Anywhere you can find room, although there isn't very much room on the newer stuff. In my gearhead days, I put them in the trunk for weight distribution in race cars. As long as it's secure, it doesn't matter where it is. It's all just a matter of getting it locked in place to keep it from moving around.
Yep OED, running a marine battery (or two depending on the load) is a good idea. I'd mount them in battery boxes (easily available at any gearhead shop... http://www.jegs.com is a good one) near the back of the bed, offset to one or either side (either side is good for weight distribution). Then all you have to do is check charge before leaving or recharge them once you return.
As for where to find someone to do this, you could probably get any competent mechanice to make something like this. I'd probably trust a shop that hotrods cars or trucks.
number of kids? My personal rig is a Chevy Tahoe with the barn doors instead of the lift gate: 2 500 crates in the back or one crate and 5 40 pound bags of food. This still leaves room for 6 people (three front and three rear) or five comfortable, as I like to spread out a little in the front and have my drink holders. My work rig is the 2005 Durango, and has enough room in the back for 2 500 crates.
one other way would be to purchase a couple electric fans at any truck stop and cut off the cig. lighter plug in and splice in a trailer plug and then plug into the adapter on bumper of the truck of course you would of need to purchase the towing packets.....if no towing package then use a battery run the two wires postive/negative to a fuse holder and continue to the fans....there are a number of ways to run fans to the back of your topper...other would be to buy a converter, run it off your cig/ aux plug in and then you can run a regular house fans....that's if you are looking to just move some air around in the back...if you want a/c in the back take to a mechanic....
Jeannette Polowski Webboard User Reg: 03-12-2002
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Thanks to everyone for all of the great ideas! Seems like the fan idea is a good one, and lots of ways are possible to get it done....I'm not gonna get a cap until the fall, so I have time to explore my options.
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I know this is an older topic, but I figured I'd add to it. I just took pictures for someone who was wondering how I fit two large crates into my Honda Element.
I think it would be neat if we all shared photos of how of our dog-taxis are setup. I'm interested in how everyone maximized their automobile's functionality to serve as a dog transporter for multiple animals. It would serve as a good reference for the future when people are researching options.
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Will, get Matt to take a pic of his set up in the back of his truck, it was pretty simple, yet neat. Of course he damn near has an 18 wheeler, and contributes single handedly to the OPEC gouge, LOL <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
My dog car is a 05 Pontiac Vibe. I've shortened a wire crate by 3 inches. Soon I'm going to narrow it by the same, and add a side door scrounged form another crate. It will still be big enough for my GSD to be comfortable on long trips. With the front and side crate doors, I can let the dog out from the back or side door. The original wire crate could fit the Vibe, But I want to give myself a little more storage room. The rear seats have a 60/40 split and by narrowing the crate, I can move it to the side and have use of one of the rear seats, if needed. I was looking at a pickup truck last Aug when I bought the Vibe because of the kick in the a$$ we got from the gasoline price jump about that time. There are 4 pickups in my family to borrow when I need to haul something. None of them get 34 mpg. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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