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Smoke - one more comment since no one else has mentioned it. Oregon's beaches are very dog friendly. You can look forward to some great walks on the beach with your pooch. As mentioned above though, pay attention to the tides. Good luck with your trip and the weather.

Thanks once again for all the responses. It seems like air bags versus springs versus Timbrens has the most divergent opinions of any subject on the forum. The good news is that we are not locked into any of the choices, it is just more $$$ to change. I hope to decide in the next week or so...

Whoops - I did not see your reply Bill before posting my question. Looks like leveling is something to factor in to the equation.

Thanks for all the responses everyone, very good information. Johnathan, while it looks like the Boss air bags are a great option, not having a local distributor/installer is a deal breaker for me. Thanks for the bolt explanation as well - not an area where I have any knowledge. rotti - I have...

Thanks Bill - I appreciate your input and the callout regarding the bolts. Apologies if you have posted this previously, but which bags are you going with? And, since our trucks are very similar, are you changing out your shocks too as Jonathan suggested?

rotti and Jonathan - thanks for the feedback regarding the suspension options. For us, the pop-up will not be on full time, at least not at first, so I am leaning towards air bags. The concern there is reliability as there seem to be more than a few people who have had failures with their bags...

Thanks everyone. Bill - I would definitely be interested in your fridge's consumption. I was glad to read that rotti can go multiple days without solar because I doubt we would stay anywhere longer than 2-3 days. The complicating factor for us is my wife's CPAP machine - it is a 'must-have'...

After about 6 months of research and heavy thought about whether to buy a pop-up camper and then what options to include, we finally ordered a Fleet from FWC last weekend. The configuration: - side dinette with the slate colored cushions - flush mounted appliances - furnace - auxiliary battery...

Stan, My wife and I will be there Saturday morning with another couple from Nevada. We have met with Steve several times in Woodland - looking forward to meeting you as well. Hope you are enjoying Portland!

Thanks for the feedback guys - very helpful and additional cabinetry would add cost. Bill - yes, I have been following Jonathan's JATAC build and the article you linked to is what got us thinking about the front dinette instead of the side. JHa6av8r - I have been following your posts but seem to...

Thanks for the explanation Bill. I totally understand that the side dinette could feel cramped - it is close to that for my wife and I and we are not very big. We are interested in the front dinette and hope to see it at the Portland Outdoor show in a few weeks. As you mentioned, the cost is...

Congratulations Bill. Curiosity question: which seating arrangement did you choose? Thanks

Thanks for your follow up post. We will be buying a FWC Fleet in the next few weeks to ride on a Tacoma 4x4 v6 Access cab and have been really struggling trying to decide between springs and air bags. Reading about your experience is helpful - thanks again.

Very nice work (as usual) ski3pin. Looking forward to the coming parts. Your TR's continue to motivate us to get exploring as soon as we can. steelhead

Quite the opposite Jonathan. :) Being totally new to this type of recreation, I have a bazillion questions and probably a bazillion more that I have not thought of yet. Just trying to work through the big items first so we get the truck and camper configuration right as neither are trivial...

Thanks Jonathan and takeiteasy for this last round of feedback - really appreciate your input. There is just so much information and varying opinions on WTW and ExpeditionPortal that it gets hard to understand if there are issues with the configuration we want. Your setups are similar so it...

Thanks for the reply Jonathan - very useful information. For us, the concern is more about handling with the E rated tires without the camper on than about mileage - it would be interesting, though, to see a data comparison. Since our dealer is willing to give us a decent trade in for the nearly...

Once again, serious thanks for all the responses - they all contain very useful information. The tire subject is turning out to be quite interesting. I talked with my preferred tire dealer yesterday who has provided really good guidance in the past for our other vehicles. He was strongly...

Thanks for all the responses to the post - very useful information regarding both the fridges and the suspension. It looks like the most consensus is to go with E rated tires if we intend to do serious off-roading. Being new to off-road camping, it is hard to know what 'serious' means. So, is it...

Hi all, As mentioned on a recent post on the Trip Planning area, my wife and I are planning to purchase a FWC Fleet to ride on our Tacoma (access cab with the off-road package) this spring. We have pretty much decided on the configuration with 2 major exceptions: a 2 -way or 3-way fridge and...

Back when we lived in Reno, we would make a yearly trip down Highway 395 to ski on Tioga Pass once the road going up from Lee Vining that goes into Yosemite park would open. There are numerous places to go from the Dana plateau on the southside or the Saddleback Lake area on the north...

Thanks for all the responses - I really appreciate all the feedback and that no one has run into a difficult situation. Very good suggestions to talk with the land management organizations when going to a new area - we have had some good luck with that when car camping through the years. I also...

I am a newbie to the forum and this is my first post so apologies if it is in the wrong discussion area. Also, I searched for similar topics but could not find any matches so apologies again if these topics have been discussed. My wife and I are seriously considering joining the off road...