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You might want to investigate the idea of a shade tarp. But instead of canvas, use some highly reflective sheet metal like polished stainless steel. Possibly set it up on a roller like an awning. I am sure you can come up with a workable solution.

Crude drawing. Red is insulation pad under strut and sitting on top of ceiling.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?137906-S-280-camper-build&highlight= The shelters consist of horizontal "U" beams in the roof. Picture a "c" channel on its back with its legs pointing up, then weld some flat iron strips to the top of the legs that stick out to the sides but not...

TB 750-240 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR PROCEDURES FOR S-141/G, S-144/G, S-250/G, S-280/G, AND S-318/G TYPE SHELTERS JULY 1969 This may help. All I have is the hard copy or I'd send you a copy. LOGSA should have one on line if you can get access. Lately, I haven't been able to download from them. Let...

Any idea how difficult it would be to mount my spare under the front of the bed on an M54A2, or if even possible?

This is another pic of the system. Note, I only have one of these shelters, so I can't do what they originally did, but I think I can eventually make something work.

My S280 is 13 feet long and my 5 ton bed is 14 feet, so it is going to be a trick to keep my 12x20 spare in the regular slot without extending the shelter over the end, and I really don't want to do that. I take it that your shelter is a lot shorter. I have a unique situation as my shelter has...

Ty, where are you going to mount your spare tire when the shelter is in the bed?

Ok you guys, now you have me over thinking this whole thing. So here's my other idea. Before putting the aluminum sheet on, use some good spray adheasive or roll on type and glue some high R value rigid foam sheets to the top after properly preping the surface of the shelter. Then afix the...

For the roof, if you have a second sheet, you might devise a way to mount the second sheet an inch or two above the first, but eliminate the sides. The idea being like a shade tarp. I don't know how dificult it would be to make, but I suspect it would really get rid of a lot of heat. I got the...

The part in pic 4 is the top mount point for the dolly set. 1 and 2 in the pic bellow. The part in pic 5 is what the dolly set hooks into. I have a M720 dollyset that I use with my S280 shelter. TM 9-2330-285-14&P/TO 36A11-21-10-1.