Seat in pickup truck?

mchelly8

New member
I need some advice regarding having our child in a pick-up truck.
First, what are the current ideas and regulations regarding toddlers in a pick-up truck?
Up until now we have only transported our 19-month old in our sedan. However, due to scheduling, we may have to transport our child once/day in our truck.

Can we do this safely? And, if so, how? I'd much appreciate ideas on RFing versus FFing and location of seat etc.

We have a Dodge Ram that only has a bench seat (no rear seat at all). We are able to disable the airbag with a key.
We currently have our 19-month old (weight: 29lb height: 33in) in a RFing convertible seat in our sedan.
 
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kam1011

New member
With no back seat, you can install the seat rearfacing in the passenger seat. The airbag needs to be turned off with the key.
 

mylittlet

Senior Community Member
I would only have baby and driver in the truck, with baby rf on passenger sie. With the airbbag turned off with the key. I won't feel comfortable rf in the middle because of the drivers side airbag.

What seat do you have in the sedan? Do you want to move the current seat to the truck? Or get a new one for the truck? What's your budget?
 

mchelly8

New member
Thanks for the thoughts so far!

We use the Britax Boulevard 70 in the sedan. I'm thinking about moving that one to the truck and getting a less expensive one for our car.
Thoughts and/or perspective on those ideas would also be appreciated!

(My ideal situation would be to get a different vehicle, but that is not in the budgetary cards right now :()
 

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