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TheOtherSide
01-24-2009, 09:54 AM
Check out what this guy has made:

http://www.adventuremag.net/users/25245/images/810870914-0_thumb.JPG

http://www.adventuremag.net/users/25245/images/810870910-0_thumb.JPG

http://www.adventuremag.net/users/25245/images/810870916-0_thumb.JPG

http://www.adventuremag.net/users/25245/images/810870832-0_thumb.JPG

Now that's pretty well a good set up!!
Jeremy
01-24-2009, 10:33 AM
That looks great! It would however make it hard to sleep in the back of the truck if you were at all claustrophobic.

Would live one of those set ups.
BigWhiteFord
01-24-2009, 10:50 AM
I'm enjoying the notion that for this particular set of modifications, one would be inclined to seek the skillset of a cabinet-maker, rather than a fabricator or welder.
JaredS
01-25-2009, 01:29 PM
That's pretty sweet. They must go on a lot of trips!
rothelb
02-18-2009, 06:09 PM
that is way cool.. to bad i probably get beat to death by all the stuff inside on some of the trails we go on...lmao
ChrisR
04-05-2009, 08:09 PM
Bye the look of all that MDF it would be heavy as ****. The tent pic looks like it is sagging good allready. Combine that with a rocky road and you got a recipe for broken stuff. Cool setup but I would vote for Aluminum instead, If I had all the money in the world that is :)
becauseican
04-09-2009, 07:31 AM
That is pretty excessive.....All those cabinets take up allot of space, rubber maid totes work great for me, however I do like the sleeping platform idea, but that one is like 2' from the roof, way to tight. The wheel wells make it pretty tight inside a smaller SUV like a xj or 4runner.
TheOtherSide
04-09-2009, 07:38 AM
Oh I agree... excessive is a good word. It's way overboard for me and the sleeping platform is pretty high. I can imaging how many times he's pounded his head into the roof when getting up.

You have to be doing lots and lots of trips into the middle of nowhere to need that kind of storage, but I guess it gives a few ideas of what you can do.

My favorite is now the back end is sagging like mad... reminds me of my Jeep... but now I have the opposite while waiting for my springs to settle in the back!
Gavman
04-13-2009, 07:56 AM
Agreed, that thing is way to heavy... nice fit though:)
Sero
05-13-2009, 05:19 PM
Here's another:

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showpost.php?p=244273831&postcount=8

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n257/topfuel443/Langenaltheim%20Offroad%202009/DSCN0711.jpg
BigWhiteFord
05-15-2009, 08:34 AM
That one ^ with just the rooftop tent and awning is really nice.
Sero
05-15-2009, 05:19 PM
That one ^ with just the rooftop tent and awning is really nice.

Yes I like that quite a bit too.

Can one not just put a normal tent up there?
Lazerus
12-22-2009, 09:33 PM
Has anyone here used one of those truck top tents? They look awfully exposed to wind. And go darn I'd hate to be moving faster than my brain trying to go pee in the middle of the night.
ChrisR
12-22-2009, 09:44 PM
Has anyone here used one of those truck top tents? They look awfully exposed to wind. And go darn I'd hate to be moving faster than my brain trying to go pee in the middle of the night.

That is why they overhang to one side or the other. All you gotta do is remember to not leave anything under it. Just hang it out and go :)

P.S. Welcome to the forum!