by Big Guy with a Little Guy » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:45 pm
Abraham Lincoln was once asked how long a man's legs should be. He answered, "long enough to reach the ground."
Instead of messing with a roof that raises, why not use a floor that lowers---easily. If you take the idea of a footwell and extend it (almost) all the way to the ground, you'll be close to the headroom you need. The standing area would only be 2'x4', but you ain't hosting a dance in there. The footwell will hit the ground, you say. Nay, I say. Have the footwell removable so you place it inside the cabin for travel. A right-sized panel covers the hole to keep the weather out. Get where you're going, remove the panel, drop the footwell in place, stand at ease. When you're ready to snooze, place the panel over the footwell, flop the mattress out flat, put on your SpongeBob jammies, start sawing logs.
An added bonus: the footwell serves as a 2'x4' container in your tear to keep crap from rolling around while tootling down the two-lane.