Its been three years since I traded my extended cab pick up for a new family steed. Since then, I've been using the hand me down 1979 240D with 260,000 miles on the odometer and its a good car with a huge trunk for camera gear, but its not the best for taking on dirt roads in the mountains(things tend to break off and litter the landscape) and since the AC gave up the ghost, my 40 miile commutes during the 100+ degree summers haven't been that pleasant. I just got a new ride courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service surplus vehicle auction---a 1/2 Ton Chevy 4x4 with only 100,000 miles, dysentary green of course. I picked it up at the ranger station Monday and it runs like a champ---I can't wait to take it across Tioga Pass and cruise 395, but there is the matter of cramming all my gear into the regular cab. I don't have a camper shell or truck box, and the truck is so stiffly sprung I'd be concerned about wear and tear on my gear riding in the bed even if I carefully padded it. So, its all got to fit on the passenger side of the cab. I'm thinking of keeping my camera and holders in my igloo cooler on the floor and somehow strapping the tripod vertically on the seat, but I'm not sure if there would be enough room with the cooler taking up all that room on the floor. I measured the window to see if it (the tripod)would fit in a rifle rack, but it won't(might be a bit hard on the noggin' if it came off while I'm driving!) and I don't want to advertise that I've got photo gear on board anyway. Sooooo, if you've got a standard cab pick-up truck that serves as your photo-ship, and you shoot a honkin' big 8x10, I'm wondering how and where you stow your photo gear??? What works for you?
Thanks!
John (any color as long as its dysentary green) Kasaian
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