carld
Senior Member
I live in Plano TX. On October 1 I picked up my brother in Santa Fe NM and drove to Reno NV to pick up my new Ocelot from Marty. We spent the next 3 weeks driving from Tahoe to Mt. Whitney and then Yosemite, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Death Valley, Zion, Escalante, Capital Reef, Natural Bridges, and Grand Canyon. It was a great trip. We mountain biked, Camped in the snow at the end of a 4 wheel road at Boundary Peak NV. Climbed to 12000 ft on Mt Whitney in the snow. Spent two moonless nights at Bristlecone looking at some amazing sights with group of amateur telescope operators. Hiked the Narrows and Angels Landing at Zion. And really checked out the Ocelot.
I have a 2002 V6 4x4 manual shift Tundra access. I had a Palomino 800 Bronco camper on it before and added air springs and LT265/75R16 E tires. With the new Ocelot it handled way better. Marty reduce the floor to truck rail hight by 2" to fit my 2002 type 1 Tundra, and increased the soft top by 2" to compensate. Before with the Bronco I got about 13 mpg and with the Ocelot I got about 16.5 avg. 17 tops and 15 doing 70 mph on the interstate.
I got the 3-way refrigerator, heater, electric water pump, and wired for solar. The heater was really nice on cold nights and drying out wet boots. The refrigerator worked great using 12V on the road and propane in camp. Since I've been back I made 3 mods, a 24" x 22" shelf under the sink with a access door, two 12"x24"x8" cabinets on either side of the window, and connected a trickle charger between the refrigerator 120V and 12 V circuits in the refrigerator compartment.
I have a 2002 V6 4x4 manual shift Tundra access. I had a Palomino 800 Bronco camper on it before and added air springs and LT265/75R16 E tires. With the new Ocelot it handled way better. Marty reduce the floor to truck rail hight by 2" to fit my 2002 type 1 Tundra, and increased the soft top by 2" to compensate. Before with the Bronco I got about 13 mpg and with the Ocelot I got about 16.5 avg. 17 tops and 15 doing 70 mph on the interstate.
I got the 3-way refrigerator, heater, electric water pump, and wired for solar. The heater was really nice on cold nights and drying out wet boots. The refrigerator worked great using 12V on the road and propane in camp. Since I've been back I made 3 mods, a 24" x 22" shelf under the sink with a access door, two 12"x24"x8" cabinets on either side of the window, and connected a trickle charger between the refrigerator 120V and 12 V circuits in the refrigerator compartment.