Hondo Garage's New Thing

I will be as soon as possible! Just away in Africa for work right now and not sure the exact date I will be back, just know it will be some time in July. Toured the shop last year before I ordered because I was passing through Yellowstone. The GFC’s are an amazing product with great guys making them. They’re definitely worth the wait and more than worth the cost of them. I am really looking forward to a lot of trips with this camper!

 

Well, 4400 miles in 6 days was a lot, but it was a blast! @6spdshift and myself got to take in a lot of cool places and put the GFC to the test. We hit 4 national parks, a few national monuments and a bunch of national and state forests. I love the GFC. It's a well designed and thought out product, it opens and closes really easy. I love the side door, 100% must add item!

Once I get the mattress situation figured out I think it will be the perfect camper for my needs. Also, once we left the world of 85mph speed limits and prairie winds I got 17mpg on the way home. Better than with my rack and RTT.

Tons of pics and videos to edit into a trip report and vlog soon, but here is a couple quick snaps from my IG.

 

Is there anyone here with Kings, 285’s and a gfc fitting in 7ft garages? If so, how many threads do you got showing on your coilovers?

 

Nah that’s useless. I don’t have my gfc so I don’t know where my bedsides will be post gfc install.

 

Nah that’s useless.
Makes too much sense.

I have 12 threads on mine and have no problems with doors

 

Stock TRD Pro Suspension, 265/75r16, sliders, maybe 130lbs in the bed plus camper, big ass battery, lights, ext.
It barely clears. Probably won’t after I put 255/85r16s on and for sure won’t after I add the MaxxFan Mini to the roof.

So with that being said, I’m going to go out on a limb and say “no”. It won’t fit in a 7’ garage.

 

This is why I put 10'x10' doors on the barn I built a few years ago...

 

I can't wait to see that fan installed! I maybe doing the same here really soon.

 

Might take me a little bit. Still planning it out. The fan is on the way but I’m also in the process of buying a new crib (the one pictured above).
It’s going to be so nice to be able to offload my shit into a garage, work or projects in there, have a place to park and wash my truck in the driveway.
Apartment life sucks.

 

Congrats!!

And yes, apartment life sucks! I'm still in one...

 

My Tacoma is 70.6” tall (all stock TRD OR). Even if you add a generous 8” to the roof of the cab, you get 78”. Still 6” shy of 7’.

Is that a 7’ garage door pictured?

 

3rd gens must have really tall bedsides. My second gen has 285/75/16s and is lifted with Dakar heavies and sits at 81” (6’9”) to the top of the GFC when the rack bars and 4’ antenna aren’t included. That’s with only about 30lbs in the bed and a half tank of gas.

 

Sweet! I just counted my 11.5 threads so I should be good.

 

Lots of movement on the leaderboard this week. 17 completed since last Wednesday and only a few left in sealant curing phase. One being assembled, but there were three yesterday, looks like they’ve been updating daily recently.

Hopefully there’ll be another jump in assembly shortly too.

I’m watching the leaderboard like a hawk as I have a 6 week trip to Northern Canada/Alaska planned for the beginning of August, which is 8 weeks from my in production notification... I could shift it to the second week of August, giving 9 weeks, but otherwise I need to buy a RTT and rack for the trip, which will be sold after. Awkward timing.

 

8 weeks from my in production date is Friday, and as of now I'm a few campers out of being "in assembly". I would be hopeful they hit 8 weeks but also would not rely on it too much.

 

Yep. Haven’t put a tape measure to it but I can next time I’m there. It fits by a couple inches probably. I just eyeballed it while I was there and happened to snap a pic.

 

It’s a bit of fun though, and for me helps me work out if I’m going to need to spend a few thousand $ on other things.