Oh my God, so perfect, right?
Especially since it’s so cheap I could put it on a credit card …
And it pops up to a max interior height of near 7 feet, in the ALiner tradition.
But now I have to let you (me, us) down and tell you why it isn’t perfect.
First, the bed in it is only 72 inches on this brand-new gorgeous model. That’s not big enough.
Second, while I don’t care too much about stealthiness, this is far too obviously a thing for sleeping in, and I don’t want to invite knocks on its door from bored curious LEOs and other half-evolved life forms.
And third … this specific problem is already solved, for even cheaper. I have the Shell I found on the side of the road for free, and with some sweat equity, THAT will be the big-enough, less-obtrusive solution for sleeping in the pickup proper, even before towing anything.
Anyway, all of that is solving problems out of order.
The fixed bed inside the silver city limits comes first.
And second is how to sleep not in the pickup, but with the Subaru.
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I’m keeping it on my radar regardless.
For the towed Subaru camper, some flavor of ALiner is still my current ideal.
And I’m inclined to start thinking about starting with a base of a trailer, which could hold something like this or be built up from scratch.