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I Got A Tent For The Truck Bed... With Pictures

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I got tired of getting wet when camping, due to my tent being about 15 years old. It was good in it's day but it's just time to move on.

 

So, I figured since I am now a Z71 owner, I would get a tent to set up inside of my truck. I just got it yesterday and set it up all by myself.

Although some parts of it were kind of a pain, I can't complain.

 

Tent came in a little storage bag. The size seems right, as the tent had more than enough room in the bag (which, when I tear it down, it will probably fill it all the way up )

 

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Start off with spreading the tent out in the back of the truck.

 

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All of the different sized poles:

 

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The main body erected, still a couple poles to go, one overtop of the door and one inside that props up the top. I figured this was the part I'd be cussing while trying to set it up by myself. It really wasn't bad doing it by myself, but I'm sure with a helper it would go twice as fast.

 

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Done, except for the rain cover:

 

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With rain cover:

 

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I couldn't secure the canopy off of the back of the tent without stakes in the ground, so I had to make due by crossing them and leaning them back. The decline in the driveway didn't really help.

 

I found that I could disconnect the rain cover from the back of the tent (two snaps on each side of the door) and drag it over the rest of the tent to let it sit between the tent and back of the cab if I wanted to expose the windows and let the air flow through.

 

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And, the inside:

 

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The circle on the back wall is a hole you can reach through to access the sliding door in the back window (which I don't have).

 

Overall, I'm very happy with my purchase, and I can't wait to put it in action.

 

I would like to get some padding for the bed to go between the tent floor and the truck bed. It's a little rough crawling in there in my bare knees over and over. I bought a twin size air mattress as well, which will fit nicely between the wheel wells. They make them to fit the outline of the truck bed but those are 70 bucks, and I only paid 15 for the twin size.

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Always told myself if I get a truck, this would be one of my first purchases......right after the spray in liner. Great post man, definetly set my mind as to what to get as a stop gap measure before the 40' toy hauler.

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I've got one of these too. I loved the thing when I used it (got a shell on my current truck though, so it's just sitting in a box). Keeps me off the ground and close to my truck so I don't need to worry about theives!

 

I got the fitting mattress too...The whole thing is a pretty slick setup. There's even enough room inside the tent to take your shoes off and set stuff on the tailgate without getting it all over the mattress.

 

About the only drawback I found...Is getting in and out of a 4x4 by way of the tailgate isn't something you want to do often or when drunk. :fume:

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Always told myself if I get a truck, this would be one of my first purchases......right after the spray in liner. Great post man, definetly set my mind as to what to get as a stop gap measure before the 40' toy hauler.

 

I had it set up camping last weekend... been too lazy to get the pictures uploaded though. It worked great.

 

It didn't rain, so I really didn't get to try out how weather proof it is (shucks!), I did notice that I didn't have any spiders or anything get in.

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i do the same thing. camping is in tents. everything else is luxury and should not be called camping. i got on that fits in my box, but to tell the truth most of the time i just fall a sleep by the cooler

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