Easy Way to Load a Bass Baby in the Back of a Truck

1. I was looking at getting a new vehicle, and was wondering whats everyones opinion on transporting your bass in a (watertight, covered) pickup truck bed. My old teacher drove a truck with ane of those caps on it and never had a problem with his nice carved bass. I was looking into a hard tonaeu (sp) comprehend I know it obviously needs to stay dry out, just my business organisation is the tempurature and/or humidity. do you think it would exist a problem?

   P.s. I live in Ohio at the moment so at that place is all kinds of weather to contend with....

5. I did it for years with a ply bass, no problems. Eventually I even installed a 12 volt heater in the bed so winter temps weren't an issue.
   Even so, it'southward non a great thought.

9. I've hauled mine in the bed without a cap effectually town with no damage. I can become it in the cab but it's a pain. I commonly tie it on its side confronting ane side of the bed and sort of suspend information technology with bungy chords. No cold temperature problems in Texas, simply hot and hotter. I'm more worried well-nigh the bouncing than the temperature over the curt hauls I normally take.

   That said I'd rather have a SUV or hatchback for bass hauling but I had the truck earlier the bass and so I make practice. The truck comes in handy for other thinigs then I'm not set to trade. Maybe if I become a gig whore (see other thread)!

13. A heater? That'southward a good idea... I wonder if you tin get air-conditioning in there somehow lol so there wouldn't exist anything to worry about

18. In the cab? what kind of truck are you drivin.. I was lookin at f-150 supercrews and 09 ram crew cabs

22. A friend of mine used to carry his effectually in his Acura Integra, if yous can fit it in one of those I figure you should be able to fit it in a truck cab... especially a crew cab.

26. I haul mine routinely in the back of my Toyota Tacoma on it'southward side and bungied in place. The truck has a vanquish on the dorsum, but once more, very little issue with temperature here.

30. I live in Pennsylvania and for years hauled my plywood bass effectually in the dorsum of my Toyota pickup (with a cap). It didn't injure it, simply it wasn't platonic. In winter it took a long fourth dimension for it to warm up, and the strings were icy common cold for the first ten minutes or so. I wouldn't do it west/ a carved instrument (in Ohio or Pennsylvania) if I could avert information technology. I later on sold my truck to a friend, and he was able to get it in the cab (it's an extended cab pickup) with the neck sticking out the back window into the covered bed. (The lock on the truck cap had frozen, and his only option was to put it inside--he was lucky it fit!).

    Skillful luck with your choice, only I recommend a station carriage (i.east. a Subaru).

34. Trucks typically ride pretty stiffly, and then the bass is going to get knocked effectually and bounced up and down. The bed doesn't share the same air infinite as the cab, so you can't accurately monitor how common cold and moisture or hot and dry the air is. I didn't do my beginning bass, a beatup old Kay C-1, any favors by driving all over northern California in the driving rain or summer heat with information technology bouncing over every pothole and expansion joint. A station carriage, van, or SUV is the best way to get.

38. Looking past the actual ride quality and just specifically at the air weather condition, is information technology possible to somehow brand a truckbed suitable??

    I take an HHR now and wont be getting rid of it then its non last resort situation, I would just like to be able to move it in the truck. I demand to just check to run into how it fits in the cab next time i test drive..

47. In my 05 Tacoma, you tin't get a bass in the cab without removing one of the front end seats. I've been thinking of going the cap route as well, as nearly of my trips are short and gentle.

    I've been trying to come up with a "yakima" mode bracket for the bed rails to agree information technology up off the floor of the bed (I usually demand that space). I'll probably end upward making something out of plywood and lining it with cream padding. I'll probably have information technology laying on it'southward side, and the subclass would hug both bouts with a crash-land up for the C bout, and strap information technology down on in that location tight. The neck would just float in the air.

51. The foam is the kind of stuff i'd do! I know i've left my plywood in a hot car all day (its been through hell and hast had any problems), so i'm not too terribly worried about that. Now the humidity and extreme common cold is what i'm worried almost. Naturally I wouldnt go out it in these atmospheric condition longer than the ride to and from the gig.

55. I think a skilful case or padded bass cover should mitigate nearly concerns nigh environment and ride in the bed of a pickup. I have not had whatever bug with the bass in my Tacoma. Information technology is really nice for loading and unloading.

59. Honestly I have a overnice instance (probably too nice for whats actually in it haha) but my biggest business organisation is humidity. Ya'll think A case will protect from accessive humidity/ extremely dry air?

63. I transport my rig in my Integra hatchback all the time. The back seats lay apartment so I have tons of room. In fact last night I had my NV425, 6-space rack in road instance, two basses (ane hardcase), two guitars (ane hardcase) and two Fender 1x12 guitar amps (Hot Rod Deluxe and Supersonic) and a keyboard with stand in the back. The passenger seat was still available for my married woman in case she wanted to come to the gig, too I've seen some large trucks, but you could not do this in the cab of nigh.

    I'd probably use a pickup with a canopy if I had one. The car is a lot of work to load. My area is pretty temperate, though.

67. As a homeowner in rural Maui, a truck is pretty much a must for me. I'm a truck guy. And then yeah, my daily driver is an '01 Nissan Frontier. It works very well for hauling the bass, but there are a few caveats that should be stressed to anyone that's considering using a pickup truck to haul a bass;

    1.) Yous'll need a bed embrace of some kind. Mine is an Extang Fulltilt, which I've used for several years. It's a lightweight soft top on a rigid frame, it tilts upwardly llike a big torso chapeau, it'due south admittedly weathertight, it removes in a few seconds if I want access to the bed for hauling. Highly recommended, I remember mine ran almost $450.

    2.) The interruption of a typical truck does non provide the cushy ride that yous would have with a passenger motorcar... so it'due south important to provide a piddling padding in the form a blanket or some cream. Since the truck bed is expressionless flat, you demand to put something under the neck block in order to avert direct pressure on the scroll... in my case, information technology's a small boogie board. Too, information technology'south practiced to be enlightened of pothole and craters in the road, a little more than you would with a passenger machine.

    iii.) When you go to your destination, it's good to get the bass out of the truck bed ASAP. Why? Because the exhaust system on many pickups is tucked right upwardly nether the bed. This isn't a trouble while you're moving, but when you stop, the bed heats up pretty quickly, peculiarly with the bed cover closed.

71. We have a wool picnic blanket we use for camping. It has a waterproof lesser layer, and provides expert thermal insulation. I'm thinking you could run up several together to make a big handbag to fit over your bass instance. That should protect your bass from the elements for a reasonable corporeality of fourth dimension. Of course you likewise need to necktie it down properly, as others have mentioned. Neck joints don't fair well when the scroll is left to bounce around on the bed. Still, I think transporting the bass on its back is better than on the side in this case, unless you lot also secure the coil.

76. LOST!
    Please tell us which hard instance for double bass fits into an Acura! Let alone making room for a 2nd DB and your wife

80. he's talkin electric basses lol

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