My father and I left at 2am Sunday morning from Kennewick WA and by 5pm we were sitting in front of Four Wheel Campers in Woodland CA. After this picture we headed off to the hotel to get dinner and some rest.
Monday morning at 8am we were back at FWC and ready to install the camper. Here they pulled my truck around the back and we are waiting for them to take us back to the install area, checking out all the cool pics.
While they were fetching our camper we checked out the showroom and got our first glimpse of a Swift model....lots more room than we were expecting!
Their small demo model showing the welded aluminum construction.
Here comes our camper
Normally you would bolt on 4 manual camper jacks to install the camper, to speed things up they used an old fashioned 2 post lift and transferred the camper directly from the fork lift. The camper is attached to the truck via 4 turn buckles that are hidden in the bed, the turn buckles are accessed via the 4 trap doors on the FWC.
Checking out a load of campers heading out to a dealer.
And installed. Install takes about 15 minutes. I had the wiring per-installed before showing up.
Filled the air bags, adjusted the tire pressures and adjusted the suspension. I've been running the shocks on #1 compression and 4 Rebound when empty, re-adjusted all 4 corners to #7 compression and #6 Rebound. Having the shocks stiff worked great on the trip home, the road manners were awesome and there was Very little body roll while weaving through the mountain passes.
Dad checking out the interior. We ordered the shell model which is minus the sink and cook stove. The full kitchen model takes up a lot of space and weights a good chunk more, we found that we rarely used the water system and prefer the light weight setup of the shell models. I carry ultra light backpacking gear for cooking etc.
Just as we were leaving FWC they pulled out another Tacoma getting a camper installed the same day....had to pull over for a picture
Pulled over to get a shot of Mt Shasta and the cinder cone in the Background.
Stopped in Grants Pass OR for a IN-N-Out Burger....Yummmm.
About 8:30 we pulled over at a truck stop for the night....home sweet home. Not the most ideal spot but it's right off the highway and free!
Stopped at StoneHenge this morning on the final leg home.
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Monday morning at 8am we were back at FWC and ready to install the camper. Here they pulled my truck around the back and we are waiting for them to take us back to the install area, checking out all the cool pics.
While they were fetching our camper we checked out the showroom and got our first glimpse of a Swift model....lots more room than we were expecting!
Their small demo model showing the welded aluminum construction.
Here comes our camper
Normally you would bolt on 4 manual camper jacks to install the camper, to speed things up they used an old fashioned 2 post lift and transferred the camper directly from the fork lift. The camper is attached to the truck via 4 turn buckles that are hidden in the bed, the turn buckles are accessed via the 4 trap doors on the FWC.
Checking out a load of campers heading out to a dealer.
And installed. Install takes about 15 minutes. I had the wiring per-installed before showing up.
Filled the air bags, adjusted the tire pressures and adjusted the suspension. I've been running the shocks on #1 compression and 4 Rebound when empty, re-adjusted all 4 corners to #7 compression and #6 Rebound. Having the shocks stiff worked great on the trip home, the road manners were awesome and there was Very little body roll while weaving through the mountain passes.
Dad checking out the interior. We ordered the shell model which is minus the sink and cook stove. The full kitchen model takes up a lot of space and weights a good chunk more, we found that we rarely used the water system and prefer the light weight setup of the shell models. I carry ultra light backpacking gear for cooking etc.
Just as we were leaving FWC they pulled out another Tacoma getting a camper installed the same day....had to pull over for a picture
Pulled over to get a shot of Mt Shasta and the cinder cone in the Background.
Stopped in Grants Pass OR for a IN-N-Out Burger....Yummmm.
About 8:30 we pulled over at a truck stop for the night....home sweet home. Not the most ideal spot but it's right off the highway and free!
Stopped at StoneHenge this morning on the final leg home.
Continued Below.....
