Sleeping Best in H3?

[wpage]

Planning a long trip with some stops that will require some overnites in the H3 for the Dog and I. Any suggestions without removing back seating?

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by wpage

Planning a long trip with some stops that will require some overnites in the H3 for the Dog and I. Any suggestions without removing back seating?

MOTEL 6...

RYD

[The Green Lantern]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

MOTEL 6...

RYD

I agree!!

[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.

[aetherH3]

Originally Posted by Desert Dan

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

This is probably my biggest complaint about the H3. How hard could it have been to make them fold flat?

[Desert Dan]

Oh well.

And I wish the front seats folded forward more too.

The Xterra pasengers seat folds flat so you can put long boards or a ladder inside.

[Hummer Guy]

Originally Posted by aetherH3

This is probably my biggest complaint about the H3. How hard could it have been to make them fold flat?

The hard part isn't making them fold flat - its making them fold flat AND still having the ground clearance under the truck. They could make them fold into the floor, but everything thats there now would have to be moved closer to the ground. With that said, I hope they find a way in future models to have them fold flat and keep the off-road capability.