Can You Sleep In A Compact Truck Cab? Me & 51 (My Ford Maverick) Say:YES! Idea Works For Cars too!
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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2023
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Can you sleep inside your Maverick truck cab? Yes, it is possible with a little work. I was able to fit an inflatable mattress which will allow me to get some quick sleep without having to setup camp. Yes, I know I am working on a custom Maverick camper, but my next trip is not focused on camping. I want to do some fishing in areas that require a good amount of off road driving. Did not want to the burden of the camper in the bed.
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I love how you just "think" outside that box. I have slept in my pickup and find your idea very creative.
Thanks. 🙏
Your junk drawer is an endless wishing well that keeps on giving 😂❤ Another great design & innovation Pascal 👏
Smiling. Great job.
Another win win 😊
brilliant! enjoy fishing. continued travel mercies and blessings. 🕊
Thanks 👍
Great! You could cover all the sides/edges with weather stripping/ weathering strip to maximize the protection of your trucks panels and seats and to minimize rattles.
definitely
Oh very creative solution! Love it! I don’t like tents for sleeping, either. This really helps folks like me that have limited space to build and store things. Have to work with what ya got. Now with a little build I can use our extended cab, 6’ bed Ranger! @70” diagonal. We don’t have a cap, only a tonneau cover, and little space to store things(townhouse) so this works so I can use the Ranger boon-docking! I have been using my Prius, ok for one person, but there is no room for much if you have to carry anything like sports equipment, let alone your basic needs for food, cooler, clothes, bedding. My husband can sleep under the tonneau cover(breathing is overrated )or underneath the truck😂 and me in the cab. Plenty of room with truck. Any ideas for a non tent cover on the bed of the truck that are easier than using a cap? Hard to remove and store. You seem to solve difficult problems😀.
Non tent no cap will be a tough order. Haha.
I keep my left over pvc pieces in a bucket (junk drawer), too. Amazing the ideas you come up with. Great alternative when you don't want to load the camper.
Thanks for sharing this video great job thanks 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
*ABSOLUTELY A GREAT IDEA! Your mind is so creative. Thx for always sharing with us.* 💛
Absolutely ingenious! Brilliant well done.
Glad you like it!
@@Tiny-CampersI love it! I truly think you can overcome and issue be it short on space,width,height and now what initially looks like you would have to curl up like a snake to sleep on that angle,you made a perfectly straight,flat and more than adequate bed 🎉 just brilliant.
That’s just brilliant.
Instead of PVC, could you mount a hinged leg or two on each end, made out of plywood, making it easier to store? Awesome design!!!! Your channel is amazing, creative videos for all your vehicles!!!
That is a good idea
Well done!
Winner is that can be done in a sedan car. What did you do in pay life. You have great engineering skills
Paid as electrical engineer
You’re so brilliant🎉
Nice job! 👍 🛏️
Your videos kept showing up in my searches. I also have a Maverick hybrid and starting to build a tiny squaredrop camper. My gears are turning about your hybrid battery and inverter experiment. Keep it up!
That is awesome!
Nice job 😊
Thanks 😁
Very creative dude…
@markwhitten6622 I thought you were Jeff Durbin for a second. haha Cool content man.
Better Patent it. Make out of plastic and market it.
A plastic version would awesome
I was curious about the rigidity of your platform after you cut it in half and installed the hinge. You could install a couple of simple slide bolt latches to beef it up.
both sides are firmly resting on the arm rest. There were no issues. You do have to make sure your supports treat the board like 2 separate pieces.
That makes sense.
Nice video brother 👍 I love fishing too! I was looking at the Notel system a few years ago but they must have went belly up?
Fishing and playing the guitar sounds like a good day. I looked up "Notel", seems like a similar idea.
@@Tiny-Campers well I am way better at fishing than playing guitar, but I do enjoy them both. :) Thanks for the kind reply brother, it's appreciated 👍
I'm glad you thought about protecting your ever so fragile Maverick plastics. I'm too lazy to go out and see in my Maverick, but can you lean the front seat back further if you lift up the backseat?
Seats up and back as far as they can go. Lifting backseat will not change anything
Would you be possibly still have the template? That is awesome. You should sale the template
I still have the made platform. If you are in SoCal , you can come and trace it.
Is your Maverick a hybrid ? Hot nights would be challenging to sleep in the cab without AC or a fan. Sketchy, wasteful and dangerous ( CO risk ) to sleep in a truck with a running engine all night, but I am believe the hybrid could run the AC on battery and cycles engine automatically when battery gets low. I just don’t know how often it would cycle.
I have napped in my hybrid Maverick a few times with the AC on. It is great! Motor triggers when battery is low. Great low cost cooling. I have no fears about CO risk (unless you try this in a garage).
How hot was it ?
Can you guesstimate what percentage of time engine was running ?
@davec6016 not hot at all . AC runs great in idle. Maybe every 10 min the engine fires? Just a guess
@@Tiny-Campers This is good to know. This gives using the cab an advantage over the bed for climate control.
@10:12: why not just sleep that way?
Too little headroom