Hondo Garage's New Thing

Desert/other sensitive biomes would be my guess.

 

I remember seeing a similar story that ended up turning into a meme. I think it was a 4R owner who setup a CVT shower thing for someone to piss in during LA Grapevine traffic.

 

Doesn't get much easier than this to be responsible in the outdoors. Stable, comfortable, packs up small, no mess or smells. Easy to dispose of (landfill approved). With more and more people heading into the outdoors being self contained will eventually be a requirement on state and federal lands, already that way for rafting most of the western rivers.

 

That looks like you got some good stuff going on there. Please share more with us. There's a build thread here.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/gofastcamper-gfc-mods-tips-and-tricks-thread.585193/

 

For instance, if I'm stealth camping, need to take a dump at night and no public restrooms available. I'd just pull out the potty and do my business.

 

Motorhome folks you know choose to crap in public toilets instead of the toilet in the motorhome? That's kinky, damn.

Whatever, crapped this morning in a howling crosswind on a portapotty, rain coming down sideways. Should have just stripped naked in the van and crapped naked instead of getting back into the van with soaked clothes.

Pro Tip: Using a portapotty in sub-freezing weather, keep the seat inverted, don't freeze your ass skin to the toilet seat.

 

A week ago today I was in Belgrade for install of my GFC. We drove up from Denver the day before and met at GFC at 9am for the install.
When we arrived the unit was outside and needed to be brought in by fork truck to attach to the crane:



Bringing the truck in and getting that door closed! Cold!

Pretty! Its been a good wait, I was really looking forward to this!

Alcohol wipe down and gasket install:



Lowering into place. Watch your fingers.





Helping install. In case anyone wants to know the GFC mounting points will interfere with the pins on the OEM tonneau cover on the long bed. Ben at GFC was able to tell me this beforehand so I removed them before the trip.



Happy camper.


After the install Graeme gave me the shop tour. It is quite amazing to see what they've been able to get done in the very short time since their start. They are all clearly passionate about what they do, and are working very hard to make a quality product.

The original prototype hangs in the shop:

Off to Big Sky...

 

@ace7196 I completely agree! I’ve been digging holes for years, and would love to have the space that the toilet is taking, but I gotta keep the wife happy. Maybe I can leave the wife at home? Lol

This does have a hot shower set up though which was a must for me for the same reasons you stated above.

Set up has:
100ah agm house battery
Ctek d250sa will add the smartpass soon
5 gallon water tank
Whale 3 gallon 12V water heater
Fridge/stove slide


We’ve wanted a FWC/ATC for years but going over the gvwr was a concern for us. Came pretty close to pulling the trigger a few times, but I’m glad we held off and found the GFC. The GFC with this set up is perfect for US.

 

Do you happen to have a materials list for your 80/20 build?

 

You do see the irony in your statement, given the reason for the tariff increases?

 

I'll add to the list of folks interested in this setup. Looks to be a light weight config. More deets please!

 

it looks like they moved the brake light down to the rear door and off the rear extrusion?? Is that a new thing?

 

It would appear so based on their pics. Maybe it’s so that people could (in some states) legally mount an awning to the rear extrusion.

 

Thanks for the pics, Can't wait to pick mine up. What size tires do you have on your truck? Also What is the load rating on them?

 

Thanks. 285/75 17 Goodyear Duratracs D Load range. Lift is OME BP-51 with the heavy Dakars with one overload removed.

 

I might order the rear awning version of the same ebay econoawning, only $79 delivered. I'll then have excellent flexibility. One good thing about the rear awning is that under high wind conditions you can point the truck into the wind and use it and the GFC to shield the rear awning making it easier to deploy and somewhat protected. In high winds the side awning is very vulnerable.

 

But the brake light looks to be on the extrusion on his camper?

 

You are correct. And the camper next to his has it below. Maybe it has to do with what options you picked? Seems odd.

 

It looks like they have changed it up recently but still have campers with both styles. One recently installed on another Tacoma has the brake light on the rear panel. It probably just depends on when your parts went into production for how the brake light is assembled.