euro.love
Adventurer
Heres the deal, I am leaving Connecticut the middle of May and heading west. Some spots I plan on going to are yellowstone, grand tetons, then down to lake tahoe, yosimite, then to the coast and all the way up the california coast to oregon and possibly washington if I have enough money. I plan on staying at places for a few days at a time, or weeks depending on how beautiful it is. I built an entire sleeping setup in my ARE camper top and I have realized that my 4 month road trip is going to get a little cramped after a while. I would like a place to chill if its a rainy day and be able to sleep comfortably. The camper top is kinda like a coffin and me being 6'4" does not help.
So I have been looking at either a pop up or a slide in. But a slide in is super top heavy and kills my bed for storage (Not to mention they look really stupid in my opinion). So the Pop up is what I am leaning towards at the moment. They can be left at a camp site for some day wheelin trips. They are super light to tow and wont kill my gas mileage, and they have heat, fridge, and stove built right in, which means I dont have to buy any of those things extra. My only concern is that I want to find some real back woods camping spots those things look a little weak. So, my real question here is has anyone done it? Beefed up the frame a little? Put some sliders or small bumpers for steep inclines? Lifted with 31's? I was thinking of doing all of these things so I have a cool little off road pop up I can drive onto the beach with or take on some remote trails. Keep in mind I am not going to do real serious rock crawlin or anything wild, but I would like to go off the beaten path more than once on this trip. Let me know what you guys think!
So I have been looking at either a pop up or a slide in. But a slide in is super top heavy and kills my bed for storage (Not to mention they look really stupid in my opinion). So the Pop up is what I am leaning towards at the moment. They can be left at a camp site for some day wheelin trips. They are super light to tow and wont kill my gas mileage, and they have heat, fridge, and stove built right in, which means I dont have to buy any of those things extra. My only concern is that I want to find some real back woods camping spots those things look a little weak. So, my real question here is has anyone done it? Beefed up the frame a little? Put some sliders or small bumpers for steep inclines? Lifted with 31's? I was thinking of doing all of these things so I have a cool little off road pop up I can drive onto the beach with or take on some remote trails. Keep in mind I am not going to do real serious rock crawlin or anything wild, but I would like to go off the beaten path more than once on this trip. Let me know what you guys think!
