That wouldn't make it any better to sleep in though. Lol.
Park em butt to butt. Gates down, toss in a mattress, pull all the front occuppant seatbelts out the doors pull a rope between all of em making and X over the bed. Then stretch a tarp over that attach one long side of the tarp down to the wheels and then take 2 universal tent poles and tie em to the rear tires on the other side then triangulated out to the front tires. Now you have a 12 ft covered bed with lanai space. Bed lighting and power should fill in most of the rest. Maybe a camp table for a white fuel coleman stoveand one of the trucks that has a manual slider window with a fridge/freezer on the back seat.
It is twice the price of the GFC unit, but you are getting far more too. Main bed is 63" x 77" long on the RK. On the GFC the bed is only 50" wide. a bit narrow for me to fit with my wife. I have broad shoulders. RK unit give you a place to sit, and a finished interior. Available with outdoor shower, water heater etc. RK gives you a full slide in, not just a cap. You have a finished, flat & dry floor. I would be OK with the GFC, but sleeping for 2 is cramped. RK lets you sleep 3. It is a full step above the GFC, and half way to what a Camper designed for an F150 would give you. Both seem very well built. Bottom line, but what works for you. If you are OK sleeping under a tarp or in a tent you will save even more money. I'm just glad there is a more upscale option potentially there for us.
I get the refinements but I think its gonna be small in the Maverick. Unless you are thinking about squeezing a full size unit onto the Mav. I will also say that me and my wife are both around 6ft 300 ish and we used sleep fine in the 48" RTT we have. But yeah for different uses. We would prefer to have a cap or camper that allowed us to leave it on full time and still use our truck as a truck. We got, dogs, propane, water, laundry, groceries, and building material to haul every week. We personally cant even afford the GFC setup at the moment. If I was looking at that cap I think I would leave my truck as is and think about a nice popup trailer. Full queen sized bed, near ground level cooking, much more space. And as a bonus 20 years from now you can go use it for trailer racing at your local dirt track!
It is made in Canada, so I assume it is more wildlife resistant. I can see it does look a little like a dog catcher truck. I like the extra security of it though.From the exterior looks like a prop for identifying a police or prison vehicle from a low budget future dystopia film made for showing in drive-ins during the 1970s.
I use my van for camping now. It's really nice being able to park anywhere, even in congested areas and not worry about a trailer being attached. We are not big fans of campgrounds, so there is that too. It's more important for us to have one vehicle to travel in than 2. This unit would allow the style of travel/camping we choose. The GFC is a contender too, as it can haul items easier when not camping, but I will keep the van so hauling is not an issue for us anyway when needed. Still waiting to hear back from RK. I think it would suit our needs perfectly.
Well if you got a van, thats another deal entirely. Im a vanner from way back. Hell I started van life back when it was just called being poor! Had 7 econolines, 2 4x4s, all of em with totally custom interiors except for on 95 hitop conversion luxury job. Go 2%!
The van was pressed into service in 2020 when we couldn't fly anywhere. "Covid camper" lol. But it only gets 16 mpg on trips, it is 23 years old, and I can't stand up in it. It was cheap though. Bought it in 2018 for $2500.
Very slick and the good motor too! Ive done cross country trips in van with way less mpg at prices similar to today. Hell I lived i one for over a year that maybe got 11mpg hwy, gas was about $3 then.The van was pressed into service in 2020 when we couldn't fly anywhere. "Covid camper" lol. But it only gets 16 mpg on trips, it is 23 years old, and I can't stand up in it. It was cheap though. Bought it in 2018 for $2500.
