truck tent

Has anyone looked at installing one these on an M416 trailer?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sportz-II-Truck...ryZ36119QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

it fits a 64" bed. the only thing would be the width.

 

How's that thing holding up? Been eyeballing one myself, but was unsure of quality.

 

I have one of those tents. I use it on my truck and not a trailer though. It works great. I have slept in it thought some pretty serious thunderstorms and it never leaked and did not colapse. The edges of the tent are designed to wrap over the edge of the bed and it has a full floor so even if water were to get into the bed it would not get into the tent. I use it when Im gonna be camping for more then one day. Otherwise its too much of a hassle and I just use a small pup tent.

 

Only problem with sleeping in a car or truck is it's colder than on the ground. The car/truck body acts like a heat sink.

If you want to be off the ground, and camp in colder climes, I'd suggest getting some aluminum cots for inside your tent.

 

"Camp Snoopy" Rules! 8)

I remember our Motor Seargent slept in the "doghouse" which was a Jeep trailer with a wooden house-like roof. Since we were always tearing down to bug-out, setting up tents was a waste of time.

I always slept under my trailer

 

good input. I was going to install a rooftop tent on mine (too much $$), but when I saw this one I thought I would check it out. I will probably stick with the regular tent I have for now.

 

I like it. I've been looking for some thing like that.

 

i bought one of those tents at cabellas for 169.00 used it in my dodge 1500, quick put together. we have the big camper now but my brother uses it every year when we get together at talledaga.has a sleeve for power cord,place to put shoes, and a couple other pockets in the inside.only used the awning once.rained for 3 days while we were in talledaga,plus heavy winds,they stayed dry.was a good bye.

 

There are a number of forums that deal with 1/4 ton military trailers. One is http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/M101CDN/ . The is also one for the 416 series. Also try www.ih8mud.com in the outfitting section. I have seen several threads about putting tents on this type of trailer.

 

there are a number of very pricey "Expedition" type roof top tents, the adventure trailer shows one (scroll down and click the pictures):
http://adventuretrailers.com/Horizon/Horizon_Features/HorizonFeatures.html

here is something that I found recently that looks very easy to set up and use, not to mention way less money than the roof top tents:
http://www.tentcot.com/