Montana’s Go Quick Campers has developed what may be the simplest and lightest turnkey bugout resolution we have seen. Created for the Ford Maverick, the GFC Platform Camper lets an proprietor can carry cargo, shield that cargo and disappear by doing little greater than pulling just a few latches. Towers within the mattress rails assist a wedge tent that extends from about midway over the Maverick’s cabin again to the tailgate. What we love about that is the aluminum flaps on all three sides of the assist construction. When lowered and locked, they enclose the mattress, defending something again there from unusual eyes and dangerous parts. When raised throughout a campout, they supply awning shade, directional climate safety, and quick access to the tent. GFC founder and CEO Wiley Davis calls it “An American-made product that turns your truck mattress right into a blended indoor-outdoor residing area that works like a conveyable cabana.”
Above that sits the slim hardshell across the wedge tent. Closed, the construction is alleged so as to add 6.5 inches to the Maverick’s peak above the sharkfin antenna. That is about two inches taller than a four-door Ford Bronco with the smooth prime, about the identical peak as a base Ford F-150 XL, and about three inches decrease than a Bronco with the hardtop and a roof rack. When opened, the wedge tent makes a 7.5-foot-tall roof at its highest level above the truck mattress. For many who do not thoughts standing or carrying a collapsible stool, the adjustable tent ground could make a desk. Contained in the tent, a the two-layer foam mattress makes a 90-inch by 50-inch sleeping floor. Above, the translucent honeycomb roof permits diffuse gentle and supplies a measure of insulation.
That is just the start of the utility. We might by no means advocate placing 500 kilos of drugs on prime of the closed hardshell, however the hardshell can assist that a lot weight if there’s simply nowhere else to suit bikes and gas and journey items. When open, the hardshell can nonetheless maintain 75 kilos, a lot for just a few surfboards or a few bikes. The T-track on the shell perimeter is for becoming the rack to place extra stuff on prime, or equipment like lights, instruments or an awning.
Because of tubular aluminum development for the rails and billet aluminum for the hinges and buckles, the entire kaboodle eats up solely 255 kilos of the Maverick’s 1,500-pound payload capability. The fee: $7,700 earlier than choices. Ford expenses $3,449 for its black mattress cap alone. Relying on the place MSRP lands for the 2023 Maverick, consumers who do not splurge on choices may get the truck and camper for wherever from about $32,000 on a Maverick XL Hybrid to about $38,000 for a properly outfitted Maverick XLT with AWD after transport and set up. That set up may be essentially the most finicky a part of the GFC Platform Camper; the corporate says consumers can both swing by headquarters in Bozeman, Montana, or get white-glove supply and set up at dwelling of their driveways, a service that runs from $750 to $1,000 relying on location. GFC says the camper may be ordered now and takes eight weeks to be prepared.
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