Any one have experience with truck tents?

[GWN7]

There appears to be two manufactures. No floor and compleat floor. I can see advantages with both designs.

I want to be able to throw the Zodiac in the back and get into places that only a 4X4 can go, but be able to sleep in realative comfort.

Anyone own/use one?

[id10t]

I had a topper on my truck and a foam pad... comfy enough. A buddy went all out and built a wood frame under his topper to hold a hammock and 2 side folding "wall mounted" cots.

[GWN7]

I've had fiberglass toppers before. I use the truck to much to have one on it and mosquitos always find their way inside.

[vash]

i have never understood truck tents. what is the advantage of sleeping in a tent ON the truck over sleeping in a tent next to the truck? wont you have to unload the truck to use the tent?

maybe i dont get it. truck camping is flat out luxurious. big tent, big thick sleeping pads..ice chest full of real food and drink..

i love big ground tents!

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by vash

i have never understood truck tents. what is the advantage of sleeping in a tent ON the truck over sleeping in a tent next to the truck?

i love big ground tents!

I had a truck tent for the Tacoma that I brought over from my old 1990.

I hate sleeping on the ground, which I did for years and years, first as a kid camping with my parents for years and then as a white water rafting guide for five summers of love.

Truck tents get me off where the crawlers are, out of the muck and mire...I don't mind being wet, just not wet and muddy, when I don't need to be.

I still ground camp but when I can back the truck up, damn skippy.

[GWN7]

Besides the mud and crawlers it's the animals that think you are food I'm concerned about. I've seen a black bear go thru a ground tent (in one side and out the other) just because it wanted to look inside. The sides of the truck box are almost 5' off the ground and that lessens the chance a bear can get inside.

[emcon5]

Not sure if this counts:



I have also run a rope from the top of the cab of my old Toyota pickup to a tree and draped a tarp over the top, and connected them under the truck with 550 cord. I had a piece of 4" foam that fit the truck bed. Was plenty cozy for 2 people who liked each other.....

That was my standard camping rig for years, when I lived in an apartment and didn't have room to store proper camping gear, even if I could have afforded it.

Didn't take photos of that one though, but it isn't hard to picture.

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by vash

i have never understood truck tents. what is the advantage of sleeping in a tent ON the truck over sleeping in a tent next to the truck? wont you have to unload the truck to use the tent?

maybe i dont get it. truck camping is flat out luxurious. big tent, big thick sleeping pads..ice chest full of real food and drink..

i love big ground tents!

Up in the mountains where the cell phones don't work and you may see someone pass by if you are there for a few days.
Yeah Man. I already told the wife we are doing some camping this year. It's been too long