Four Wheel Camper Hawk mounting?

Anyone running a FWC Hawk or similar slide in camper? I've been planning on that for my adventure rig, but now FWC wants $2k to install on the Gen3. Seems ridiculous for what appears to be a couple bed stiffeners and a rubber mat.

Anybody using a different mounting setup?

My whole reason for the slide in is to also slide it out and use the truck bed. Their stiffeners appear to block access to some of the bed.

Thanks!

 

Hate to break it to you, but slide in campers are generally too heavy for the majority of Tundras.


The Hawk you are asking about is 1200 pounds dry. No batteries, bedding, propane, water, or anything else in it.

I've got 1390 lbs. of payload in my 2025 Limited Crewmax TRD Off road, and there are several packages my truck doesn't have, so I'm sitting pretty middle of the road for payload in a mid tier 4x4 Tundra. That would leave me with 190 lbs for myself and anything and everything else I take in or add to the truck or camper. It's just not feasible.



Even if you have the most basic Tundra in 2WD and somehow achieve the magical marketing maximum payload of 1940 lbs. you are left with 740 lbs after adding just the empty camper. Sounds like a lot. Trust me, it is not.

All things you have to take out of payload:

1. Driver and any passengers
2. Any mod done to the truck, including heavier wheels, tires, floor mats, console organizers, bumpers, skid plates, hood deflectors, etc.
3. Anything carried in the truck, regardless of where in the truck it is carried. Beverages, coolers, spare change in the console, charging cables, tools, ratchet straps, shop rags, mail you picked up this morning, etc.
4. The camper
5. Anything and everything in or on the camper. Bedding, chairs, cookware, propane, batteries, bug spray, ice, rugs, toilet paper, water, soap, etc.

If you had that unicorn imaginary payload you'd still be hard pressed to take two average American adults and their camping supplies without breaking payload or pushing right up to it.



You need to look into something lighter, like a GFC or Lone Peak Overland camper, or a RTT setup. That, or you need to get a bigger truck with more payload.




And, no, changing suspension doesn't increase your payload.