newbie help plannig the trip
Aloha my wife and I are planning to quit our jobs next year 2nd quarter we want to ship our truck f1502WD to the west coast( we are on Oahu) head east across the top of America (pick up north San Fr...
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As an 2007 F-150 owner with tow package and cargo package, it is still easy to overload with a travel trailer. We've been popup campers and are looking to move to a TT and I need a TT that is under 7,000 even if I'm loading light. If I was doing a cross country, I couldn't tow 7,000 lbs.
On the other note, we made that cross country journey last year in our pop-up as part of a military move. Would be glad to answer any questions I can. We went from CA to RI a week stop in Yellowstone/Grand Teton and any National Park we could manage. Unfortunately, time didn't let us get up to Glacier.. We zigged and zagged to hit all of the northern states. Other landmarks were Rushmore (overrated), Wind Cave (nice stop no one has heard of), Badlands, Walnut Grove, MN (of LIttle House on the Prairie fame), Notre Dame University, Niagara Falls, and Vermont mountains.
I would not want to take that route pulling any TT with my F-150. No issues with a popup. Love the popup when we lived in CA but when we hit Minnesota, the "rain switch" got flipped and the pop-up becomes a pain to deal with setup and takedown. Easy to haul though and we are efficient at set up if the weather is good.
Bear tooth pass is an amazing drive on WY/MT border but I wouldn't cross it with a camper period between elevation and switch backs but it's worth unhooking at the base and driving to the peak and turning around or even all the way over and back.
You didn't say where you are starting on the West Coast but Yosemite and the Red Wood Coast are amazing if you have time. DItto Pacific Coast Highway.
I wish I had signed up for Good Sam earlier in the trip although their free campground finder is great as well. We stayed in everything from $12 municipal campgrounds to KOA's depending on where we were and what we wanted for the night. Both have a place. The pop-up doesn't dry camp well or we would have opted for more municipal campgrounds.
Have fun and good luck!
On the other note, we made that cross country journey last year in our pop-up as part of a military move. Would be glad to answer any questions I can. We went from CA to RI a week stop in Yellowstone/Grand Teton and any National Park we could manage. Unfortunately, time didn't let us get up to Glacier.. We zigged and zagged to hit all of the northern states. Other landmarks were Rushmore (overrated), Wind Cave (nice stop no one has heard of), Badlands, Walnut Grove, MN (of LIttle House on the Prairie fame), Notre Dame University, Niagara Falls, and Vermont mountains.
I would not want to take that route pulling any TT with my F-150. No issues with a popup. Love the popup when we lived in CA but when we hit Minnesota, the "rain switch" got flipped and the pop-up becomes a pain to deal with setup and takedown. Easy to haul though and we are efficient at set up if the weather is good.
Bear tooth pass is an amazing drive on WY/MT border but I wouldn't cross it with a camper period between elevation and switch backs but it's worth unhooking at the base and driving to the peak and turning around or even all the way over and back.
You didn't say where you are starting on the West Coast but Yosemite and the Red Wood Coast are amazing if you have time. DItto Pacific Coast Highway.
I wish I had signed up for Good Sam earlier in the trip although their free campground finder is great as well. We stayed in everything from $12 municipal campgrounds to KOA's depending on where we were and what we wanted for the night. Both have a place. The pop-up doesn't dry camp well or we would have opted for more municipal campgrounds.
Have fun and good luck!
