LandRoverHyter
Adventurer
My wife I I both have always loved to camp, off road, visit state and national parks and in general just get out and enjoy the outdoors.
We had our first son Boone in January of 2012 not long after we attempted our first family camping trip. Well to make a long story short it rained the entire weekend and despite having a high quality ground tent we still ended up soaked. It was then I realized I was going to have to make some changes to our camping set up.
I wanted something that would keep all of us dry, be able to haul or pull it with our jeep unlimited, be able to take it off the beaten path and ideally be able to stand up inside to take care of the baby and change clothes.
I wasn't looking for indoor plumbing or cooking so at first I looked at roof top tents but we really wanted a little more room to stand up and I also could see having the tent on top of the jeep causing issues so we decided against the RTT.
After looking at different pop ups I found the model I wanted. The Fleetwood neon. At less that 1k pounds, designed to be taken "off road", a queen size bed slide out, a small bench that folds down into another bed, plenty of room to stand and walk about...I knew it was perfect for our family of 3.
I got lucky and found a 06 on Craigslist that an older couple had bought with big plans but unfortunately spent its life in their garage it had only been used twice. It was only 4 hours away and with a price tag of what a used roof top tent cost I left the next day.
So far haven't done anything other than add a storage rack to the front deck.
I would like to add larger tires and wheels possible in the JK lug pattern but for now we are putting it to use!
We had our first son Boone in January of 2012 not long after we attempted our first family camping trip. Well to make a long story short it rained the entire weekend and despite having a high quality ground tent we still ended up soaked. It was then I realized I was going to have to make some changes to our camping set up.
I wanted something that would keep all of us dry, be able to haul or pull it with our jeep unlimited, be able to take it off the beaten path and ideally be able to stand up inside to take care of the baby and change clothes.
I wasn't looking for indoor plumbing or cooking so at first I looked at roof top tents but we really wanted a little more room to stand up and I also could see having the tent on top of the jeep causing issues so we decided against the RTT.
After looking at different pop ups I found the model I wanted. The Fleetwood neon. At less that 1k pounds, designed to be taken "off road", a queen size bed slide out, a small bench that folds down into another bed, plenty of room to stand and walk about...I knew it was perfect for our family of 3.
I got lucky and found a 06 on Craigslist that an older couple had bought with big plans but unfortunately spent its life in their garage it had only been used twice. It was only 4 hours away and with a price tag of what a used roof top tent cost I left the next day.
So far haven't done anything other than add a storage rack to the front deck.
I would like to add larger tires and wheels possible in the JK lug pattern but for now we are putting it to use!
