I am about to have my baby boy arrive inthis work in the next couple of weeks and have some questions in regards to the infant carseats and the big 3-in-1 seats as well.

I have a "05 SCAB... I have figured out that the infant carrier seat will fit nicely in the middle of the back seat but as for the 3-in-1 rear facing it has to be finaggled between the front seats and doesn't sit as recomended.

Do you guys know of a particular brand or type of 3-in-1 that will easily fit the back seat of my scab or even behinf the pass-seat if possible w/o having to push it into the dashboard. thanks

 

I bought my baby carseat from Samsclub. It will fit in the back with no problems, but you may have to move your front seats a tiny bit forward to gain extra clearance. congrats on the new arrival, babies are a lot of fun. The best location for the carseat is to put it between the two Passenger seats in the back, right in the middle.

 

Congrats! My little girl just turned 1. From my experience, we started with the infant car seat with multiple bases. The base, as you stated, fits great in the middle. So when she turned 1 and weighed enough, I installed the 3-in-1 convertible seat rear facing as suggested. You're correct, it just doesn't sit very well. On top of that, my little girl is quite long (95th percentile) so it was not very comfortable for her, and she was above the limits for her to be forward facing. So after one ride in the truck rear facing, I just switched it to forward facing. She's been happy ever since. I have both the Cosco Alpha Omega Elite and an Eddie Bauer 3-in-1 Convertible.

Sorry I couldn't help you with a brand, but I wanted to share my experience.

 

Congrats!! I am also waiting for our little bundle of joy to come into this world. My wife is 15 weeks along and we get to find out if we are having a boy or girl on Dec 5th.

We were walking around the stores looking at car seat and I was wondering the same thing as you, what is the best, if any, 3-1 that will fit in the back of my scab.

I was trying to tell my wife that this just means that we are going to have to get new crew cab, but she isn't seeing this the same way that I am.....

 

Pretty much what happened to me. I went from an 04 STX SCab to the 08 FX2 SCrew. LOL.

 

sorry man, but you are describing 1 of the 2 major flaws with a Scab.



I suggest you think about 3 different carseats like I did with my oldest and am doing with my twins. A bonus of doing this is that you won't have a gigantic convertable carseat to contend with. Carseats that specialize in 1 position are usually smaller/compact compared to those huge 3 in 1 seats.


It is more expensive...but this way the kiddo's are in the proper seat at all times. Not a 1 size fits all seat that isn't the best safety wise IMO.



1st Seat

2nd Seat

3rd Seat

4th/5th...and hope no more

 

I have 2 little girls, 4 yr old and 6 month old. Both are in Eddie Bauer brand, but I have a super crew now. When I had my scab I only had one and her seat fit perfectlly in the middle of the back seat, secured with the tether straps. Hope this helps.

 

Just wanted to say thank you to ya'll
and congrats to PHS79... 15 weeks didn't seem that long ago
good luck to you

freddytran: thanks for the advice I also bought those same exact units but I cannot get that 3-in-1 to sit right for the life of me. I may have to try the Triumph that tylus mentioned.

Once again, thanks a bunch you guys rock