Sleeping in the Landy

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Anyone got any tips of the best way to sleep in a 110? I am thinking of making some boards to go over the back :confused:wheel panels and put an air matress on it?
 
My dad did that in his 110 ages ago when him and ma mum went on a break up scotland. Just put wood over the wheel box things and put a air bed in it he said it was very cold and when it rained all he could hear was millions of rain drops thud the roof.
 
Sleeping in a vehicle is bloody cold. Unless it is honking with rain, I'd sooner sleep next to it with a tarp or something stretched from the side down over me. It'll be particularly cold in a landy - all the exposed metal refrigerates you nicely. Speaking from experience as ex-mil, I all but gave up on using the L/R unless it was absolutely life-threatening outside. Then I didn't really sleep, but tended to doze shivering until the night ended. Not recommended as a voluntary option!

(Edit - and just in case anyone thinks it's a bright idea - do not, ever, sleep under a vehicle. You do not want to learn the hard way what happens if it settles a few inches in soft ground with you trapped under it at 0300 on your own...)
 
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Knobber said:
Sleeping in a vehicle is bloody cold. Unless it is honking with rain, I'd sooner sleep next to it with a tarp or something stretched from the side down over me. It'll be particularly cold in a landy - all the exposed metal refrigerates you nicely. Speaking from experience as ex-mil, I all but gave up on using the L/R unless it was absolutely life-threatening outside. Then I didn't really sleep, but tended to doze shivering until the night ended. Not recommended as a voluntary option!
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Thats why Landys with a canvas tilt are warmer than those with a hard top. Plus you dont get condensation dripping down your neck all night long.

Knobber said:
(Edit - and just in case anyone thinks it's a bright idea - do not, ever, sleep under a vehicle. You do not want to learn the hard way what happens if it settles a few inches in soft ground with you trapped under it at 0300 on your own...)
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Top tip. I knew two lads who decided to sleep under their Scorpion rather than put up a bivvi. Almost the last sleep they ever needed. Heard of many others who weren't so lucky.
 
Slept in a landrover many times back in my army days. Thought it was pretty neat myself.
Got a bit chilly, but that was only because my sleeping bag was a tropical, lightweight one.

:)
 
Board the back of yer 110 out with some ply and insulation, works fur us....

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Never bin cold or wet either and the dog loves it too;) :D
 
Out of interest Buster, how much 'room' does all that take up? Is it a permanent set up, or something you slide in and out when planning on camping in th vehicle?
 
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