Sleeping setup in your pickup.

Does anyone make window bug screens for pickups? This time of year its nice to have some fresh airflow without the risk of mosquito bites. I will also use a 12v fan for airflow and to create some "white noise". I find it impossible to sleep in still air.

 

The rules have changed to allow drivers to log off duty, even if they are sleeping in a space that doesn't qualify as a sleeper berth. You just cannot log it as sleeper berth time.

 

After watching the Woodhouse video on Youtube, and seeing Bovellios' setup, i pulled all the seats out of my truck, all the belts and brackets that were taking up space, and pulled the rear bulkhead off. I now have a blank canvas to build upon. I've measured out the remaining space. Tomorrow i'm stopping in at the local hardware store for a nice piece of wood to lay where the back seat was.

This is an '05 Dodge Quad cab, and i now have apx. 36"x64"s of space. I'm not going to cut out the door panels like the Woodhouse video shows. I'm keeping the door hardware in place. Instead, i'm going to utilize some of the r/f passenger seat space. I swapped my passenger seat into the driver's position because it has a whole lot less bum time, and feels like new compared to the one it replaced. I'm leaving the passenger seat space vacant for now. I plan to attach a piece of wood to the passenger seat slider. I can add a cushion there to give me space to stretch out. I might just reattach the seat portion of the chair. Not having the seatback in the way makes it easy to move from front to back without having to get out.

The Woodhouse had a metal frame. The Dodge rear floorboard allows me to skip the metal frame while using the stock bolts and their holes. I will need 1" rubber pucks to level the board, plus i'm going to have the local metal shop fabricate me 4 brackets that bolt to the rear feet of the front seat frames. No drilling or cutting of any kind to the truck. The only drilling will be done through the wood. I'll post some pics soon.