Sleeping on bench seat – an idea

[PJknitwit]

Hello, fellow Mavericks! I am expecting delivery of my brand new 2024 Maverick in a few months, straight from the factory, if all goes well.

I want to sleep in the cab of the truck in the bench seat area, but I’m 5’7”, and I’m thinking I might actually get more comfortable if I raised the bench seat up to its locked position and then found or devised a platform that spanned the leg room area’s width and the storage area under the seat.

Has anyone ever thought about doing this or done it—or can anyone point me to a ready-made product that I could order to fit into that space and then put down a sleeping pad and sleeping bag?

Thank you.

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[Lane]

I'm close to your size. I tried to sleep on the rear seat once. It felt like there was plenty of lateral room, but the contours of the seat and stiffness of its internal foam made it so uncomfortable that I ended up sleeping in the reclined driver's seat instead. To sleep on that rear seat, someone would need an air matress, camping mattress, or several layers of sleeping bags on the seat to make it acceptable.

This pic shows the rear seat flipped up. For scale, my shoulders do not fit between the driver's seat back and the rubber nubby thing on the bottom of the rear seat. The seat bottom takes up a lot of horizontal space when it's in the up position and there would not be enough room with it that way.

Removing the flip-up seat from the truck entirely and building a platform would give you the most room (compared to a platform leaving the seat installed and flipped up). But I don't know that I'd consider it worthwhile because you don't get any more lateral room compared to leaving the seat down - you'd just be eliminating the leg area gap. Low risk of falling in that gap anyway because the rear seat bottom is sloped away from it.

 

[TedTX]

Yes, I am taller and this would work for me. Passenger seat delete OR remove headrest, recline passenger seat as far as it goes slide seat til it meets at backseat seatback . Build a platform from glove box to backseat seatback, its about window height.

 

[mspmms]

Hello, fellow Mavericks! I am expecting delivery of my brand new 2024 Maverick in a few months, straight from the factory, if all goes well.

I want to sleep in the cab of the truck in the bench seat area, but I’m 5’7”, and I’m thinking I might actually get more comfortable if I raised the bench seat up to its locked position and then found or devised a platform that spanned the leg room area’s width and the storage area under the seat.

Has anyone ever thought about doing this or done it—or can anyone point me to a ready-made product that I could order to fit into that space and then put down a sleeping pad and sleeping bag?

Thank you.

Watch this:

 

[TedTX]

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/f...ck-cab-yes-it-is-doable-but.38302/post-686562
His thread here

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Hello, fellow Mavericks! I am expecting delivery of my brand new 2024 Maverick in a few months, straight from the factory, if all goes well.

I want to sleep in the cab of the truck in the bench seat area, but I’m 5’7”, and I’m thinking I might actually get more comfortable if I raised the bench seat up to its locked position and then found or devised a platform that spanned the leg room area’s width and the storage area under the seat.

Has anyone ever thought about doing this or done it—or can anyone point me to a ready-made product that I could order to fit into that space and then put down a sleeping pad and sleeping bag?

Thank you.

Sling a hammock between the rear grab handles and make like a dead roach?

 

[PJknitwit]

Thank you for your input, all!

I would push the front seats forward all the way if I were to sleep in the second seat area. I have a nice comfy 6”-thick foam sleeping pad that I think would fit within the width of that space that your photograph shows, if I folded the bench seat itself up and placed my foam pad on some kind of platform that spans the space shown in your picture. I think I could fit in that width.I just wondered if anyone has designed a flat platform cut to fit over that area.


Another approach I am considering:

I’ve seen some inflatable mats that over the length and width of the bench seat AND the LEGROOM area.The mat also comes with an inflatable pedestal that sits in that legroom space underneath the mat to keep that area supported, which is essentially a wider area to toss and turn in.

https://a.co/d/es6JCXf

I’ve also seen the YouTube clip. People have shared here.

I'm close to your size. I tried to sleep on the rear seat once. It felt like there was plenty of lateral room, but the contours of the seat and stiffness of its internal foam made it so uncomfortable that I ended up sleeping in the reclined driver's seat instead. To sleep on that rear seat, someone would need an air matress, camping mattress, or several layers of sleeping bags on the seat to make it acceptable.

This pic shows the rear seat flipped up. For scale, my shoulders do not fit between the driver's seat back and the rubber nubby thing on the bottom of the rear seat. The seat bottom takes up a lot of horizontal space when it's in the up position and there would not be enough room with it that way.

Removing the flip-up seat from the truck entirely and building a platform would give you the most room. But I don't know that I'd consider it worthwhile because you don't get any more lateral room - you'd just be eliminating the leg area gap. Low risk of falling in that gap anyway because the rear seat bottom is sloped away from it.

 

[Oscarcat]

Hello, fellow Mavericks! I am expecting delivery of my brand new 2024 Maverick in a few months, straight from the factory, if all goes well.

I want to sleep in the cab of the truck in the bench seat area, but I’m 5’7”, and I’m thinking I might actually get more comfortable if I raised the bench seat up to its locked position and then found or devised a platform that spanned the leg room area’s width and the storage area under the seat.

Has anyone ever thought about doing this or done it—or can anyone point me to a ready-made product that I could order to fit into that space and then put down a sleeping pad and sleeping bag?

Thank you.

Years ago when we were kids and the family went on a road trip, my dad, who is not particularly handy, made a simple platform over the rear seat cushion.

Seats didn't fold in those days. He took a piece of plywood cut to size, used a couple of 2x4's as legs in the footwell, used hinges to fasten the 2x4 to the underside of the ply, got a piece of foam and voila, a flat surface for two little kids or one adult.

He slid the front bench seat fully forward, dropped the plywood in, tilted it forward, the hinged legs dropped down. He reversed the process to remove the platform.

 

[boxster03]

Pitch a tent in the bed

 

[Dcrim]

I take lunchtime naps in the backseat. I'm 5'8". If I lay on my side and curl up a bit, I actually find it fairly comfortable.

 

[2wheels4fun]

I removed the rear seat (never use it to carry anybody) and put a plywood board covered with carpet down with two little hatches to access the underseat storage. Then when I plan to sleep in the back, put my foam mattress on the plywood. I'm 5'7" so can quite stretch out unless passagen seat in moved all the way forwad and tipped to the front then I can with my feet touching the passanger window. I'm a side sleeper and most of the time I have my kness bent anyway. Made two trips from NC to CA sleeping in the back seat this way and mainly sleep at rest areas with an occasinal sleep over at truck stops. With the hybrid, if hot, you can keep the truck on all night to keep yourself cool. When it is cold, I just use more blankets instead on the engine. I also figure out that if you pull back the back of the driver's seat you can move between fron and rear seats without getting out of the truck.

 

[TedTX]

Nice to be short... only with total exhaustion was I able to sleep in my Maverick. Seat needs to drop another 5 degrees for me to get to sleep normally.

 

[Timothyd]

I'm close to your size. I tried to sleep on the rear seat once. It felt like there was plenty of lateral room, but the contours of the seat and stiffness of its internal foam made it so uncomfortable that I ended up sleeping in the reclined driver's seat instead. To sleep on that rear seat, someone would need an air matress, camping mattress, or several layers of sleeping bags on the seat to make it acceptable.

This pic shows the rear seat flipped up. For scale, my shoulders do not fit between the driver's seat back and the rubber nubby thing on the bottom of the rear seat. The seat bottom takes up a lot of horizontal space when it's in the up position and there would not be enough room with it that way.

Removing the flip-up seat from the truck entirely and building a platform would give you the most room (compared to a platform leaving the seat installed and flipped up). But I don't know that I'd consider it worthwhile because you don't get any more lateral room compared to leaving the seat down - you'd just be eliminating the leg area gap. Low risk of falling in that gap anyway because the rear seat bottom is sloped away from it.

There's a number of options in Amazon to convert the back seat into a bed. One of them is in my cart and I'll try and find this and post the link later. Boy would it be nice to take out the back window and make a bunk or extend the bed.

 

[James K]

Hello, fellow Mavericks! I am expecting delivery of my brand new 2024 Maverick in a few months, straight from the factory, if all goes well.

I want to sleep in the cab of the truck in the bench seat area, but I’m 5’7”, and I’m thinking I might actually get more comfortable if I raised the bench seat up to its locked position and then found or devised a platform that spanned the leg room area’s width and the storage area under the seat.

Has anyone ever thought about doing this or done it—or can anyone point me to a ready-made product that I could order to fit into that space and then put down a sleeping pad and sleeping bag?

Thank you.

I drive from NY to FL twice a year pulling a trailer with a motorcycle on it. Several years ago I ran into a theft issue at a hotel on my trip and have since choose to sleep in my vehicle at rest stops. Last year (as well as heading down this year), I slept in the front passenger seat on full recline but it was far from ideal. coming home this year I slept in the back seat and other than not being able to stretch out was much more comfortable. Since I have to sleep on my side in the back I really don't see how flipping the seat up would work for me. I'm taller than you but I still think losing the width would be tough for you as well.

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