WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TACOMAS

Thanks! I was a little bummed not being able to get in. I need to get back into camping mode! Starting to suffer withdrawals!
I ended up on 105 that trip and got sleeted on.Of course it is going to be damp and chilly the next couple days-may end up on a day ride tomorrow or Tuesday?

 

Hey guys, I am in Greenville, SC and am looking for recommendations for good forest service roads to do some RTT camping in. Curious if the best/closest place to look would be the South side of Pisgah or if there were any options you had seen closer.

Thanks!

 

105 is going to be your standard answer. Pisgah had a lot of roads (Avery and Yellow Gap anyway) gated off when I was there a couple weeks ago. Probably due to weather so may be back open now.

 

Thanks! Old NC 105 is on my to-do list. Have heard some awesome things about it.

I usually camp at horse pasture road out by Jocassee. That is about 1.5 hours to get a campsite. Just seeing if I can find something closer now that I have a RTT and am working from home. Wanting to camp a few nights a week haha.

 

Yeah I've still been wanting to get down there. I think it was you I had messaged on instagram about that, thanks again for the info. Lets see a pic of that RTT set up on the truck

 

Yep that was me! I was down there last weekend. It was awesome but it was packed since everything else is closed.

I don’t actually have one open yet, but I’ll be getting it this weekend! Met the guy in Charlotte to pick it up. He said it had only been slept in 3 nights which I agree with, it looks brand new inside and out!

 

Looks great. Having it low down like that is sooo nice. Especially with the dogs.

 

Agreed man! I love being able to pull into the garage with it. And my lab is 85-90 pounds, so being able to stand on my cooler and lift him in is so nice.

Really excited to get our first night out in this thing

 

Off topic, but how does the tri-fold tonneau work with the rtt & bed bars?

 

It doesn’t. I take RTT on and off as needed.

 

It doesn’t exactly - I had this tonneau before. Wanted to stay with the hard tonneau to protect gear.

I don’t have RTT on all the time, so I just undo the cross bars on the mobtown rack and take the tent off with the crossbars attached. Then I can use my tonneau as needed.

I will say that the roof top tent is forward somewhat and is 6 inches up above the rails, so I can still pop the rear fold up some.

I used the action packer tubs as they fit perfectly underneath the tonneau with almost no extra space above. Same with my Ozark cooler.

so I just slide stuff in and out with camping and rarely open the tonneau

 

I kinda figured that's what must happen, but it doesn't seem usual that people remove the RTT. Thanks for making my head not hurt so much.

 

I drove from Cincinnati to Greenville Saturday via I-40/26 and saw beautiful trucks constantly along the route!!

If any of you wondered why some idiot was waving and passing in a green Subaru Outback...that was me.

Gas Milage dictated the selected vehicle for that trip.

Y’all stay safe down there in WNC!!

 

Man, how do you like that 2Lo mod? It's the best thing I've ever done to my truck, saves my clutch all the time!

 

It’s AWESOME!!! Mine’s Automatic but I use it all the time. It’s definitely in my top 3 mods.

 

Our house in Asheville has a super steep driveway that requires backing up and reverse is too tall in these trucks so it's always hard on the clutch, it was a game changer for me. Also really handy when you are backing up trailers.

 

Mine is off and on fairly often. On more than off when the weather is good for camping, which for me is Fall to late Spring. You get a system for doing it, and the process really isn't so bad. Mine is to slide it down to the open tailgate, then onto a movers dolly, reverse to load it up. Eventually it will get loaded onto a trailer, then that's where it will live.

 

@Cwise929

 

Hey everyone, I am new. Just picked up a 2020 a couple of weeks ago and I’m dying to get it out there. I got it just in time for riding season to kick off and now everything is closed.

Hopefully things open back up soon

 

Anyone know of a good real estate agent in the Asheville area? My wife and I are loooking for some property we can buy now, and build a retirement home later on. Because of this timeline, we want to avoid any HOA.