Fire Truck Bed
April 11, 2011 |
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AWESOME!!
I have to agree, this is way cool!!
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Lights
The lights will work once we get them wired up, that is the last step and waiting on my friend to help me with it. I am adding 2 red beacon lights and will have them all wired to a toggle switch so he can turn them on. Thanks for looking and your comments!
Jeff McClure www.atouchofarkansas.com
posted by jcmcclure77 | on Mon, 2011-04-11 13:46
front compartment on truck bed
hi i was jusy wondring howm you got the front box to stay secure on the bed as my boy would climb in if i put it on there so how is it done have you got the actual blueprints for it thanks
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Bolts?
If the box is bolted to the rails of the bed with 1/4 inch carriage bolts, and if the bottom of the box is 3/4 plywood screwed or nailed to the bottom of tghe box, it's not going to fall off.
posted by Tsu Dho Nimh | on Sat, 2011-08-27 10:18
This is a very ambitious
This is a very ambitious project.My kids would love to have this.Maybe I will buy them after we finish renovating our home.We even contacted a Fire Risk Assessment
company after the roof burned.
Absolutely amazing
My kids would go nuts for this!! My girls just moved to bunkbeds and my son is about six months from transitioning out of his crib, I have been looking for something that would be as cool for him as what the girls have. This is inspiring! Love it!! Great job!
Wow! Beautiful job!
Wow! Beautiful job!
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cool
this is soooooooo cool.
There's always a reason for DIY home improvement
posted by JanineKallenbach | on Mon, 2011-04-11 12:45
Impressive
Wow! I'm super impressed!
WOW
That is absolutely amazing!!!
posted by Michell @ Girlinair (not verified) | on Mon, 2011-04-11 12:56
Fantastic!
My son thinks this is fantastic. I better get my finger out and start creating.
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Awesome!
If my boys were just a few years younger, I would offer the most sincere form of flattery and copy you! You did a great job! I am sure your little man is loving it.
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LOVE
My 4yo just asked for one. Too bad you just got his new bed, though it's not nearly as cool as this!!
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LOVE
My 4yo just asked for one!! Too bad he just got his new bed, though it's not nearly as cool as this one!!
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Oh My!
You've just raised the bar pretty high for when we build new beds for our boys. My three year old just declared that, "super cool!" :) Truly amazing!
posted by thisgirlkim | on Mon, 2011-04-11 15:09
I think I am going to get
I think I am going to get married and have a child just so I can build this bed!! How amazing!
This bed is the BOMB!
This bed is the BOMB!
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Wow!!
This is the coolest bed ever! Makes me wish I had a little boy to build one for:-) I read your blog post and I just gotta tell you that the details are amazing!! Like how you choose the number 23 and the decal with your son's name.... He's a lucky little boy!
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Holy cow!
This bed is AWESOME! I dare not show my 5-year old! =) Can you post video when the lights are up and running? And will there be sound, too? LOL!
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Video
I will absolutely put up video once the lights are wired, see comments in below post about siren. Thanks for looking!
Jeff McClure www.atouchofarkansas.com
posted by jcmcclure77 | on Tue, 2011-04-12 10:07
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Sound on the firetruck bed?
You may regret it ... is there a timer on the noisemakers, or will you wake up to blinking lights and sirens at 2AM?
posted by Tsu Dho Nimh | on Tue, 2011-04-12 09:59
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Sirens & Lights
The "siren" that is in the Fire Truck bed is from one of his toy fire trucks. I took apart the toy truck and took out the "control panel" that makes all the sounds and the speaker/battery compartment. I built a box around it, it is the white thing to the right of the steering wheel in the pictures. You just push the buttons and it makes fire truck noises. Not loud at all and does not stay on. It is the same thing that is on the toys at Wal*Mart or Target.
On the lights, the red ones that are on there now are just trailer lights from Wal*Mart and adding 2 red beacon lights that we already have, will have them all wired to 1 toggle switch next to steering wheel. Did not want to put one up on the bed for that exact reason, did not want to wake up to them going off and have a panic attack!!
Jeff McClure www.atouchofarkansas.com
posted by jcmcclure77 | on Tue, 2011-04-12 10:06
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I was going to share this on
I was going to share this on facebook, then decided not to. Most of my friends live near me and have toddler boys...I don't want anyone I know personally to take the idea before hubs and I can have a boy!!
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HOLY WOW!
Oh man. I'm 29, and I want one of these in sparkly pink and purple with flashing lights and queen size. It would have a horn and I would honk it. This is the coolest thing. You are amazing and this project is amazing. You should feel good about that!
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My three year old would kill
My three year old would kill for this, especially since daddy drives a ladder truck! I wish so much I had the skill and confidence to do this. My father could wire it all up. Oh, boy do I want to make one of these!
posted by pmsandagun | on Mon, 2011-05-02 14:47
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WOW
You are a man with a vision. I am sure your son loves that bed. Thank you for sharing that with everyone.
posted by chesleycathy | on Mon, 2011-05-09 14:01
Very nice!! What are the
Very nice!! What are the dimensions for the bucket on top??Im going to build one for my son.
WOW
I'm with everyone else, this is absolutely AMAZING!!!!
This is absolutely
This is absolutely incredible!!! I wish I had the talent to make something like this!!! What a great bed!
Wish I had the skills to do this
This bed is great. I wish that we could do something like this for my son. He is into trains and tractors. Great job dad!
Wish I had the skills to do this
This bed is great. I wish that we could do something like this for my son. He is into trains and tractors. Great job dad!
I LOVE IT!!!
I was so worried when I found your playhouse loft bed years ago that my daughter would have the coolest bed ever and her little brother was just going to have a boring bed. No longer, we are so making this as soon as he's old enough. Thank you thank you Ana, I love following your projects.
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Maybe we'll have a boy just so i can make this bed.
My 2 girls would love this bed. Especially my 4 year old, she's a little tom boy sometimes. Thanks for being so generous with your pictures.
posted by love my girls | on Sat, 2011-10-08 20:08
help!! love this!! :)
I may have totally missed it, but where do I find or get the plans to make this bed? Please let me know. Thank you.
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Plans
There are not set plans for the Truck bed, but you can go to our Blog, www.atouchofarkansas.com and see the process and probably figure most of it out. The basis for the bed is the Playhouse Loft Bed with Stairs that Ana has here on her site. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at jcmcclure77@gmail.com
Thanks!
Jeff
Jeff McClure www.atouchofarkansas.com
posted by jcmcclure77 | on Fri, 2011-10-14 10:09
I so love this. I wonder how
I so love this. I wonder how I could possible turn this into a dump truck or like a superman-ish area for my son. Do you have any ideas?
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Other options
Laura, you could do anything you wanted really! Will take some creativity on your part and trial & error to figure out how you want it to look. I could see a dump truck for sure, look for one of the giant dump trucks online like this: http://www.sundriesshack.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Giant-Dump-Truck...
See how the stairs are on the front, you could modify the bed to do this as well with the stairs, anyway, good luck and let me know what you come up with!
Thanks,
Jeff
Jeff McClure www.atouchofarkansas.com
posted by jcmcclure77 | on Wed, 2011-11-09 14:40
firetruck
can you send me the plans on this? I just saw & love your site! Good stuff
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There are no formal plans for
There are no formal plans for this bed yet, I have not had time to get Sketch Up and figure it out and put it together. I used the loft bed with stairs as my starting point and just figured it out from there, not a whole lot of major changes actually. I hope to get some plans together for Ana’s site soon.
Jeff McClure www.atouchofarkansas.com
posted by jcmcclure77 | on Mon, 2011-12-19 10:06
How much do you think the
How much do you think the materials cost for this project? Just curious! This bed is INCREDIBLE!!!!
im inspired!!!
now i want to find a way to make my son a spaceship bed he loves buzz so it would be fitting!!!
That's a nice looking bed I
That's a nice looking bed I also like DIY jobs so I also do renovations in my house. Last week, for example I changed all the heating installation. It was hard for me to choose between copper and aluminum pipes while I have read lots of copper versus aluminum articles.
That fire truck bed really
That fire truck bed really looks awesome, I wanted to build one exactly the same. I'm sure you also needed some leather palm work gloves not to hurt your fingers while building it.
That's a very good looking
That's a very good looking fire truck bed I'm also thinking about making one exactly the same. I love interior design work very much and I'm very happy that I found this website.
Congratulations for that
Congratulations for that awesome fire truck bed, I also made a similar one for my son. I'm now thinking about making some staircase designing.
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