Couerl
New Member
Hi folks, I'm going to buy a Hawk this year for my Tundra and I have some questions and seek your input.
My wife and I traditionally camp out of our trucks (Tundra or her Jeep Wrangler) in tents and have been for years and I'm 48 and I told her I don't want to sleep on the ground anymore.
I spent the last couple of years researching/debating on what would be best for us, Class A, C, B or travel trailer or even a pull behind popup. My brother even offered to give us his old 1996 palomino popup but, we travel light and quick and the damn thing takes almost an hour to setup at night and break down in the morning and well, it's old and crappy and a pain in the ass.
Anywho, like most of you I have spent days, hours, weeks trying to figure out what rig and with what options would be best for us and I have read all the threads here and came to the sad conclusion that I'd either go stripped down shell or full blown self-contained. The shell runs around 12k with a few options I would want and the full-blown deal looks to be around 19k or so and I don't know which one would be better. I suppose it all comes down to the cassette and outside shower, something my wife would love.
My dream build would be a hawk shell with a cassette, awning, outside shower and front dinette but, they don't do that unless you get the sink and stove and counters too with the full-blown model. We cook over fire and have a small Coleman stove for no fire camping areas and drink bottled water so all that stuff is sort of irrelevant to us. In addition, we do a lot of stuff when we go out, mostly rock hounding and mineral/gem collecting and so we have a lot of gear we need storage space for.
My first question is do people like the new cassette toilets? Are they something you can't live without or do they go unused? Are porta potties just as good and have you really pooped in both? No liars!
Second question: Can a fully self-contained rig carry gear for 2 people? Back packs, fishing poles, a rifle or two, shovel, axe, clothes, couple boxes of rock specimens, camera, tablet, food and sleep a couple of doggies outside on mats or foldaway kennels?
I want the ability to travel light and fast because we make a bunch of stops on our travels and yet pack enough stuff so we can do all the things we like to do out there from AZ, NM, UT, CO (we live near Denver) and love traveling the surrounding area, Moab, Zion, Canyon lands, Tahoe and all of that..
Thanks for any thoughts you have, I'm disappointed that I can't make up my mind and hate to trouble you all..
My wife and I traditionally camp out of our trucks (Tundra or her Jeep Wrangler) in tents and have been for years and I'm 48 and I told her I don't want to sleep on the ground anymore.
I spent the last couple of years researching/debating on what would be best for us, Class A, C, B or travel trailer or even a pull behind popup. My brother even offered to give us his old 1996 palomino popup but, we travel light and quick and the damn thing takes almost an hour to setup at night and break down in the morning and well, it's old and crappy and a pain in the ass.
Anywho, like most of you I have spent days, hours, weeks trying to figure out what rig and with what options would be best for us and I have read all the threads here and came to the sad conclusion that I'd either go stripped down shell or full blown self-contained. The shell runs around 12k with a few options I would want and the full-blown deal looks to be around 19k or so and I don't know which one would be better. I suppose it all comes down to the cassette and outside shower, something my wife would love.
My dream build would be a hawk shell with a cassette, awning, outside shower and front dinette but, they don't do that unless you get the sink and stove and counters too with the full-blown model. We cook over fire and have a small Coleman stove for no fire camping areas and drink bottled water so all that stuff is sort of irrelevant to us. In addition, we do a lot of stuff when we go out, mostly rock hounding and mineral/gem collecting and so we have a lot of gear we need storage space for.
My first question is do people like the new cassette toilets? Are they something you can't live without or do they go unused? Are porta potties just as good and have you really pooped in both? No liars!
Second question: Can a fully self-contained rig carry gear for 2 people? Back packs, fishing poles, a rifle or two, shovel, axe, clothes, couple boxes of rock specimens, camera, tablet, food and sleep a couple of doggies outside on mats or foldaway kennels?
I want the ability to travel light and fast because we make a bunch of stops on our travels and yet pack enough stuff so we can do all the things we like to do out there from AZ, NM, UT, CO (we live near Denver) and love traveling the surrounding area, Moab, Zion, Canyon lands, Tahoe and all of that..
Thanks for any thoughts you have, I'm disappointed that I can't make up my mind and hate to trouble you all..