justbecause
perpetually lost
The truck has been doing Lowe's duty since buying a house last summer. We really thought we would be done working on it by now; but a quick paint job and new floors turned into several rooms taken down to studs. A relatively intensive overhaul/redesign of the kitchen. It was (is) generally enough work that at this point, I wish I had done a little more work on the front end trying to get a contractor to come in and give me some quotes/ideas.... I live in a college town that has been building non stop for years and finding someone reliable and trustworthy to do "little projects" has been a challenge.
All the gear has been removed from the truck, I can't remember the last time we went camping. Packing and unpacking the OZ rv5 has lost most of its appeal. I think I'm ready for a camper, and I am 90% sure I do not want another trailer, that means slide in truck camper. At that point I'm worried about GVWR, I can feel the added pressure in the truck with our current set up, especially when breaking. I know people do it, I'm just really questioning putting 1200ish lbs of camper and stuff in the bed. That leads to me to considering a vagabond drifter, I thought I had decided to get a overlndr, but the frontier has such bad visibility I dont think I want to lose any. The overlndr seems to have considerably smaller glass windows than the drifter.
I'm also wondering if its time to move into a 1/2 ton, and that makes me say to myself "if you're getting a new truck you might as well get a 3/4 ton" I have seen some ram 2500s for less than the f150s I've looked at. Then I say to myself if you're going to consider a ram look at the 1500 with offroad package so you can still get an e-locker and downhill, then I look at those and say to myself you can get a v6 for less than 30k, then I wonder if buying a v6 ram is enough of an upgrade to justify the change, then I start to think about rolling the frontier until the wheels fall off....
Now I'm here, I have rewritten the previous paragraph 6 or 7 times, and I'm wondering about drawing out a composite camper/shell for the frontier....
I just want a truck that can tow 12k lbs, has a 2k payload, gets 28mpg, and has enough room in the backseat to fit 2 car seats with the front seats comfortable rolled back. Its not like I'm asking for too much or anything.
All the gear has been removed from the truck, I can't remember the last time we went camping. Packing and unpacking the OZ rv5 has lost most of its appeal. I think I'm ready for a camper, and I am 90% sure I do not want another trailer, that means slide in truck camper. At that point I'm worried about GVWR, I can feel the added pressure in the truck with our current set up, especially when breaking. I know people do it, I'm just really questioning putting 1200ish lbs of camper and stuff in the bed. That leads to me to considering a vagabond drifter, I thought I had decided to get a overlndr, but the frontier has such bad visibility I dont think I want to lose any. The overlndr seems to have considerably smaller glass windows than the drifter.
I'm also wondering if its time to move into a 1/2 ton, and that makes me say to myself "if you're getting a new truck you might as well get a 3/4 ton" I have seen some ram 2500s for less than the f150s I've looked at. Then I say to myself if you're going to consider a ram look at the 1500 with offroad package so you can still get an e-locker and downhill, then I look at those and say to myself you can get a v6 for less than 30k, then I wonder if buying a v6 ram is enough of an upgrade to justify the change, then I start to think about rolling the frontier until the wheels fall off....
Now I'm here, I have rewritten the previous paragraph 6 or 7 times, and I'm wondering about drawing out a composite camper/shell for the frontier....
I just want a truck that can tow 12k lbs, has a 2k payload, gets 28mpg, and has enough room in the backseat to fit 2 car seats with the front seats comfortable rolled back. Its not like I'm asking for too much or anything.