Truck Topper temps

[TSAMP]

Hot one today. Mid 80s in Iowa, topper temp was 93 when I started my drive home and it got down to 87 once air was moving at highway speed. Dogs ended up in the cab(one crated). I have fans rigged up but had the room so didn't want to risk it for a 2 hr drive.

I suspect they'd of been fine. I need to crawl back there and make the Mrs drive us down the road. With these windows and a front slider im not sure how much airflow there is.

 

[BRTreedogs]

When I was a kid we used to pack the family in the back of my dad’s 73 Chevy with a n aluminum topper I don’t remember it being uncomfortable at all just opened the windows same as the cab because of course it didn’t have AC

That was before global warming.

 

[loganwayne]

Look into a gasket that seals the cab to the camper shell. Then you can open the back truck glass and camper.shell and let your ac get into the back. I found a small battery powered fan to pull air through the cab into the shell.

 

[TSAMP]

Look into a gasket that seals the cab to the camper shell. Then you can open the back truck glass and camper.shell and let your ac get into the back. I found a small battery powered fan to pull air through the cab into the shell.

Ya that only works if you have a slider on the truck. It's on my list. This is my setup for now.

 

[Iowafarmer]

That was before global warming.

Riight!!! That 1.2 degrees makes a huge difference especially if you’re on a roof next to a AC unit