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.

[Wisha Haddan H3]

I wouldn't want to compromise ground clearance. But a thinner rear seatback would have evened out the deck a little more.

[lamric]

I'd go with one of these tents.

www.autohomeus.com

[Crash ?]

It coulda been done.. My Rodeo's seats folded flat.. The bottoms folded up against the back of the front seats and out of the way so the backs could be folded flat down after the headrests were removed.

Rob

[Scouts Out]

Of all the vehicles I have ever had, the H3 is by far the least compatable to sleep in. the rear seat does not fold flat, the back seat has the cup holders in the center seat making it very hard... front seats seem to be the best option but you never get real comfy there. I eventually used my duffle bags to build up part of the cargo area so I could stretch out

[jp's-h3]

Take a tent trailer along!

[Crash ?]

Originally Posted by Scouts Out

Of all the vehicles I have ever had, the H3 is by far the least compatable to sleep in.

You should try and sleep in the front seat of a Chevy S-10 Pickup.. WITHOUT opening the doors..

Rob

[Wisha Haddan H3]

My s10 blazer was good for car camping. The rear seat folded almost flat for sleeping. Plus you could open the rear glass with the dash button and lower the tailgate to get out from the inside.

That was a good truck. If it wasn't a 2-door (and if I hadn't bent the frame) I might still have it

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Scouts Out

Of all the vehicles I have ever had, the H3 is by far the least compatable to sleep in. the rear seat does not fold flat, the back seat has the cup holders in the center seat making it very hard... front seats seem to be the best option but you never get real comfy there. I eventually used my duffle bags to build up part of the cargo area so I could stretch out

BUT

you didn't buy the H-3 to sleep in, DID YOU?

RYD

[usetosellhummer]

dog should go where you go. inside the hotel

[garnerbiker]

I made a platform with the rear seats out like DesertDan. It works fine for long trips, and I can bring more gear. I put 2 Thermarest sleeping pads on top of it and find it very nice.

[ROADNOTCA]

The first trip that I slept in the H3, I removed the rear seat as well. I cut some plywood, blocked-up some wood in the foot well. Next time I took out the rear seat cushions, planning to fill the foot well with plastic peanuts in a bag, topped with thick cardboard. But looking at the passenger front seat, I measured and its longer. Its also easier to take the seat out; four bolts and disco the sensor connectors. I filled the irregular floor with flattened small cardboard boxes, topped with an air mattress. I could have left the left rear cushion in if I had a passenger, but everybody had their own wheels, so I had more storage space. Might be cramped for the large folks. I'm 5' 11" and 140 lbs. and it was OK; of course I can't move around much in a sleeping bag. Having both front and rear right side doors for access was a bonus. I left the rear seat back in place and it worked well as a divider between indoor/outdoor stuff(stove, fuel, water etc.) in the back and personal stuff forward.

[Scouts Out]

I have never bought a vehicle to sleep in,but I have found that when Uncle Sam tells me to drive 600 miles in the next two day and the adds the infamous, travel at own cost, lots of times you just want to get there and settle of short power naps. Of course there was the camping trip where we drank all evening and as everyone was settling into their tents the thunderstorms rolled in and I spent the night trying to figure out how to get comfortable.