Crate cooling ideas? - Page 2

OK ................ here is your 2 best ideas for keeping the dog COOL .............................. done it so often ...... get a reflective tarp or one of those camping foil insulative blankets and throw it over the top of your topper on the truck ..... reflective SIDE UP ..... it will reflect the sun back up and you will not be radiating heat into the topper .......... test it ...touch the top of the topper from the inside without the reflective tarp ..... it is damn warm ..... put the tarp on then touch to inside the topper from the inside and see how COOL to the touch it is ......... AND ice right into the crate so the dogs paws are in the ice ....... I am able to do this when parked out in the sun ........................ try it and let me know ........ and of course use your fans now ...... you can get a 1000 watt inverter to plug into the cigarette liter and have a big house fan blowing on the dogs ........

I would first have a crank-up vent installed in the top of the cap. That will allow heat to escape. Just make sure it is cranked down tight when on the road so it doesn't get messed up. Then get some " Solar-Flex" from Lowe's. It will be in the insulation department. It is aluminum foil with bubble wrap between, comes in two foot and four foot width. You can cut it with scissors and glue on with Liquid Nails. With last forever. Put it on the ceiling and inside sides of cap, you will be amazed at how much radiated heat it will prevent.

First, are you talking of while the vehicle is in motion or parked? If you're talking of in motion, AND you have sliding windows in your truck and cap you can either buy or fabricate a hose/cover attachments that fit to/over your exhaust ports for your AC vents. If parked, some of the ideas listed above. Just do some research and fabricate what pertains to your situation? I have a cap, while in motion there is enough air current for my three and at times when parked my thermometers have showed 100/105 degrees they are not kept in stationary/parked mode for long periods but they are acclimated to heat and comfortable. 

Thank you for all the comments. There's a lot of great ideas. We'll be trying out some stuff over the next few weeks. I'll post on here with what seems to work best.