I should written this up earlier to feed back info to the community that’s been so generous and useful to me. Some people do really polished work, this is more of a function over form. I’ve had my camper since March of 2020, and have over 75 nights in it. My wife and I have used it both with ladder entry to the tent and also via the truck bed. The biggest issue is getting up to pee in the middle of the night. I’m in my late 50s, my wife in her early 60s. Have to get up every night. In ladder mode it’s no different than tent camping. PITA in the rain or snow. I first used a wedge camper in South Africa, and it had a full bed space with a gap to stand at the back. I loved that configuration, so here’s how I modded the gfc.
I removed the two half panels and replaced them with three panels. One is the width of the bed and extends the sleeping space, and the other two are shorter half panels.
Two pieces of angle iron are screwed together to make a tee beam to support the edges of the panel.
Here’s what it looks like from below when in place:
With multiple panels removed:
View from the top. I cut a small piece of foam pad to cover the long narrow board, then put two full length foam pads under the gfc upholstery. The sleeping area is now full length. Either person can pull their half panel to hop down without disturbing the other person.
A bit of a cludge, but It works great, we did a couple trips this winter camping in the parking lots of some ski areas. If gfc sold a nice version using their panel materials I’d buy it.