Just wanted to say I'm looking at getting one of these campers. Going to read through this entire thread over the next few days. I currently have a 2006 2wd double cab long bed that I love, but it's getting tight in the cab on long trips with wife, 2 kids, and dog. And, it's 2wd. It's served me well offroad but it's always on my mind and I'm super careful. Trying to decide if I want to get a 1st gen 4wd double cab Tundra before I commit to this camper, or just "run what I have" and order it for my Tacoma. Decisions decisions.
I had an ’06 DC Tacoma pre-runner that got me into tons of places I didn’t think it could. Traded it on an ’09 TRD OR 4wd to up my odds of getting back out of those places too! I get it, its a hard decision process.
I really wanted to put an Ovrlnd on my ’09 Tacoma as it was built out and I loved it, except for the seats (I’m 6’3”). One of the things that sold me on the ’21 Tundra DC with the 6.5’ bed was laying-out the bed dimensions of both the Tacoma and the Tundra beds on the floor with blue tape, then mocking up some things that would go in the bed with boxes — fridge, battery, built in possibilities, etc.
Guy on EP who posted as
@Pshin (don’t think he’s active anymore, but you can find his posts in a search) had a nice Ovrlnd build on a Colorado with the same bed size as the DC Tacomas. He took a picture for me of the standing room with the bed pulled out and it was tight — you can find it in his thread. That plus my blue tape layout, plus the seat comfort caused me to go to the Tundra and I couldn’t be happier! BTW, Pshin sold his rig shortly after building things out due (AFAIK) to the size and comfort issues . . .
FWIW, the DC Tundras jump seats are actually pretty roomy and comfy. I have had two adults be comfortable in the back for several days of wheeling — they’d be fine for kids, unless they are older future NBA players. When folded up, they also leave quite a bit of room, which I usually devote to a (removable) platform system for storage.
