Truck Camping Photo Thread

Just a picture after I got it home new .

 

I had 2 gnarly days of rain in the tepui this weekend and it held up really well and stayed dry. I unfortunately had to pack it up soaking wet, so she got wiped down and aired out yesterday. I've spent about 40 nights in it so far and it is holding up really well. Loving all the great ideas on this thread - it's like Pinterest for wheelers..

 

I made an awning. It's on the side here but it goes on the back too. I'm stoked to use it for camping. It packs up and deploys easily with the legs attached, and it looks clean and rides nice at 75mph. I bought everything to make it at the hardware store for about $60.

 

Nice and simple. Similar to the one Ive been working on.





FYI, Cabelas sells some really nice collapse-able tent poles for a good price if you wanna ditch the PCV and add something stronger/adjustable.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabe...gclid=CNjZmvmc1dMCFQpXDQod_LcN4Q&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

That is a good price on those poles! Nice awning, it looks huge!

 

So it looks like you just have it mounted to the cab and not to the topper. Pretty stable? Might do something like this. Softopper problems LOL

 

Mounted to the rack on the aluminum cap actually, those d rings hook around the vertical bars and the bungee cords hold it on when up and the tension of using bungees as guy lines keeps it in place when deployed. It travels on the side but switches to the back with a differently spaced set of d rings that align with the vertical bars on the back of the rack, this is its intended use to shelter the tailgate area from rain for truck bed platform livin'.

Yours seems sturdy by the topper even though it's presumably cab rack mounted, what is it made of, conduit?

 

Yep. Its just mounted to the roof rack cross bars. I hate not having a bed rack, it would have been MUCH simpler to build.

Its made outta a 10' piece of 13/16" Unistrut. Its cut in half and I added a hinge to the 2 pieces so it folds in half to make easier to store.

Heres some in progress pictures from last week. Im still tweaking the hinge system a little bit more so it folds flat. I should have it figured out tomorrow.

Thanks.

 

El Capitan State Beach from last weekend. Perfect weather!

 

Pinal Mountain in Arizona.

 

Owens river

 

what front bumper is that?

 

Utah last week.





I'm pretty happy with everything I have setup. Only thing that slightly worries me is cooking on my tailgate isn't going to work in bear country. I'm going to have to get a table instead.

 

so cool

 

@Mobtown Offroad

 

Where is this campsite?? I'm gonna put it on the list

 

We went for a quick overnight at a local lake.

Rain all night, awoke to a beautiful, slightly cool morning.




And cooked a great breakfast!



After the leisurely morning, we headed to range to sight in a couple of rifles.

All in all, a great weekend!

 

Beginning of Catacomb Spur

https://www.trailsoffroad.com/trails/1760-the-catacomb-spur

Unfortunately we didn't run the trail. We were a little concerned about fuel but we would have been fine. Hindsight is 20 20 right?