02 4x4 Tundra with Phoenix Camper

[zooroadbaja]

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/5333404209.html

 

[TheSweatyButcher]

Nice flatbed setup.

 

[eblau]

seems like a great deal on a turnkey rig

 

[Herbie]

Looks like this rig has been around a while. Listed on eBay/Craigslist back in 2009. Check ownership/service history carefully.

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/23454-Phoenix-camper-on-Callen-flatbed

 

[Xrunner]

From the thread Herbie linked to:

This thread might be dead now, but just in case anyone is listening
That was my build. I just joined this portal, which is too bad, because I should have advertised it here.

Thanks for the props folks. It was my first custom build and there were a couple problems.

1. The Tundra's GVWR is not much more than a tacoma, so I couldn't build it out any further with water tanks, heater etc.. I had to keep it bare bones inside. The remedy would have been to build it on an F250, but that kind of defeted the purpose of it also being a daily driver as the F250 is kind of a beast.

2. Getting the camper on was hard; it was difficult to line up the camper on to the flat bed. This could be remedied by designing some slide-in guides.

It drove quite nicely, camper on or camper off. Tundra had the power, just not the axle strength. With the weight though, I never felt comfortable doing any serious off roading.

Email me if anyone has any questions.

Tim