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profdant139
Explorer II
Aug 01, 2014

How much headroom for over-cab beds?

I am thinking about a TC someday -- not very soon -- but I like to sit upright in bed to read, and I need a lot of headroom. How much clearance is there? Does it vary a lot from one unit to another? Do pop-up TCs have more headroom in the bed area or less?

(I searched the archives, and I was surprised to find that there was no prior thread on this issue. Am I missing something?)

Thanks in advance for your answers!

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  • dakonthemountain wrote:
    This thing is that may of them are different. Some are really short and some tall....

    My 95 Weekender has a LOT of headroom and 7' ceilings in the main living area; which was a deciding factor for me. I'm 6' and my other half is 6'7".

    Dak


    So you're 12'7"?? Holy smoke! That's gotta be tough.:B
  • Yes, there is a very large variance. Some pop ups like northstar have more room than some hard sides. I had a northstar laredo hard side which was like being in a coffin. Absolutely no sitting up and to get out of the cab over required a half sit up and a great abb work out to move in and out. My kids hit their heads on the cabover so many times. It was worthy of offroad use,but the cabover was limited to sleeping only. This was a major feature Why I went with my current WC. I can sit up and read, but the overhead is not too high which raises the center of gravity and you get alot of sway when going off road. Since you like to boondock and get off the beaten path if/when you decide to get a TC you should seriously look at this feature before pulling the trigger. With a TC you are limited on space and we really need the cabover as an additional hang out space and not jst for laying down/sleeping.
  • This thing is that may of them are different. Some are really short and some tall....

    My 95 Weekender has a LOT of headroom and 7' ceilings in the main living area; which was a deciding factor for me. I'm 6' and my other half is 6'7".

    Dak
  • I can sit up comfortably in my Lance with room to spare. My old Palomino, I couldn't do that. In fact, if I tried to sit up at night sometimes, I wound up smacking my face into the extremely low ceiling.
    Not sure about other makes and models, but they no doubt vary.