Comments on: Hitek Has-Beens http://hitekhomeless.net/2009/01/hitek-has-beens A couple of 30-somethings embark on the ultimate roadtrip. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: johnny http://hitekhomeless.net/2009/01/hitek-has-beens/comment-page-1#comment-619 johnny Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:05:04 +0000 http://hitekhomeless.net/?p=136#comment-619 Thom, <br> Surprisingly, we didn't find downsizing from a 1500sf apartment + garage full of junk to a truck camper all that difficult (except for the hauling things off to the dump and finding folks to buy / take the things we didn't need). I was in my parents 1986 36' class A a few months back and felt like we had 2/3 the space they do. Granted, we don't have nearly the amount of seating options, but the overall storage area is pretty close. <br> If you get to seriously looking at truck campers, my number one recommendation would be to look at alternatives to dinette seating. I haven't been inside anything with command/dinette seating, but I think it would be quite nice. The couch (gaucho) option on our Arctic Fox makes things considerably more livable for me. Jenn is a dear, but I feel like sitting at a dinette and staring at each other for extended periods is rather confrontational. I'd much rather sit on a couch so we're not staring at each other constantly! The couch also opens up the interior and make things seem a bit roomier. <br> If you ever make the switch, you'll certainly be able to get a lot more places. One of our favorite sites is down a rather steep forest service road with gravel that's roughly fist-sized and a few rather large rocks from where the road was original cut into the side of the mountain. Along the way, you have to ford a small stream. Our front and rear cargo carriers scraped the streambed. Apparently, some of the local cowboys have pulled horse trailers down there, but we were creeping down it in 4x4 low and first gear, then didn't move the truck for two weeks once we got in place. <br> You often hear that there's no boondocking on the east coast, and maybe that's true for 65' rigs, but I've just finished adding about 50 forestry and wma sites for Virginia alone in <a href="http://freecampsites.net/attribute/states/va/" rel="nofollow">our new boondocking website</a>. I left out anything that I didn't think a rig at least as big as ours couldn't get to - which wasn't many, but I think I'd want to scout ahead if I were doing a lot of forest camping in anything much bigger than a class C. Thom,

Surprisingly, we didn’t find downsizing from a 1500sf apartment + garage full of junk to a truck camper all that difficult (except for the hauling things off to the dump and finding folks to buy / take the things we didn’t need). I was in my parents 1986 36′ class A a few months back and felt like we had 2/3 the space they do. Granted, we don’t have nearly the amount of seating options, but the overall storage area is pretty close.

If you get to seriously looking at truck campers, my number one recommendation would be to look at alternatives to dinette seating. I haven’t been inside anything with command/dinette seating, but I think it would be quite nice. The couch (gaucho) option on our Arctic Fox makes things considerably more livable for me. Jenn is a dear, but I feel like sitting at a dinette and staring at each other for extended periods is rather confrontational. I’d much rather sit on a couch so we’re not staring at each other constantly! The couch also opens up the interior and make things seem a bit roomier.

If you ever make the switch, you’ll certainly be able to get a lot more places. One of our favorite sites is down a rather steep forest service road with gravel that’s roughly fist-sized and a few rather large rocks from where the road was original cut into the side of the mountain. Along the way, you have to ford a small stream. Our front and rear cargo carriers scraped the streambed. Apparently, some of the local cowboys have pulled horse trailers down there, but we were creeping down it in 4×4 low and first gear, then didn’t move the truck for two weeks once we got in place.

You often hear that there’s no boondocking on the east coast, and maybe that’s true for 65′ rigs, but I’ve just finished adding about 50 forestry and wma sites for Virginia alone in our new boondocking website. I left out anything that I didn’t think a rig at least as big as ours couldn’t get to – which wasn’t many, but I think I’d want to scout ahead if I were doing a lot of forest camping in anything much bigger than a class C.

]]> By: Thom Hoch http://hitekhomeless.net/2009/01/hitek-has-beens/comment-page-1#comment-617 Thom Hoch Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:31:34 +0000 http://hitekhomeless.net/?p=136#comment-617 Jenn, Johnny... Congratulations on being famous. I've been following your blog but just now read the story in TCM. Way to go! Someday, we're hoping to downsize to a truck camper so we can go those places we can't with our bus-house. T Jenn, Johnny…
Congratulations on being famous. I’ve been following your blog but just now read the story in TCM. Way to go!

Someday, we’re hoping to downsize to a truck camper so we can go those places we can’t with our bus-house.

T

]]> By: Rene http://hitekhomeless.net/2009/01/hitek-has-beens/comment-page-1#comment-616 Rene Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:25:38 +0000 http://hitekhomeless.net/?p=136#comment-616 I know there's more fame in store for you guys. You are two of the most adventurous people we know, and that kinda lifestyle sure makes great news stories. Congrats! I know there’s more fame in store for you guys. You are two of the most adventurous people we know, and that kinda lifestyle sure makes great news stories. Congrats!

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