frontpage Posted by Rokket | Staff • Jun 24, 2022
Jun 24, 2022 9:54 PM
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Item 1 of 5
frontpage Posted by Rokket | Staff • Jun 24, 2022
Jun 24, 2022 9:54 PM
Rightline Gear Vehicle Tents: SUV Tent $170, Truck Bed Tents (Various Sizes)
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This is the kind of thing that seems like a good idea until you actually use it.
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This is the kind of thing that seems like a good idea until you actually use it.
This is the kind of thing that seems like a good idea until you actually use it.
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Even the rooftop tents seem silly unless you don't plan on driving anywhere after setting up. That takedown and setup cycle would get annoying really fast.
Oh, if you have a sliding window in back of truck and leave it open, you have someplace to go that is a little more secure when the bears are out for their 2am picnic.
Otherwise, you need an air mattress for either.
With an ever increasing number of crazies wandering around today, camping can be dangerous. I have ran into a bunch of them off the beaten track and there is no going back to sleep unless you at least tie them to a tree.
Yes, I have been around those and if expecting rain, park the vehicle with the nose going downhill so any rain goes towards the front. Otherwise, it seems to either drip at the lift door hinge, or further back into the tent.
During a drizzle, they also cooked in the tent part with frying fish we caught and that SUV smelled like fish for a month.... every cat in the neighborhood was on it, or under it. But, it was easy enough to unhook and use the vehicle. It also works with a cap on a truck that is my favorite choice. With an 8ft bed, air mattress, sliders between cap and cab with a boot, it is not Holiday Inn, but not bad. Sliders with screens on sides and a screened roof vent, fresh air without the bugs.
But, if you are walking in, tent it is and bring some driveway alarms for a perimeter and put some black tape over the red lights. No sense in giving notice where they are.
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