Dogs, but no gear
I didn't have too much gear in the back of the Troopy. We gave up on sleeping in a tent early in the trip. Too much wind for too many days. So the Troopy was our sleeping area. It was surprisingly comfortable. You can see the foam I laid down on top of the 5/8" plywood. That's a sound proofing foam I had leftover from a server room project a few years back. We also used two
Stoic MDWT sleeping pads on top of the foam. These two pads fit perfectly next to each other in the Troopy like they were designed to fit there. Then blankets, pillow, sleeping bags, etc. Really quite comfy for car camping. I cut one section of the foam out for easy access to the straps to tie down the Engel fridge.
The Caddy CTS seats fit nicely and are comfortable. They do sit you up much higher than the stock seating position which my wife liked.
I mounted the solar charge controller to the front face of the sleeping platform between the seats. All of my 'house' 12v loads were powered through this controller. I'd run a cord through the side window to the two 32watt folding solar panels I'd toss on the roof. These two panels were more than enough to keep up with the Engel and charging our various gadgets.
Here's how the drawers turned out. They are 3 ft. long with full-extension slides rated for 150 lbs each. I cut some 1/4" plywood to act as a table/counter top.
I met a guy from Switzerland driving his 70 series camper near Cabo Pulmo. He said he plans to try to sell this in the U.S. or Canada in about a year when he's done traveling. He's been on the road for almost 3 years at this point.
I'll try to snap some photos of the storage compartments under the platform later today.
