I ordered a new topper for my 2018 GMC 2500. I went with the ARE V-series so I could get the sliding side windows and ordered a front sliding window to get the best possible ventilation. We camp a handful of times a year and I pull a travel trailer with the truck. We also have 3 small kids in the rear seat of the crew cab. We are looking at getting a Lab puppy. My plan was to transport the dog in a crate in the truck bed under the topper, no room in the truck. I have thought extensively about heat issues back there if it's really hot out. One thing I've been thinking about lately is the fact that I replaced the muffler on the truck, 6.0L with a big Magnaflow 12909. The truck is not loud at all in the cab, obviously a little louder under load, but do I need to be concerned about it being too loud in the truck bed under the topper? Exhaust exits in stock location out of the rear corner and truck has a bed liner if that matters. I think it will be fine but let me know what you think.
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A lot of those 14-20 hole dog trailers are bigger than my house and more ornately decorated!!!! :lol: :lol:bluesky2012 said:
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I didnt thing Texas had snowflakes. Color me shocked.
Yes your dog will be absolutely fine crated in the bed
If your exhaust has no holes in it and the bed has no holes in it there are no worries about carbon monoxide. Ventilation is great insurance against it too.
We hunters crate our dogs in the beds of our truck all the time. My Springer Spaniel loves it in his crate.
Dont let the "Beto Males" try to convince you otherwise. You and your dog will be fine.
Yes your dog will be absolutely fine crated in the bed
If your exhaust has no holes in it and the bed has no holes in it there are no worries about carbon monoxide. Ventilation is great insurance against it too.
We hunters crate our dogs in the beds of our truck all the time. My Springer Spaniel loves it in his crate.
Dont let the "Beto Males" try to convince you otherwise. You and your dog will be fine.
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dang city folk.
Even though my buddy rides in the bed with the shell on I want to get him a crate to ride in back there just in case something were to happen. (knock on wood)
I also am looking to get a rear seat cover/Hammock for dogs so when its overly hot out He can ride in the cab with us!
Who uses a Hammock/dog seat cover and what one would you recommend?
I also am looking to get a rear seat cover/Hammock for dogs so when its overly hot out He can ride in the cab with us!
Who uses a Hammock/dog seat cover and what one would you recommend?
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If the pup is secured in there with good ventilation there shouldn't be any problem. And like said, if there are no holes in the bed for CO to enter, then there is no issue there, especially with vents. Just make sure everything is latched and there is no way for the pup to escape.
It'd be a different story if it was open bed, but then of course the dog would need to be in a strapped down kennel. I've seen unleashed and unsecured dogs just out of open truck beds before on the highway and its heartbreaking.
It'd be a different story if it was open bed, but then of course the dog would need to be in a strapped down kennel. I've seen unleashed and unsecured dogs just out of open truck beds before on the highway and its heartbreaking.
I rode in the back of a pickup with a topper from Illinois to Michigan in August several times as a kid. My dad rigged up one of those tiny fans and had the sliding window on the truck opened and the slider on the shell opened with a "boot" joining the two windows. The fan pulled AC from the cab to the back. It was still hot as heck in the very back but near the cab it wasn't bad. I hunt a lot and people kennel their dogs up all the time in the back. It can get hot. If youre worried get a cooler AC unit. Its a cooler you fill with ice and it runs off of a battery fan. I've used them camping before and they blow our ice cold air. Just a thought
Ok, Got all that, I was just wondering if and what seat covers/Hammocks any one uses with out starting a complete new thread?
My issue in the bed of the truck is, Its an 8' bed and he may tend to roam around a bit and would feel awful it something happened and he got hurt during a sudden stop.. So hence the crate, I can secure the crate in the bed and he would be laying down in the crate.
But when it gets Hot out here I let him ride in the back seat with a little AC enjoyment.
My issue in the bed of the truck is, Its an 8' bed and he may tend to roam around a bit and would feel awful it something happened and he got hurt during a sudden stop.. So hence the crate, I can secure the crate in the bed and he would be laying down in the crate.
But when it gets Hot out here I let him ride in the back seat with a little AC enjoyment.
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Here is a good thread to read Bob. My Rear Pet Protection Stuff
One way to promote good airflow is to have the topper windows open the sliding window open between the truck and the topper so it's very important to have the topper window at the front operable or removable there's a boot that you can put in to keep the airtight I personally made my own out of pipe wrap Works flawlessly I've done this for 25 years I've had the equivalent of 15 dogs have never had a problem with them riding in the back they loved it also to promote airflow you run your vent in the front of the truck on medium and you have it pulling in outside air do not use recirculating air in the cab you run outside air and it promotes positive pressure pushes air through the cab under the shell which is in the back of the truck which is called the topper and out the back windows I've done this forever and have never had a problem my Huskies my labs my German Shepherd my Rottweilers they all love traveling in the back of that truck now keep in mind we have a carpeted we have their food we have their water and it's taken care of no animals have ever been hurt in the back of trucks that I know of other than the idiots the ride pickup trucks with the dogs in the back overlooking the roof of the truck and then gets sucked out at highway speeds and they splatter in the front of a semi becoming a hood ornamentWalkers said:
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I see a good deal of "tool box" dogs here in Texas.....It really angers me......
My dogs ride in the back on the floor with the back seats flipped up. They're also harnessed, and the harnesses are attached to the seat studs that stick out from the floor. I'd o have to stop short, or I'm e we in an accident, the harnesses and front seats will prevent them from becoming projectiles towards the front.
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why does that anger you?roorancher said:
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My set up for my working Labs.
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See a lot of amateur set ups like mine at hunt tests, field trials etc.mjrchabot said:
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