Got Pics of Truck Bed Tents...

I have to say that I slept in my old truck under the tonneau many times. If it is decent weather, then you keep the tailgate down. If not you open the middle of the tonneau a little, or keep a phone handy to call a friend to open it, LOL. For a night here and there, it's great and you already have the hardware. Now I only did this single though.

 

[quote="OldManTan";897368]I have to say that I slept in my old truck under the tonneau many times. If it is decent weather, then you keep the tailgate down. If not you open the middle of the tonneau a little, or keep a phone handy to call a friend to open it, LOL. For a night here and there, it's great and you already have the hardware. Now I only did this single though.[/quote]

Well, I am newly single. Plus, you can open my tonneau cover from the inside (the latch is just inside the tailgate).

...bad thing: no ventilation. Texas is really hot right now. Add the East Texas humidity - yikes.

 

here is the link for the one i got for $60 ....ive used it for about 10 day so far and still love it! http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/41991-truck-tent.html

 

Do you have any problems with that tent rubbing your paint since it is oversized?

Did it come with a rain fly?

 

here is another picture i found of it in action!

 

That is true, I never slept in there in the summer. Only spring and fall. How much more ventilation will you get though. You may want to invest in a battery powered fan and use the tonneau. Or try it out first before you buy something. Just a fan of cheap and easy.

 

no problem rubbing, it comes with little protectors for the clips and the straps dont move after you tighten it down. it did come with a 'rain fly' and a case to for storage!

 

Well, that is looking like option number 1 now. Thanks for the info!

 

I love the pic!

 

I was going to also waste a lot of money on a stupid tent that sits in the back of the truck, til i realized that ANY freaking tent can sit back there.

I ran to big 5 and bought a 20$ backpacking 2 person tent and it fits perfect (6 foot bed). I also use it to backpack around the mountains of Socal.

My advice, don't spend 1-200+ on stupid sportzman tents. waste of money.

best part is that it fits perfectly above the subwoofer behind the rear passenger seat. It's always there when i need it.

 

the nice thing about the truck tents is that the edge of the bed is the edge of the tent. say the drain holes in the bed are clogged up and it rains...you're waking up in a puddle.


Here's a crappy pic of my "tent" with the windows out...during the night the windows were in..

im just shy of 6' tall so i can sleep with the tailgate up, AND i can nap on the tailgate.

 

Personally, I think that is a great picture.

 

yeah, but not of the tent

 

Oh... right...


...wait. What were we talking about?

 

Do you have a picture of said tent back there? How tall is it? Thanks.

 

no idea. the one on the right was a good addition to my tent though.

 

Nice. Too bad I don't know anybody here like that. I was married when I moved here. So, I am behind by 4 years now.

 

yeah, only problem is, she moved 500 miles away for school.

 

Got a brand new sportztent 55044 for free at work, havent tried to set it up yet though, hope it fits because that would be great.