Camping Options

tyhuck · February 7, 2011

Im an avid hunter and I love going to the deer lease, even if its just to sit and think. I used to love going out with my dad, my uncle, and my cousins and hanging out at our camp house on the Angelina river. Those days are over as the camp house is tied up in a family dispute with my uncle's inlaws. (its my mother's brother's wife's family). So, now that Im married and live away from the old camp, Im looking to get back to nature. Ive gotten all my gear together and went a few times in my Zr2 pickup, but I sold it before Christmas.

I used to sleep in the camper. It was OK, but the bed was 6' and Im 6'2". But, I really dont want to put a camper on the truck I have now, so Im looking for some sleeping options for my camping trips.

My father-in-law has a rather large tent, but we have such an infestation of ferral hogs in our area, Ide rather not sleep on the ground. Im not affraid of being attacked, I just dont want to wake up with one in my tent. Ide rather not pee in my sleeping bag.

Im not looking to get a travel trailer, just something that I can sleep and store my gear in. Im also nearly broke since the baby came along so money is definately a limiting factor.

So, lets see some ideas.

oldschool327 · February 7, 2011

Try a truck bed tent-

http://truckbedtent.net/

KMGZ400 · February 7, 2011

Try a truck bed tent-

http://truckbedtent.net/

and to finish off the tent...

http://www.autoanything.com/truck-tents/20A50828A1.aspx

tyhuck · February 7, 2011

Thos wont work with my tool box. Im really looking for something I can set up in my camping spot and still use my truck to drive around the lease with. Back during hunting season when I camped in the S10, I always wondered what I would do with my kill when my truck bed was all full of camping gear.

tyhuck · February 8, 2011

Nobody?????

mfennema · February 8, 2011

There aren't many options left. You don't want a tent on the ground, so really the only other option is a travel trailer/camper, but you nixed that also. So the only option is to sleep in your truck and then you nixed the trucktent also.

I totally understand the money situation and wanting to find something as cheap as possible. You might need to compromise to come up with a solution.

SparkySparks · February 8, 2011

Just throwing this out there but what about a flatbed trailer and setting a tent up on that? Its about the only thing I could think of that would allow you to not have a tent on the ground but at the same time not use up your bed space or be a travel trail/pop up trailer. If you want cheap you could always go old school and cut the back half off an old truck. I remember seeing those a lot when I was growing up, and yes I lived in the middle of nowhere surround by farms.

tyhuck · February 9, 2011

I concidered the tent on a trailer.

Its not that I dont want a travel trailer, its just that I need to find a compact one that I can haul in and out of the woods. The road I go down is barely big enough for my truck to go down. So, a long trailer is nt an option. I just dont know where to look to find something like that.Ive google searched and all I can find are those goofy little teardrop trailers.

I did find a slide-in camper on a truck bed that was converted to a trailer. That was pretty neat, but not many people run slid-ins around here. kinda hard to find a used one thats still livable.

I was actually hoping that someone had gotten creative with their camping accomodations, and was willing to share.

Brogan · February 9, 2011

I know you said $$ is an issue, but take a look at this:

http://www.cabelas.com/dome-backpacking-te...-tent-cot.shtml

herm0016 · February 9, 2011

a roof top tent? http://www.autohomeus.com/rooftop/

how about a flip-pac? or no caps either?

http://www.flippac.com/

i bought an old slide in for 200 bucks and have put another 400 or so into it. I love it. its amazing what a bit of work will do to those old, " non livable" slide ins. the one i have sat in a field for years, i paid too much for it. a few tubes of caulk, some paint and a trip to the discount camping store and we were on our way to yellowstone for almost a week.

SparkySparks · February 9, 2011

You said price was an issue and so was size, I found some that are compact but not the cheapest (starting at about $3,000).

http://www.adventuretrailers.com/page/trailers/

timdan94 · February 9, 2011

how about something like this.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Camping/Cot...%3Bcat104280480

My uncle uses it for when he is out fishing. He sets it up in the bed of his truck when done he folds it up and puts it inside the cab.

Nick The Great · February 9, 2011

I concidered the tent on a trailer.

Its not that I dont want a travel trailer, its just that I need to find a compact one that I can haul in and out of the woods. The road I go down is barely big enough for my truck to go down. So, a long trailer is nt an option. I just dont know where to look to find something like that.Ive google searched and all I can find are those goofy little teardrop trailers.

I did find a slide-in camper on a truck bed that was converted to a trailer. That was pretty neat, but not many people run slid-ins around here. kinda hard to find a used one thats still livable.

I was actually hoping that someone had gotten creative with their camping accomodations, and was willing to share.

You could just put a topper on one of those pickup box trailers.

The ones I've seen are the 8' models. So the length wouldn't be an issue. Now maybe it's not practical to pull a trailer to your hunting land, I don't know.

tyhuck · February 9, 2011

I concidered the tent on a trailer.

Its not that I dont want a travel trailer, its just that I need to find a compact one that I can haul in and out of the woods. The road I go down is barely big enough for my truck to go down. So, a long trailer is nt an option. I just dont know where to look to find something like that.Ive google searched and all I can find are those goofy little teardrop trailers.

I did find a slide-in camper on a truck bed that was converted to a trailer. That was pretty neat, but not many people run slid-ins around here. kinda hard to find a used one thats still livable.

I was actually hoping that someone had gotten creative with their camping accomodations, and was willing to share.

You could just put a topper on one of those pickup box trailers.

The ones I've seen are the 8' models. So the length wouldn't be an issue. Now maybe it's not practical to pull a trailer to your hunting land, I don't know.

I thought about that too. But, by the time I got it all rigged out, it would end up costing me close to $1000. I could get a used pop-up camper for that.

Those are all good ideas, but just not what Im looking for. I guess Im gonna either piece together a truck bed with a slide-in, or just a camper shell on it.

Thanks for the help, and if you can come up with anything else, let me know.

mfennema · February 9, 2011

What about just a small pop-up camper? You could find a used one for pretty cheap probably. Might be able to find an older one for cheaper than this one is listed on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Coleman-Pop...=item3a62fac74a