I had a regular 4x7 (not truck) tent set up in the bed, I could never keep the tent off my head when sleeping. I gave up on that idea. I have a tonneau cover and I bought one of those "SUV Tents". It worked out very well. This was trip the first time using it. On the next trip, I'm going to back the truck up far enough that the tires touch the tent. That should give me enough room to roll the tonneau cover almost all the way back, giving myself more room to crawl in bed. I'm really liking this set-up because I'm still sleeping in the truck bed, off the ground, and I still have a private place to get out of bed, stand up, and get dressed ... all in one tent
If you scroll to the bottom of this thread you will see options that have been discussed here on MTC.
The same tent direct from Napier was cheaper when I bought mine. I haven't set it up yet so I can't comment on will it work with roll up toneau cover. Reading the specifications, it should work by the tape measure.
I'm going with what this guy did. Youtube Vid
Yes. I thought about that one as well. I can just tell you from experience that yes you could sleep on a 6 ft bed but your tent walls have to be near vertical. Sure, the bottom of your tent is 6 ft but then going to be on top of an air mattress of some sort and then you on top of the air mattress. At that point, Your toes in your head are about 12 in off the bed and there my tent was probably only about 5 ft long. I later used some tricks with some plywood to make it an almost 7 ft deck and the tent touching my head was still a problem. This was with a normal backpacking tent. If you can find a truck bed tent with near vertical sides, it will probably not be a problem.
Actually, the tent stands alone. You can just disconnect the straps from the truck and drive away. You do not have to break down the tent. When you get back from your little trip, you just back up into the tent again and reconnect the straps. The straps are not needed to hold the tent up. They are only there to form a seal between the tent and your vehicle. Also, that whole side of the tent closes up and you can use it as a normal tent, if you need to camp normal instead of in the truck bed.
