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Daniel Etter

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I leveled out the back of my H3 with a wooden platform then used an air mattress. It worked pretty well. I had a cargo basket on the roof so a lot of my gear went up there to clear space to sleep. Still thinking of what sleeping setup I want to do with the new rig though lol.
 

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I have a square body suburban with a short bed pickup size roof rack lol, slide the stuff in the truck to one side and set up a cot. On hot nights, I made magnetic screens for the back doors so I can role the windows down a bit and not let critters in
these are the screens. Ugly but they work lol
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I *everything* in the back of my rig. Fridge to the left, kitchen to the right, below the sleeping platform for one.
I drop the 2nd seat down and fold the front seat forward to make room for the platform just wide enough for one.


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Still ongoing improvement to make this rig better and more efficient.

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I have a square body suburban with a short bed pickup size roof rack lol, slide the stuff in the truck to one side and set up a cot. On hot nights, I made magnetic screens for the back doors so I can role the windows down a bit and not let critters in
these are the screens. Ugly but they work lol
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I made magnetic curtains for my 70 burb... I dig the screen idea though! I'm gonna do that too!

Rustyburbin from SoCal 5 kids, wife, dog and a 1970 K20 Suburban
 
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michiganoverland

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Here is my sleeping configuration. My suburban has gobs of space so it's pretty easy to get everything inside *and* a twin air mattress.


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This is good to know (I've also got a Suburban). Doing a quick overnight this weekend and hadn't texted out my blow up mattress inside with the seats down. [emoji106]

What type of air mattress do you use? I've got one, but it looks larger than what's in your pictures.
 

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This is good to know (I've also got a Suburban). Doing a quick overnight this weekend and hadn't texted out my blow up mattress inside with the seats down. [emoji106]

What type of air mattress do you use? I've got one, but it looks larger than what's in your pictures.
Target brand twin with a 12v pump. You could easily fit 2 sleeping pads, or slightly narrower twin.


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I can fit a twin sized camping mattress in the back of my X. I pull the rear seat bottoms and leave them at home, then I push the seats forward and tilt them forward and put 8 gal Action Packers in the rear foot wells and a 6 pack of oil between them and it makes a nice flat sleeping platform.

A couple of my friends had their tents destroyed by wind in Death Valley a few weeks ago but I just felt my rig rocking back and forth a little.....
 
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ASNOBODY

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I have a square body suburban with a short bed pickup size roof rack lol, slide the stuff in the truck to one side and set up a cot. On hot nights, I made magnetic screens for the back doors so I can role the windows down a bit and not let critters in
these are the screens. Ugly but they work lol
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I don't think that's ugly at all. Great idea!
 
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My rig is a Delica L300, I'll fold the seats down and sleep on a mattress in the back sometimes. More often it's my Hennessy Hammock though. Some of my best sleeps ever have been in that thing.

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