Experience with Midsize 5' Truck Beds? Would like to know your thoughts and methods for squeezing in and out of bed once the bed slide is fully deployed. Can you duck, step in and stand up 90 degrees to the bed or does the narrow width only accommodate facing straight toward the bed? Closing the tailgate and the barn doors or hatch behind you? Getting out of bed through that narrow passage? Getting packed items out of the way so you don't land on them when you hop down?
We tent camp for 2 week stretches out of our 5th gen Ford Ranger and Gazelle tent. We're seasoned back packers and car campers. I'd like to graduate to a Ovrlnd, and I'm pretty set on the brand and attributes only Ovrlnd offers compared to Tune, Four Wheel, etc.
Only thing making me hesitate is if the contortions required for getting in and out of bed are so onerous that we'd grow weary of it.
Truck is paid off, modded for overlandy type use and I'm not considering a bigger truck at this time. Appreciate any feedback.
We tent camp for 2 week stretches out of our 5th gen Ford Ranger and Gazelle tent. We're seasoned back packers and car campers. I'd like to graduate to a Ovrlnd, and I'm pretty set on the brand and attributes only Ovrlnd offers compared to Tune, Four Wheel, etc.
Only thing making me hesitate is if the contortions required for getting in and out of bed are so onerous that we'd grow weary of it.
Truck is paid off, modded for overlandy type use and I'm not considering a bigger truck at this time. Appreciate any feedback.
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