soon if interested.

glad you got that sorted!

Start a new thread in the General forum oakforddavo about your trip to Darwin, it will get more attention.

Here we are, under general Dave, see;

http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t52920566/perth-to-darwin/ 

oakforddavo wrote:

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Snip............" but now I am found."

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 No worries Davo, that last line sounds like it is from Amazing
Grace, lol!

After you have signed on, if you clicker on "User Details" It will show a legend on the left side of the page which says "your posts" or something, click on that and it will bring up all your past posts, you can answer them from there too if you want.....hope that helps!

We all do "stupid" things now and then here Davo, so just relax and post away, we're all friends here, the more you post the better you will get at it, although we all forget things sometimes.   Don't be afraid to ask a posting question (like you did already) at any time, members here only too will to help!

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many thanks to all the interested people who tried to answer my couple of little problems with the trailer bed - I would like you to know these have now been solved. After many painful hours scanning the net and looking at many products - some that might have done the job and hundreds that wouldnt I changed my tack and believe it or not my brain clicked into gear and looking in a new direction an idea came to me. The solution was an expandable pole from the camping shop fitted with nylon clips on each end. When in an upright position and secured to the edge of the bed base and to the tent pole directly above the bed it created a perfect handrail to give support when climbing into bed from the two step ladder we have, and once in it became obvious it would also create enough of a barrier to stop one falling out. With another of these poles horizontal from the upright pole at a level just higher than the matress and over to the pole at the end of the bed it is the perfect bedrail. I am so happy that is over, and this may not be the right place but I wonder if any of you nice people may be able to offer advice - places to stop or not stop - on the run up the west coast to Darwin where we hope to go in july. Once again thanks for the interest shown. Restores my faith in people.

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 Dave, I know you said you had resolved the problem, just thought I would post these pic's of the one at the Red Cross shop I was trying to describe for you, see below;