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Last week, I drove out to Big Bend NP and the Davis Mountains SP. My plan was to travel light, so I set up my hammock inside my Bronco rather than sleeping in the back.
I left the removable windows at home, attached a mesh top sun shade (Amazon $70), and folded down the soft top. I decided that my gear would be safe under a cargo area platform, so I did not worry about theft while hiking or during dinner at the Harvard Hotel in Fort Davis.
Since my 'Hang in there' hammock had parachuted out of my Bronco the previous week, (don't leave stuff like that laying in your back seat with the top down), I used a two person hammock. It worked perfectly.
I now have two nights sleeping in the back with the seats folded down with a plywood riser in the cargo area, and two nights sleeping in my hammock. I pushed the front seats forward and did not fold down the back seats. I attached the hammock to the front right and rear left and slept diagonally. I left the top folded down and untied the mesh top so that I could stare at the Milky Way.
I masked the cabin lighting with black tape, since I have not figured out a solution to prevent the lighting from coming on as I get in and out of the truck. I do need to figure out a blackout system for the front and rear external lighting to not be that annoying person in the campground, everytime I want to get in and out of the truck.
Who else hammock camps in their Bronco?
I left the removable windows at home, attached a mesh top sun shade (Amazon $70), and folded down the soft top. I decided that my gear would be safe under a cargo area platform, so I did not worry about theft while hiking or during dinner at the Harvard Hotel in Fort Davis.
Since my 'Hang in there' hammock had parachuted out of my Bronco the previous week, (don't leave stuff like that laying in your back seat with the top down), I used a two person hammock. It worked perfectly.
I now have two nights sleeping in the back with the seats folded down with a plywood riser in the cargo area, and two nights sleeping in my hammock. I pushed the front seats forward and did not fold down the back seats. I attached the hammock to the front right and rear left and slept diagonally. I left the top folded down and untied the mesh top so that I could stare at the Milky Way.
I masked the cabin lighting with black tape, since I have not figured out a solution to prevent the lighting from coming on as I get in and out of the truck. I do need to figure out a blackout system for the front and rear external lighting to not be that annoying person in the campground, everytime I want to get in and out of the truck.
Who else hammock camps in their Bronco?
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