kchristian
Adventurer
So I'm new to Monteros, Google SketchUp, Woodworking, and Overlanding. But I'm excited, my wife is excited (90% of the battle) and we have nothing holding us back. The plan is to be on the road in January and head south til we run out of continent. I'm sure I'll be asking tons of advice on many subjects in the months to come but for now I want to know what you think of my rough sketchup of my rear platform plans. Any 3rd gen owners out there have a built in platform? I'm looking for comments on things to avoid and watch out for specific to my design but also general lessons learned from experience with these types of set-ups. The Red box is the built in "trunk" for 3rd row storage. And I'm not sure about the tailgate idea. I like that with it shut and the lid down, I could secure my things better. But I'm wondering if I would be annoyed having to open the rear door on the Montero, the tailgate, the lid and the "trunk" storage to get to something down there.