Giant dog-Where would they ride?

[Jager]

A friend of ours has a Lab and a German Shepard, his TV is a Toyota Tundra. He removed the back seat and the seat brackets, padded the floor with ensolite camping pads, covered the pads with old quilts. His boys have plenty of room to move around, the floor is flat, they ride low in the pickup, its easy to get them in and out because all you have to do is open the door! He and the dogs did over 10,000 miles this year and they seemed none the worse for wear!

[Steve Heywood]

Have you thought about getting the right kind of cap? When I first met Steve he was towing his bambi with a Chevy with a Gemtop Shell on it with ambulance style doors. I hated it, but he loved it and since there is no tailgate but two long doors that swing out to the sides getting your dogs in and out without unhitching would be easier. HTH!
Amber Steve's Wife

[exthemius]

Originally Posted by JulianneJ

Shawn~ I wasn't responding to your post, sorry for the misunderstanding.

Oh, sorry for misunderstanding!

[exthemius]

Originally Posted by Steve Heywood

Have you thought about getting the right kind of cap? When I first met Steve he was towing his bambi with a Chevy with a Gemtop Shell on it with ambulance style doors. I hated it, but he loved it and since there is no tailgate but two long doors that swing out to the sides getting your dogs in and out without unhitching would be easier. HTH!
Amber Steve's Wife

I have seen those, but I would have to see if the swinging of the doors would hit the tongue jack as well -- the problem with the newer F150's (we have an 09) is that the bed of the truck (and therefore the tailgate) is deeper than previous models, and it actually hits the jack (and it's already been rotated back). I've been doing research recently in seeing if there is a lower profile tongue jack (as our is the original) or something that is perhaps lower (even if it requires blocks to level).

[shermantic]

We Travel with a Saint Bernard... It has been simple for us. She Use the Entire back of our Suburban.... (Good Luck Witht he Mastif)

[BigAl]

Hey Shawn,
A Hensley or Pro Pride moves the trailer a foot further away from the tow vehicle.
My 2011 F150 tailgate doesn't come close to hitting the jack post.
Not a cheap fix, but!!!!
Al

[exthemius]

Originally Posted by BigAl

Hey Shawn,
A Hensley or Pro Pride moves the trailer a foot further away from the tow vehicle.
My 2011 F150 tailgate doesn't come close to hitting the jack post.
Not a cheap fix, but!!!!
Al

Yeah, I know -- at this point we've logged 12k miles on it in it's current configuration, and it's okay. Next year's loop (i.e. the east coast) we'll just make the weekly trips smaller (like 2 to 3 hours rather than 4 to 6 hours), that way we won't have to unhitch to let the dogs out.