Would love for the Traveler to have fully flat back seats to accommodate car camping. Modern SUV configs just aren’t doing this and it’s a shame.
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Lay flat seats
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While fold flat would be nice for promptitude camping, most SUV's don't fold flat enough to comfortably sleep on. A gear shelf (strong enough to climb on) tends to work a bit better (if you don't mind the lack of headroom. You can store your gear under it, and it can help level out a less than flat folding seat. When I kayaked, a lot of us built these. We tended to camp a lot of weekends out of our vehicles at the river. With a truck, it was simple - a sheet of plywood and 4 legs. With a SUV, it tends to get more complicated - as you tend to add folding wings so you can leave it in your vehicle with the back seat up - then fold it down over the seat when the seat is layed semi-flat.
With my LJ, it is even a bit more complicated than that, as to get enough room, the front seats need to be slid all the way forward and tilted forward.
My design was based on graymouser on the wranglertjfourm forum. Pictures are easier.
It is generally set up for my dogs - I can get 3 crates in it, or if going without crates
Anyway, I am sure Scout could do something that is equally useful - but sometimes asking for niche items, it's easier to do it yourself. That said, if they wanted to take the time and effort - I suspect some would sell to happy customers.
I don't recall if gray mouser system had 2 folds in it - so he could keep his rear seat in. I liked the additional cargo space so I just yank out the rear seat when I use it.
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The real advantage of the platform is storage
You can also see how the legs are hinged in this picture. The legs rotate forward when the front seats are pushed forwards and the extensions of the platform are flipped over.
With my LJ, it is even a bit more complicated than that, as to get enough room, the front seats need to be slid all the way forward and tilted forward.
My design was based on graymouser on the wranglertjfourm forum. Pictures are easier.
It is generally set up for my dogs - I can get 3 crates in it, or if going without crates
Anyway, I am sure Scout could do something that is equally useful - but sometimes asking for niche items, it's easier to do it yourself. That said, if they wanted to take the time and effort - I suspect some would sell to happy customers.
I don't recall if gray mouser system had 2 folds in it - so he could keep his rear seat in. I liked the additional cargo space so I just yank out the rear seat when I use it.
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The real advantage of the platform is storage
You can also see how the legs are hinged in this picture. The legs rotate forward when the front seats are pushed forwards and the extensions of the platform are flipped over.
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