Date:         Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:12:18 -0400
Reply-To:     craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Crazy pop-top modification idea
Comments: To: george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>
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I store kayak paddles (4, in two pieces each), an axe, a wiffle ball bat
(big red plastic), and some screens up there.
It's good storage space!

I often find myself leaving these thigns up there all winter though, and at
some random point in December every year people ask me why I have so many
kayaking paddles ready for use.

-Craig


On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:10 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>wrote:

>   From experience, here's what I can fit behind the folded front bunk
> section up in the loft.
>
>   First off, I've put a layer of 1/2" memory foam cut into two
> sections underneath the mattress pads, and this has made a great
> improvement in comfort.
>
>   Behind the folded front section, I store 2 zipped together fleece
> sleeping bags, one extra fleece blanket and my pillow.  I should add
> that there's a rain fly tied to the top braces in the front that nests
> behind the cab storage tray.
>
>   If everything's situated properly, the top will close with just a
> small amount of extra effort, and the front seal should mate up
> tightly all the way across the edge of the storage tray.
>
>   Every once in a while it'll lift a skosh on the driver's side,
> whicht means that I was in too much of a hurry arranging my stuff.
> If that seal isn't tight and you don't notice it right away, you'll
> probably hear air infiltration it as you drive.
>
>  Next time I open the top, my pillow looks as if it's been in a 40
> ton press, but it fluffs right up.
>
> George/ATL
> in North Beach, Burlington, VT
>