For those of you who have gone through the process of building a platform to fit a smaller camper onto a bigger truck, would you do it again, or would starting over with a camper built for that truck be a better idea?
My family is growing, and as much as I'd like it to, there is no way to fit a rear facing car seat into the back of my extra-cab 1st gen Tacoma and carry a passenger (wife) in the front. The Tacoma with Eagle on the back was the perfect rig for the two of us and a dog. Now it looks like I'm in the market for a bigger rig. I've gone around in circles about what truck I'll be buying but it's going to be a full size. (F150/250...Powerwagon?). I still have a few months to figure that part out. The part I need help with is do I keep my Eagle and adapt it to a full size truck, or sell it this spring and buy a hawk this fall/winter?
How much bigger is a Hawk then an Eagle really? I've seen the numbers, but do they feel much bigger inside?
If I put my eagle on a full size I'd obviously have to build a platform under it and extend the jack plates. Neither of which is hard. Anything else I'm missing?
My Eagle is pretty basic, but it works for us and we like it. 2006 shell with propane furnace, full counter top, side dinette seats, solar with two deep cycle batteries, arctic pack, yakima roof rack, fantastic fan. Its well used but solid. If we started over with a Hawk we'd likely duplicate what we have, just in the bigger format. I've been out of the buying game for a while, whats the going rate for a Eagle now-a-days if I were to sell?
Opinions? Suggestions?
My family is growing, and as much as I'd like it to, there is no way to fit a rear facing car seat into the back of my extra-cab 1st gen Tacoma and carry a passenger (wife) in the front. The Tacoma with Eagle on the back was the perfect rig for the two of us and a dog. Now it looks like I'm in the market for a bigger rig. I've gone around in circles about what truck I'll be buying but it's going to be a full size. (F150/250...Powerwagon?). I still have a few months to figure that part out. The part I need help with is do I keep my Eagle and adapt it to a full size truck, or sell it this spring and buy a hawk this fall/winter?
How much bigger is a Hawk then an Eagle really? I've seen the numbers, but do they feel much bigger inside?
If I put my eagle on a full size I'd obviously have to build a platform under it and extend the jack plates. Neither of which is hard. Anything else I'm missing?
My Eagle is pretty basic, but it works for us and we like it. 2006 shell with propane furnace, full counter top, side dinette seats, solar with two deep cycle batteries, arctic pack, yakima roof rack, fantastic fan. Its well used but solid. If we started over with a Hawk we'd likely duplicate what we have, just in the bigger format. I've been out of the buying game for a while, whats the going rate for a Eagle now-a-days if I were to sell?
Opinions? Suggestions?