Truck Camping Photo Thread

You have the skills to EARN the money to afford to pay someone to build it...that's still winning sir

 

Just scrolled through your trailer build as well, awesome job man!

 

How does this do off-road? We have some favorite camping spots in Colorado that require water crossings and a locking rear diff, and I'm curious if pulling a trailer is realistic for slightly more technical driving.

 

No photo.
Picture this. 4 days at Linville Gorge with the 'Gorge Rats'. Hiked the Rock Jock trail. Got the 'Gorge Tattoos' on my arms.
No hammock this time, I spent the 3 nights in the truck with my WM Versalite 10°.
Whoo Buddy!

 

It does great off road. It might not be obvious from the pictures, but I did ditch the stock trailer suspension and replaced it with Jeep CJ-7 leaf springs, a 2" lift shackle and added shocks. Basically, the trailer is running the entire rear suspension setup of a CJ-7...so it that helps relate how well it handles the terrain. Add to that my off road Lock-N-Roll hitch and the trailer will follow us nearly anywhere the Tacoma is able to go.

I haven't had it anywhere where I've needed to use my locker (but I've also never needed my locker in Colorado, yet), but several places where I'm in 4LO and picking multiple lines to successfully traverse the terrain, and it's followed just fine. We've dragged it across water crossings, up/down super steep and loose surfaces, through some hairpin switchbacks, across V shaped washouts, etc. Pulling it off road will have it's understandable limitations though.

I've gotta do a better job of snapping pictures/videos of it in some rough terrain to help show it. This is the best I have for now, nothing impressive by any means:



https://youtu.be/xIHQsvCmxr8


I'm not pulling the trailer in the video, but I did tow it up the steep, rocky trail initially. Hard to tell from the video how steep it is, but it was steep enough that if I lost a little traction going over a notable rock, the truck would slide back a few inches.

 

Last month

 

I did. My mini glamper:

 

Love those tall skinny tires it has. What suspension is it running, axle-less?

 

Bit of a high clearance axle with leaf springs

 

Self made or production purchase?

 

Sunray 109

 

Nice, let us know how it does once you get some more Colorado miles on it!

 

Took it to Moab for RT. In the garage now but so far so good!

 

San Elijo??

 

Man those trailer setups are badass!

 

Kerr Lake NC

 

That thing is rad!

 

how i camp now has drastically changed this year, might stick with the backpacking tent until i find something i like or even move to something like this i saw at a local shop....