4Rescue
Expedition Leader
Ahhhhhhhh I see 
this is in a SWB Jeep... That makes sence, I'm fortunate enough with my 1st Gen 4Runner to have more then enough room to sleep in the back. In your case, along the lines of what you were thinking, I'd suggest you just hang it with some "rafting straps" or more commonly called cam-lok straps. They'll hold more then enough weight to hold you up even if you're a restless sleeper. Remember there will be 4 of them so each strap only carries 1/4 of your weight.
Go here: [URL="http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=1440&deptid=1188p://"]http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=1440&deptid=1188p:// [/URL] (you can get these nearly anywhere but I like NRS cause they're good people and they have nice organized straps with length markings and good cam-loks) and look at maybe some 3 or 4 footers(maybe even the 2" wide ones for more load capacity, i don't know how big a guy you are so... Those should give you enough room to asdjust plus once you're in bed you can fine tune the angle/pitch of the rig so you have a flat sleeping platform even if youre jeep is not on level ground.
Personaly I thnk that maybe making a set-up where you hang half out of the jeep (someone else here was doing something simmilar on their TJ) would give you more room and be easier to stow, but if you want to sleep completely in your jeep I'd push the seet all the way forward and flip it up to give yourself a single man berth down the passenger side of your rig. I think a litter would be great, but a Port-a-ledge is really the best as it was litteraly made for what you're talking about.
Did any of that make sence??? Like I said I'm interested in what you come up with because I think this sounds like a nerat idea and I love clever things like this.
Cheers
Dave
this is in a SWB Jeep... That makes sence, I'm fortunate enough with my 1st Gen 4Runner to have more then enough room to sleep in the back. In your case, along the lines of what you were thinking, I'd suggest you just hang it with some "rafting straps" or more commonly called cam-lok straps. They'll hold more then enough weight to hold you up even if you're a restless sleeper. Remember there will be 4 of them so each strap only carries 1/4 of your weight.Go here: [URL="http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=1440&deptid=1188p://"]http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=1440&deptid=1188p:// [/URL] (you can get these nearly anywhere but I like NRS cause they're good people and they have nice organized straps with length markings and good cam-loks) and look at maybe some 3 or 4 footers(maybe even the 2" wide ones for more load capacity, i don't know how big a guy you are so... Those should give you enough room to asdjust plus once you're in bed you can fine tune the angle/pitch of the rig so you have a flat sleeping platform even if youre jeep is not on level ground.
Personaly I thnk that maybe making a set-up where you hang half out of the jeep (someone else here was doing something simmilar on their TJ) would give you more room and be easier to stow, but if you want to sleep completely in your jeep I'd push the seet all the way forward and flip it up to give yourself a single man berth down the passenger side of your rig. I think a litter would be great, but a Port-a-ledge is really the best as it was litteraly made for what you're talking about.
Did any of that make sence??? Like I said I'm interested in what you come up with because I think this sounds like a nerat idea and I love clever things like this.
Cheers
Dave
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