[Desert Dan]

Have a good trip!

Get an air matress for the back or recline the front seat for you and the dog gets the back seat? Or a small easy to set up tent.

Or Motel Six.

You could also make a quick wooden shelf for the rear behind the back seat (see Amstars Storage drawers) to raise the floor up about 6" to match the rear seat level when folded?

I took out the back seet for a long trip and built a prototype wooden platform and put carpet and padding down in the back. I left room for the front seats to slide back and recline a little bit so the rear deck is about 5'6" long but if I slide the front seats up it is 6-feet (but you have to put junk in the space behind the seat). I attached it to some of the rear seat bolts to hold it down.

It worked great for sleeping but I wished the rear door had a latch on the inside. I put most of my gear in plastic action packers so they can be outside of the truck (rodent and rain proof) when sleeping inside.

The is lots of storage under my platform for Highlift jack, mechanics tools in a soft bag, stow straps etc.

I sure wished they had made the back seat fold totally flat.