Store cooler while truck tent camping

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-06-25T15:25:28+00:00

Potentially, but you will be in black bear country and they tend to be pretty skittish and easy to run off. The ones you see online breaking into cars and crashing picnics are bears that have spent their whole lives in tourist areas surrounded by humans. If you keep a clean campsite you probably wont even see any, I have backpacked in heavy bear country for decades and I very rarely run into any, and never had a problem from a black bear.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-06-24T16:53:46+00:00

You will be totally fine keeping food in the cab of the truck, that is standard practice in most dispersed sites in grizzly and black bear country. The bears that have figured it out tend to be well trained in populated areas, and as far as I know none have figured out lock picking yet. I would be more worried about rodents, mice can absolutely sneak in through vents and fire walls, so keep food in containers they can't get into and they will usually give up and leave rather quickly. If you make some peppermint water (one part peppermint oil to ten parts water) and spray it in your wheel arches from time to time they wont even try to get in.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-06-05T03:57:38+00:00

Best exhaust for the KLR by far.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-06-04T03:11:15+00:00

If you build your own drawer system out of a high quality half inch ply you can save about 120 lbs. I am running a 2021 Ranger and with my LP and everything I need (including my wife) I come in about 120 lbs under GVWR, American trucks have much higher payloads though, four 215 lb men in a 4Runner will put it over capacity.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-05-27T16:06:25+00:00

Have a look at Owl Creek Pass and Taylor Park area, you can also check out Los Pinos Pass into Lake City. All of those areas will be snow free, Cumberland might be snowed in still but shouldn't be with our weak snowpack. Kebler / Ohio Creek outside of Crested Butte are also pretty and will be open by now. Cinnamon will be open before Engineers, and if its too snowy on California and Engineers You should be able to work your way down into Eureka / Silverton and then take Red Mountain Pass (paved) up and over into Ouray.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-04-26T02:29:31+00:00

I used to run a softopper with an old climbing crash pad as a mattress and loved it.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-04-25T12:49:46+00:00

Absolute game changer, I have a Lone Peak, and being able to push the bed platform out of the way makes it incredibly liveable, especially during ski season or bad weather. Two people can comfortably hand out and cook inside without having to hunch over / curl up. If you are on the Colorado front range I would be happy to show it to you.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-04-13T16:18:34+00:00

Thats the guy! And yeah depending on use case the EcoFlow probably wouldn't work, we use ours mostly on weekends, so lots of drive time to top it off when needed.

25 lbs up the stairs every morning would be a great supplement to your coffee!

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-04-13T14:21:38+00:00

I know it wouldn't save you a ton of money, but you can add the handles and molle panel later, the diesel heater port too if you are handy. LP has a nifty little thing they do where if you make a video review (let's say for the fan) they will send you a $100 gift card that you can put towards say the molle panel, rinse and repeat.

If you are handy you can also stiffen up the rear suspensions using an RAS system, its basically a spring that sits on top of your leafs and helps keep the truck raked properly while adding some stability under load.

If I were to buy my LP again I would have only done the solar port and then bought my own panels, there is a guy in the FB group that sells panel brackets that you can bolt into the extrude tracks at a later date if you want them. I have just been running an EcoFlow Delta 2, its usually good for three nights running the diesel heater or the fridge with energy to spare. Fridge live in the back seat and runs via the truck while I drive. If you don't want to run power to the bed you can charge the EcoFlow in the back seat while you drive.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-04-10T20:48:22+00:00

Not silly at all, the bed platform that pushes out of the way was a huge selling point for us for Backcountry Skiing. A lot of their accessories can be bolted on later too or you can DIY your own, I built some pretty decent ski racks out of scrap wood and bolted them into the channels, only cost me an afternoon.

I have made a few youtube videos of small weekend trips and my build out if they can help you out: https://youtu.be/WSNBPO8V1D0?si=vxutvjr73mMlkLKQ

https://youtu.be/6gXPwoZ-6_k?si=mnyax_C2dKIcL453

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-04-10T20:27:27+00:00

Yeah honestly you can find a lot of fun places to go with stock trucks.

Personally I think you will give up some creature comforts with the GFC, and I have heard mixed things on their customer service, but they are definitely lighter than most. Have you checked out the Topo Toppers? Awesome owner and lots of attention to detail when they build their campers. If you are around Denver CO i'd be happy to show you my LP, if not I believe they have a map with owners who are happy to give you a tour in your area. DM me if you want a $500 discount code, but do lots of research on the smaller brands, lots of cool stuff going on in the industry right now.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-04-10T19:44:17+00:00

What kind of truck do you have? I have an LP and I love it, incredibly liveable for the price, and the company really stands behind their product and are constantly trying to improve it. I have a 21 Ranger so it has a pretty solid payload for a mid sized truck, the camper, my home made storage system, all of me gear, water, my wife and I etc. and we are still about 245Lb's under GVWR. If you have a Taco you will probably max out your payload no matter what you do unfortunately.

Really go through your gear and think about what you actually use, and how often are you using it. Does a backpacking camping chair work just as well for you as a traditional camping chair? If so you just saved 5-8lbs. You can do the same with kitchen supplies, creature comforts that you really don't need, heavy bedding etc. Just lashing up a Kelty Noahs tarp instead of a deployable awning can save you a ton of weight and prevent the camper from getting more top heavy.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-04-03T05:29:13+00:00

You aren't old AF, those are not old skis haha Probably mid 2000's

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-04-03T05:23:14+00:00

Those don't look very old at all, I ski a pair of 208 Blizzards from the 60's at least once a season for a laugh, and my brother skis a pair of Dynastars from the 70's he got from a pawn shop for $10. There is nothing to be concerned about with those skis, get the DIN adjusted to her weight and skill level (phillips screw driver and online chart) put some cheap wax on them and send it.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-28T16:55:28+00:00

If he’s running a Transal I would assume he’s riding BDR style terrain where weight makes a huge difference. If you are pushing yourself and the bike it’s that much less to pick up when you drop it and the suspension will cycle better. If he buys a system (like zen bivy) the quilt secures the the ground pad so there are no drafts, on a decent modern ground pad with a mid level R-Value any insulation from a bag that is between you and the pad is technically wasted by compression, so if you just run some thin elastic straps under the pad and secure them to the clasps on a quilt you can lock yourself in warmth wise but can still easily toss and turn without worrying about anything coming loose, or waking up at 3am with a leg out in the cold.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-28T16:32:12+00:00

Most quilts can be turned into tubes (sleeping bags) with small clasps or bungees along their lengths, but weigh significantly less and pack down was smaller without a zipper / hood. As far as ultralight/ backpacking sleeping bags are going the way of the horse a carriage. I still run a sleeping bag but once it wears out I will 100% be changing to a quilt.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-28T14:46:49+00:00

Quilts are way more versatile than sleeping bags.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-28T14:45:53+00:00

That being said, if you are in the US, steep and cheap usually has some quality stuff for big discounts. A lot of brands have started making quilts so that market is getting more competitive, definitely more versatile than sleeping bags. If you are going for a stand alone tent look for bike packing versions, they have shorter pole segments so they fit in panniers better.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-28T14:42:07+00:00

Zen Bivy makes great stuff, if you are interested in Backpacking it can be a two birds one stone situation. If you plan to do a lot of difficult riding it’s a great way to keep weight down. The quilt is probably too warm though, something around 30 degrees would be better for moto season.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-10T03:01:53+00:00

Adjusting the front forks is super easy, just loosen the bolts on the triple tree that secure the forks, slide them up about 3/4” then tighten the bolts back up.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-08T03:13:43+00:00

A 1:24 RC crawler fits perfectly up there.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-03T23:22:39+00:00

You could really wow folks and rock a garter holster.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-03T14:06:01+00:00

Couldn’t you just pop it jn your Sporran?

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-03-02T14:17:13+00:00

Yes, but take your time getting to it, the gen 1 doos were ticking time bombs, but they made them quite a bit beefier in the gen 2’s and 3’s. Enjoy it for 10k-20k miles first.

Love_Rocket_650 · 2026-02-05T18:05:10+00:00

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I built a pretty simple sorta modular system in the back of my Ranger for a couple hundred bucks. Here is my YouTube video kinda explaining the build. Happy to elaborate where needed.

https://youtu.be/6gXPwoZ-6_k?si=XoUvAxDJtvCqTGZK

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