Montana’s Go Fast Campers has developed what is likely to 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 a couple of 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 unhealthy parts. When raised throughout a campout, they supply awning shade, directional climate safety, and easy accessibility to the tent. GFC founder and CEO Wiley Davis calls it “An American-made product that turns your truck bed into a blended indoor-outdoor living space that works like a portable 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 top above the sharkfin antenna. That’s about two inches taller than a four-door Ford Bronco with the comfortable high, about the identical top 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 those that do not thoughts standing or carrying a collapsible stool, the adjustable tent flooring could make a desk. Inside 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’s just the start of the utility. We’d by no means advocate placing 500 kilos of substances on high 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, lots for a couple of surfboards or a few bikes. The T-track on the shell perimeter is for becoming the rack to place extra stuff on high, or equipment like lights, instruments or an awning. 

Thanks to tubular aluminum building 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 price: $7,700 earlier than choices. Ford fees $3,449 for its black mattress cap alone. Depending 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 delivery and set up. That set up is likely to be probably the most finicky a part of the GFC Platform Camper; the company says consumers can both swing by headquarters in Bozeman, Montana, or get white-glove supply and set up at residence of their driveways, a service that runs from $750 to $1,000 relying on location. GFC says the camper could be ordered now and takes eight weeks to be prepared.

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