Sleeping in a Truck?

oddy9999 · Post by **oddy9999** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:39 pm

Coming to Burning Man for the first time. I was wondering what people who have done this before think about renting and sleeping in a Budget truck? It seems like it would be great shelter and easy to secure...

Any thoughts?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:11 pm

It's done.
If you want to sleep after dawn, shade would still help.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:21 am

It's going to be cooler in the shade under the truck. Box around the sides w/ some plywood.

Aiee! It burns! · Post by **Aiee! It burns!** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:18 am

In Cool Hand Luke, a metal box in the sun was used for torture. Have fun!

phil · Post by **phil** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:04 pm

For future generations of Burning Man, Louise and I have slept in our white commercial van on more than one occasion, and we have pulled stuff out of it during the heat of the day and found it pleasantly cool inside - however, we tape aluminum foil inside all windows so that the interior is sealed from light.

This is both at burning man and other camp stops. Commercial vans are very handy to have around. Our queen size air mattress is a tight but comfortable fit. Just be sure you don't have sharp surfaces along the sides and broke glass or screws or such on the floor.