Bump for a great Rig and seller.
I’m the sale that fell through. Kenny is a great guy and a straight shooter. We met part way to inspect and test drive the rig with the likely intention of driving it back to Phoenix. The camper is amazing and the truck is very well put together and maintained. I had a pre-sale inspection done by a NAPA certified auto center near Kenny (not a place he‘s had the truck serviced), and it came out clean as a whistle mechanically. I crawled around underneath and did all the things you would want to do to verify, and the truck is in beautiful shape. It drives really well on the highway, local streets, and in the dirt. I’m coming from an IFS Tacoma with full Icon suspension, and this truck drove just about as well. No sign of any kind of solid axle steering problems, excessive movement or play, or tracking problems. We found a rough patch of dirt that wasn’t quite a washboard road, but tested the compliance of the suspension and it rode quite smoothly. I was surprised coming from the IFS world.
We didn’t spend a lot of time with the camper inside because we were familiar with a flatbed Hawk. The tray and the boxes are in great shape and Kenny‘s got a lot of extras included. Dual Battleborns! Suffice it to say, if you want a flatbed Hawk on a Norweld tray this is a fabulous rig.
So, why didn’t we buy it? As I said we’re minimalists coming from a built Tacoma. We really do want a more comfortable extended camping situation, but we also go some pretty difficult, tight places and into some pretty deep powdery sand. No doubt the Power Wagon is incredibly capable, but we just couldn’t get comfortable with the full on size and weight of everything for where we go. I hope we did the right thing.
Good luck with the sale Kenny!
