camper trailers

Hi Brenton W,
We had same problem when we had CT and overcome it simply by placing it in a plastic bag (from any mattress store) same as in hospitals. Left it like that permanently and never had the worry again. Hope this will help.
Regards
dedabat



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You can get, from places like Spotlight, vinyl, elastised matress covers that just slip over the matress. We just use a 6'x8' blue poly tarp. Got it at the Reject Shop for the princely sum of $1.00. Works great.

Hi,

We have a small tarp which we put on top of the bed when we pack up. So far so good.
Cheers,
Greg

G'day Brenton,
We have an inner-spring mattress in our Aussie Traveller RT camper. A large tarp goes around the mattress, under and over when travelling, when setting camp this is then rolled back along the top bottom and side to keep the bedding off the canvas. Works for us.

Cheers,
Wayne.

Blue tarp here too.

If still wet when travelling try to stop a little earlier than usual to give the mattress an airing.

If pulling into home, open it up for a few days in the front yard.

Bit more expensive than a blue tarp but we bought a plastic mattress cover from a bed shop - goes over bedding as well as we have a Swagman & bed can stay made up. Always carry spare sheets & blanket in zipped plastic bag in case of real disasters. Cheers Heather

Clear plastic sheeting off the roll, at Bunnings - works for us. Most important when you get home though to remove it and air the mattress. We have met people in our travels (people who spend a lot of time on the road) that mould can attack the mattress from the underside - seems to be encouraged by the cold metal floor.

Brenton, I use a painters sheet from Bunnings. Folds out and covers the matress and they are cheap. Bought 3 sheets for about $5.00 in case they get torn.

Works a treat for me.

Paul

we also put a tarp over the whole bed as packing up, if you hang it off the side of the bed a bit it stops the sand landing on the bed.

If you have the velcro-on wall for the "annex" then use it to cover both matteresses before dropping the tent.

Adrian

Our camper has a tarp built in, zipped at one side of the bed (not to the mattress at all). You just roll it up to set the bed up and pull it back over when packing up. It works really well, only time mattress got wet was during the watering in period for the canvas. (or camper is an All Terrain). It's a god size so covers all the sleeping gear etc.

Otherwise when we were in the market for a camper trailer I saw that the Complete Campsite people have an actual canvas "suitcase" for theirs - the whole mattress sits in this canvas "bag", you unzip the top around 3 sides from memory and roll it to one side (like we do with the All Terrain plastic tarp thing).
Providing their mattress dimensions are similar to yours it could well be worth inquiring as to the cost and weather they sell them separately. I think it's a fantastic (if not probably expensive) idea.

G'day Brenton,
There are a lot of variations on the same theme. I hope you find one that suits your particular application.

Thanks for thanks.

Cheers,
Wayne.

No doubt all these solutions work, but I prefer to put a silver tarp over the lot. No wet beds , no bird poo & other stains, always
cooler, & never pack up with wet canvas. Takes 5 min with a
handful of oco straps... dead easy.....oldbaz.