upcruiser
Perpetual Transient
Something I have wondered frequently in my travels is just how much of a deterrent it is for large predators being on top of a vehicle in a RTT. I knkw one of the original reasons for RTT's in Africa was to get people up. Off the ground and in safer quarters. After a chilling evening this fall of listening to a pack of wolves surround my rig as I tried to sleep in my RTT I began wondering how safe am I? In North America the biggest threat is likely bear and being that I am planning a trip up to Alaska this summer and using the roof tent as shelter thought. I. Would raise the question. Obviously I know that food or other attractors in the tent are a no no, but if you have food in the truck anyway it would likely. Arouse the curiosity of bear and draw them to a vehicle without likely them distinguishing between food in the truck or food in the the roof tent.
I imagine this to be even more of an issue with those folks using pop put truck campers with soft sides as well. For those who spend alot of Time in bear country, what precautions do you take?
Unrelated and something else I have thought about on a number of occasions while pinned down in bad lightning storms is the safety of being in a RTT with an aluminum ladder covered in rainwater touching the ground. Is it safer to retreat to the inside of the vehicle? Assume the lightning position in the RTT? Not worry about it?
I imagine this to be even more of an issue with those folks using pop put truck campers with soft sides as well. For those who spend alot of Time in bear country, what precautions do you take?
Unrelated and something else I have thought about on a number of occasions while pinned down in bad lightning storms is the safety of being in a RTT with an aluminum ladder covered in rainwater touching the ground. Is it safer to retreat to the inside of the vehicle? Assume the lightning position in the RTT? Not worry about it?