How do people camp out of a double cab short box ?

A relatively more comfortable sleeping setup where you can leave your bed clothes in place while in transport that sets up fast and tears down fast. Also, your are not going to deal with a muddy/dirty tent since it wasn't on the ground.

There's quite a few advantages. They might not matter to you, but you really can't think of why someone might like one?

 

Rooftop TENT all the way!!

 

Tents? You guys need tents??

 

@BongoTheOneEyed

This is what I do^
I stand 6ft so closing the tailgate is not a option

 

Top off the water jug, load the cooler, hitch up and go.



No setup. No flapping in the wind. And no crawling down a ladder in the middle of the night to pee –while naked. (There's a visual.)



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That's cool. I like it.

 

Rightline has worked awesome for me for a few trips now.


Trimmed down a cheap memory foam mattress from Amazon, with the help of doggo, because the air mattress we tried sat so tall it took away from the available lateral space (I'm 6'1").






Fits like a glove and even leaves enough room for flip flops on the tail gate! Also, and this probably doesn't matter to many people, it can be driven around like that (in my case, to run up to the bathroom at the camp site like half a mile away), so that was beneficial, lol.

 

I have a couple questions about your setup considering i ran a similar setup this past weekend.

1. How did you transport that foam mattress? It doesn't fold and is extending with tailgate down.
2. Did you just sew together some fabric to make the cover?
3. Your rightline tent looks like it fits correctly on your shortbed. Mine is fitting extremely tight. it is so tight that it creates a creased pocket section along the bed rail and water gathers and starts to leak through my tent. What am i doing wrong on my setup?

 

I pack all my gear in the back, then unload it when I get to my cabin. It's not hard.

 

Bend your knees about 7°

 

10 pages and nobody mentioned RENTING a camper?

 

Ok, in order.
1. Since it was the thin mattress (5 inch I think) it actually DOES fold up super sweet (in thirds) and takes up EXACTLY the first fold of the factory tri-fold flip cover thing, leaving the rest of the bed open for my camping crap. I didn't take a pic of it folded in the bed... because I'm a doofus. It takes a little finesse, but it'll stuff right in there.

2. That was the little fabric cover that came on the matress, my wife just stitched the corners down after the corner cutting ritual was completed.

3. Not completely sure what's going on there, but it looks a lot like you either forgot to hook up the orange straps *over* the side of the bed to the tail gate loops. If you didn't forget that, you might need to crank them up just a bit more. Here's are a couple examples of the thing.

 

Ha Ha! Solid advice! Now I just need some crocs.

 

I agree with this 100%. I have two daughters and a wife...all of whom have camped the good old-fashioned way in tents on the ground. In fact, those ladies made it through a storm on Cumberland Island that would test a majority of us on this thread. When I got the Tacoma this year I wanted to see what the RTT thing was all about so we drove up to the CVT's Chattanooga store to check them out. I had no intention of buying one but when you see your little monkeys have such a blast hanging out in one it was a no-brainer. Usually, I am the impulsive one but the wife made the final decision, after all, it is a sizable chunk of change.

I do not leave ours on the truck all the time. I can install in on the rack in under 10 minutes (Six bolts) and have it off in less than five. We have spent around five nights in it since buying in September and have no regrets so far. If I need to air it out I just open it on the garage floor with a fan on it.

All that being said I have yet to sleep in the darn thing so I float between an ENO, Cot or my two-man backpacking tent depending on the weather. I can say without a doubt it will take you longer to set-up a ground tent (MSR Hubba Hubba) and blow up the sleeping pad (Thermarest) than it will to unfold the RTT.

The only cons I have so far is the stock ladder is not as nice as the collapsible (will likely upgrade) but I knew this going into it. The annex is nice but kind of a pain so weather dictates whether or not it will be used. This last one is kind of a con but if you own an RTT be prepared for people to ask questions and take pictures of it...especially if you are in a traditional campground setting (which I try to avoid)

Over the weekend I took my two daughters and one of their friends up to the North GA Mountains and I can assure there is nothing more rewarding than sitting by the fire and listening to them carry on in the tent. So whether you are an RTT person, ground tent person or hammock person get your kids in nature.

 

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I AM a 2nd Gen.... but you have a bigger cab than me. I just took the passenger seat out.

 

Excuse me...but...
So you are short enough to sleep with back of a spot or you sleep In the fetal position?

 

I've been through so many camping options with my truck. There are so many pros and cons to each. And so many scenarios. I'm on my second roof top tent, this one is a hard shell (and is currently for sale). The pro is that it's much easier "for me" to setup and tear down than my old clamshell design. My bedding and pillows stay in the tent and the mattress is really comfortable. It really is my favorite option to date. The con is that I can't easily remove it. I live in the city and have no place to store it. A trailer is not an option as I don't have a garage or any place to park a trailer (street parking with permits). I have a hammock and rain fly which I love for chilling at camp, but it doesn't work for me camping with my pup. The pup insists on being on top of me and I can't sleep only back all night. My 3-season ground tent is pretty light and easy to setup, but not great for long outings such as attending Overland Expo for 5 days (and it's not good in cold weather). I had a Kodiak canvas tent which was very large and heavy, but great for camping in one place for several days, but it was a pain to setup and tear down by myself and took up a lot of space. My sleeping platform is ok for stealth camping, but it's just not comfortable for extended nights and is very difficult to change clothes in such a confined space.

I find that I do 95% of my camping on land that I own, so I'm looking at getting a camper to keep there and just using my 3-season ground tent when I need it. I can't really say there is any perfect camp setup, just different setups for different people and situations.

 

Does anyone use a regular tent anymore?