Our First Few Days Traveling in a Four Wheel Camper
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- My wife and I set off on a 10 day adventure to the Pacific Northwest along highway 395 through the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, into Oregon and eventually to Washington. At the end of this video, I'll sit down with my wife and we'll share some of the pros and cons we experienced using the Four Wheel Camper on this trip.
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Appreciated your wife’s honesty and your willingness to “keep it real” in this video. Too often a lot of you tubers make it seem like everything is all butterflies and rainbows no matter what, especially when that’s how they make a living. I liked her skottle comments and the realities of what she didn’t like in the camper. My wife can definitely relate. Glad I’m not alone lol
I've always tried to keep it real and my wife is no different. Her criticism were minor and honestly she could have went on and on about the things she loved.
@@TrailRecon Hey Brad, has your wife been introduced as I can't think of her name?
I'm happy for you both spending more time outdoors, and enjoy your videos. Thanks Brad and wife.
Your wife's comment about the wind blowing the Skottle heat zones around was the first time I've ever heard that. It makes sense, and doesn't mean Skottle's are bad, but is a refreshing observation. Also if the Skottle was on the other side of the table, more tucked in on the side of the truck it might not have been so affected by the wind. But again it was a refreshing observation.
This really is one big thing I love about TrailRecon. Brad consistently tells it like it is. I've seen a lot of other channels start of trying to do that and inevitably declining into "everything is great". It speaks a lot to his character and consistency that he can keep it real year after year.
@@keithhanson7125 agreed 💯%
Being a married guy myself, I’m glad to see your wife coming along too. It’s more enjoyable to share adventures with someone especially if you get along well :)
Brad,was you wife on active duty with you?Is that where you met?
I met my wife and she stuck by me through 7 deployments and never wavered.She is what got me through Afghanistan on my last 4 times to the sandbox.
I LOVE the Power Wagon, but I still can’t make peace with that “dial a gear” shifter.
It really messes me up when I've been driving the Jeep for a few days and then hop in the RAM and reach down for the shift lever....
I drive a 2016 ram 1500 Laramie and I had never owned a truck before this one. I had driven friends chevys and fords and I always seemed to miss drive and go down into neutral or low or whatever but with the shift u can crank it right from park to drive and never miss it. It makes for a cleaner steering wheel area two only have one for the blinker
@@rossyrocks5952 I appreciate the perspective. I could probably get used to it, but I test drove one and within 5 minutes my teen was playing with the radio and all the buttons and things and shifted the truck to neutral. That really turned me off to it.
Also my one friend who has one seems to struggle when we go camping shifting back and forth when parking the RV. It might be driver error. Haha 😂
@@MrJamesLuz I got my ram back in April. It takes about 2-3 weeks to get used to the dial. I did hit the volume once or twice or thrice lol. Muscle memory will eventually kick in. Love the ram
Needs lever shift for trans and transfer case. The dials are just another unnecessary failure point.
Ok, ok, after watching a dozen or more videos with a pop-up camper, you have convinced me that this is the set up I’ll want going forward. I’m a 58 single female who tent camps, backpacks and prefers dispersed to over crowded campgrounds with often no space left. With more people on the road and out in The forests by choice or not so much, I feel it is time to get something besides a car and a tent. I love the little bathroom as it is often not convenience for a female whether traveling or at camp to do her business and if there is a weather, lack of sites or any other situation, I would know that I could hop in the back and be comfortable and safe. And I too like living and camping mostly outside. I live near Yosemite and just travel camped to Oregon and Mt Rainier. Though enjoyable, it was smoky :( and fond it somewhat exhausting this year to set up tent, pad, bag, etc. etc, each night. I do this almost every year. Guess I’m getting older. Thanks for the videos.
Rugs and a mat outside helps with dirt, etc.
Chicken marinated in tequila!!!! Yeahhh!
YOUR approval says it all!
That Alu-Cab on the Gladiator is sick!
Caseyyyyy😍
Dangerous adventuressssss
Don't tell Shaun!
My friend, you seem like such a genuinely good person. God bless you, your family and your over-landing passion.
Your wife is a trooper. Mine would ask, are we close to a 4 star hotel? Great video, be safe out there. 🏕🏞🌄
Same brother same
You’re a good man Brad! A real gentleman making sure that his wife is happy. Can’t wait to see more of the journey.
(saying this as a fellow middle aged woman) I'd love to hear much more from your wife in your videos.
Middle of day between zoom calls and BOOM 💥 trailrecon drops a new video... perfect reason to take a little break 👌
Fun game: take a shot every time Brad says “my wife” 🤣
2 minutes in...💀
Lol
That’s the first thing I noticed. It got to be annoying
I have a travel trailer with a full kitchen. The only thing we've used in it is the microwave for reheating meals that I cooked on the camp chef the previous day. We don't go camping to sit inside, even if we have a full trailer.
Cool to see you two having fun. My wife and I are retiring and we have been looking at 22ft campers to tow behind our 2021 Ford ranger 4x4 can’t wait to get started we have worked hard over the years to be at this place.
Ah, I was right... your wife's likes are the same as mine. It's good to enjoy the journey!
So fun to "meet" your wife Brad. Looks like a great trip. Such a cool rig.
Brad this was an awesome video, I'm glad that your wife will be going along with you more often. Very inspiring, looking forward to my wife and I heading out!!!
Good stuff Brad! Great that you are able to enjoy adventures with your wife… I much prefer to travel with my wife than without her… it makes the trips so much more meaningful and memorable. Take care and look forward to seeing y’all more in the future.
I love those swinging chairs, what are they? Loving the Power Wagon stuff!
They are super comfortable, but a bit pricey. They are called the Stargazer from Nemo: amzn.to/2WeaEtU
@@TrailRecon thank you!
I have one too and they're totally worth it, and built solid. I use mine every time I camp. They go on sale at REI a lot so you can find deals sometimes.
My wife loves to go out for a adventure for 2 to 3 days then she wants a hot shower and good bed.
Your wife is so sweet. I'm glad she gave it her seal of approval.
It delights me to see you and Mrs Brad out on the road and enjoying life together!
Thoughts about the camper. I bought an inexpensive floor mat at Lowe's and cut it to shape to fit the floor. The rubber backing keeps it from slipping around, and it's easy to take out and shake the dirt out...but I also have small mats at the bottom of the ladder and just inside the door.
I know you spent 26 years in the Navy, Brad, so you must be comfortable with routines and protocols; it's essential that you unlatch all of the 6 latches without being interrupted. I've seen several FWC that they forgot to unlatch one before pushing up from the inside, and it buckles the aluminum roof skin. Start at the same corner every time and go all the way around. Then double check before going in to lift.
Good to see you bringing outdoor cooking gear! You're absolutely right that cooking outside is a big part of the experience! And...it's good to be able to escape bad weather or clouds of mosquitos when you need to!
What an awesome adventure!!!!
We missed you brother, can't wait for you to join us again soon!
As a guy with a similarly reluctant wife for overlanding, its nice to see this perspective. Standard overlanding experiences you have with a ton of guys that also camp is unfortunately less realistic for this household, so glad to see i'm not alone in my search for a way to make her comfortable enough to go camping.
more like glamping, the complaints were about: fridge, lighting and dust
I love how both of you start to blush talking to each other! Y’all have an amazing relationship!
What a beautiful couple you are, inside and out. Such kind smiles, eyes, and spirits. Thank you for taking us on your adventure.
Thank you! :)
Happy wife happy life... :-) Good move Brad happy trails.
Husband and wife enjoying life together = Awesome!! Great video!! I hope to do this stuff soon!
Loved seeing the two of you together!! I happen to agree with her #1 like, THE TOILET!! LOL! Having the honest answers was great. Can't wait to see more of you!! But wait! When did Josh get his blue ride? Gotta do a walk around of that soon!!
Congratulations, happy wife happy life. I'm also glad she likes it (you GOTTA do her upgrades) because she's beautiful and I'm tired of seeing a bunch of ugly men in these videos.
New England she said?! I kove that, please do ASAP.
Great video, congrats. See you in Latin America, just take the Panamericana to the South! Your wife would love to visit Patagonia, the Glaciers, Atacama Desert and Machu Picchu. And on the way back to the US, along the Atlantic Coast and wonderful tropical beaches. 👍
Win-Win. My wife is the same type of camper and I’d dearly love for her to join me on trips like this. Neither of us are interested in driving around in a huge rig, i.e. trailer or motor home so I’ve zeroed in on a pop-up. With a small trailer at times for our side x side, it’s our ideal system.
Happy wife happy life !
Holds true
A small recommendation if I may? Can you include ‘My Wife’ in your next video together by referring to her by name? You were nice enough to tell us that you were there with your friend Josh and ‘My Wife’.
Come to New England in the fall - you won't be disappointed!
Thank you 2 for this grate video and explanation, and yes brad your pocket took little hit but hey happy wife happy life I believe you are familiar w that marriage code 🍻 ☕️
Like the new truck man.. but i sure do miss the jeep gladiator😅
Also is the camper in the back of your truck removable?
Interesting video, what a great lady you have. I’ve been with the same girl 43 years, keep going you have the right stuff.
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You guys are definitely living one of my dreams 👍🏼
Happy wife, Happy life. Good to see you will be doing more things with your wife. Looks like you all have a good time together.
Hell ya nothing as beautiful as the Sierra Nevada’s... and I’m from the PNW
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Asking for honest criticism and seeing it as an opportunity to do better and make your wife feel more of the same joy you get to feel just be being out there, instead of receiving it as a personal attack, speaks volumes about your relationship. Kudos
Nice to see the two of you adventuring together. Certainly looking forward to hearing more reviews/comments on how the Four Wheel camper is working out as well as mods. Liked hearing about the temperature control in the fridge.
Since we are outfitting our jeeps right now, I won't show my wife this video... LOL, but good job!
Seriously the coffee has it’s own case? 😂 I’m in awe! I don’t hold a candle to your dedication, but I’ll work at it! 😎
I thought the same thing. Love the case!
It’s all about family. My favorite past videos were always when you had your son along but I think this one may be the new favorite. Nothing like spending time with your wife. Great job Brad!
So happy for you Brad, that’s awesome she loved the camper, with a toilet of course. Now the two of you get to share adventures!!!
Your wife mentioned mosquitoes. What products do you use to repel mosquitoes from your camp and your persons.
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Where are those campsite with flowing river on sides ? Appreciate you sharing the location of those sites
Anyone else notice the Black-crowned Night Heron on the dead tree @7:41 ? Nice video.
It is so sweet that you want your wife to go on your adventures with you! My husband and I are long time campers and they are some of our best memories together.
Loved seeing your wife and hearing her feedback. She seems like such a great companion and I can see why you would want to have her along adventuring together! Hope to see more content with her!
I knew that in door restroom would be a saving grace. nothing like your own toilet. and shower. :-).
Carpet at the door works very well to help kick off the dust. Better steps into the camper helps too.
Check out the mesh shelters from clam outdoors, if you have the room may be a great option for buggy campsites.
It's 8:30 in the morning and I just had a nice breakfast, but now I really want chicken tacos.
Good Job Brad and I could see the how good it made you feel on your face.
We don't cook in our galley much either. We bring a stove
Outside shower is the best, no issues with mold. Works well with the potty tent when facilities aren't available.
Love seeing you and your wife in this video Brad! hope you can get her out more. Y'all have great back and forth!
curious question... i run 87 in my power wagon because that's what the book calls for. we have 85, 87, 91 in colorado. curious what you run and if you notice any difference between the grades with performance. I see a notable performance difference on 91 with responsiveness, but only a 1 MPG gain. which in CO, the extra cost does not make up for the 1 MPG with 30 cents a gallon difference. i've also run "clear gas" and the truck loves it. but it's hard to find around here.
Very much hoping to do something very similar for my wife and I. Great inspiration, thank you for sharing this with us.
Thanks for the review of the camper and the honest review by your wife is very helpful. It does remind me of me and my wife's first RV. Back in 1991 we bought a small 8 foot camper and a 1969 F250 Camper Special 2WD. We made good many trips with that rig. I hope that the two of you have many more great adventures with your rig.
Watching you try to make it work for your wife so aligns with where I am in my overlanding evolution. It is nuts to hear you talk about, especially the nervousness of hoping your investments and setup work for her. It is a ton of pressure and glad to see you get after it. Awesome dude, I am taking notes.
And I +1 the toilet so much.
I know people think there are toilets everywhere but having you own facilities is game changing for sure.
Crank'n Juke Box Hero !!! Loved this ! I need that Co F Fe E shirt.
If only I wouldn't gets slammed with a copyright strike, you would have listened to it in the video!
I thought that toilet would be a game changer for your wife.
It's awesome to see a positive happy couple out together! Great video and thanks for sharing.
Tortillas are always a must. After getting tired of MRE/s in the field I perfected the art of the tortilla PB&J. Still my go-to for quick sustenance outdoors lol great video!
Cool couple. No wonder they have good time together.
Thx for Presenting us your Wife . Just authentic- no Wife in barbiestyle like a lot of other Channels! Pleasure was on ma side watchin‘ it! Thx! And: Greetings from 🇩🇪! You gonna be in Germany together with Barbie and Kevin? (litebrite Barbie Channel)
Cool to see, working one piece at a time to get me, my wife and 3 kids to do the same adventures.
Screen tent??? Might help the wife enjoy it all that much more...just a suggestion is all thanks for the vids
Your wife will keep you in check! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 USMC Semper Fi
Always! 😂
you need to do more adventures as a couple, more relatable to us that have spouses so my wife can see things from a womens perspective. always well done Brad, keep up the great vids
More to come!
Brad it's fantastic to to see you again. I'm at home with a left knee injury unfortunately. But catching your video makes my day!!!. You and your wife make a cute couple!!!!!. The scenery is beautiful. Olive for those videos you share with us.
And having a good friends help make those journeys well worth it..
I love truck campers and trailers - as I get older the more I am liking the idea of one verses a tent.
I'll still be using a tent when I'm out solo or on hard trails, but this fits the bill for long trips and when Regena joins me.
Hi. I just discovered your channel. Amazing videos you make. I've seen your 4 latest now, but will definitely be watching them all! My wife and I are living in Sweden, and we have a Ford Ranger with a Northstar slide-in camper we are using for the second year now.
We had the same problem with the fridge as you have. But it seems to be worst when it runs on 12 volts supply.
We build an 220 volt converter with 2 separate 70 Ah batteries in the cabin of the truck, directly connected to the alternator. (In that way we always have the 220 volt supply with us, even without the camper). We then pulled at cable to the camper, so that it's always hooked up to "external" power supply, and the fridge therefor can run on 220 volts. Even when we're driving.
After that the temperature seem to be much more stable. (Also we can run it on propane, witch also works great, but you don't have that option. We just wanna save the propane for heat and cooking, as we only have one 6 kg tank).
Can't wait to see the next video from you :-D
This is, like, almost utopian.! I mean, BEAUTIFUL scenery, beautiful vehicles, hanging out with close friends, DELICIOUS looking food.!! Just, WOW..!!
LOVE IT.!!
Keep your videos coming.!
Great Vid, I loved that you two shared a real moment at the end. :-)
Family camping vids for me, are much better then just a bunch of guys going out a doing silly stuff.
I normally go with my GF and that makes sooo much more fun for me. I wanna start videoing us, but I have no ideal where to start.
anyways, looking fwd for more of your adventures together. Happy Camping :-)
Nice video Brad. The eastern Sierra is my go-to for adventures since I live in Reno. It never gets old. I bought my camper for the same reason you did and it has been wonderful. My wife and I have gone on so many nice trips. However I find myself going out alone in it a lot too. One thing I have come to realize is there is no perfect rig, they all have advantages and disadvantages. Even a compact car with tent is a great overlander because of the fuel mileage and ease of driving and parking. A good combination for me has been my F250 with truck camper pulling a trailer with dual sport motorcycles. We can camp in comfort and still be able to explore any trail on the bikes without worry of getting stuck. Maybe we will see you guys out camping sometime.
"Happy life comes with Happy wife" that's absolutely true for all Truckcampers include me all of those who try to be a part of mother nautre and very Glad to watch your adventure stories.
Hold on, Josh had a wrangler? now a gladiator???
Brad I've been a follower for some time. I also have a Rubicon but just recently got a PW I am so torn on the 2 my jeep is set up for overlanding. But the PW has so much more potential love what u have done so far. Can't wait for more videos!!
Great video. It's not a camper until the wife says it's a camper.
I’m headed out to Washington tomorrow, I’m gonna be at Bangor naval base then heading to watershed festival.
I was stationed up in Bremerton for a few years, love that are. Safe travels!
@@TrailRecon I was stationed at Bremerton too. CVN74. Feels like it was another life. I miss it.
Even when I'm tent camping, I don't pee in the woods at night, as the mosquitos follow you back into the tent/camper. Then the next hour is spent eliminating them. So I hear you there!
Apparently someone is a Journey fan…👍
Dang, I'd love to find that spot you camped for day 1. Looks like a great stop between CA & Oregon.
I drove the 5 to Oregon 2 months ago and it was just as you said - difficult to camp at except along highways without driving like an hour into the forest off route. Definitely gotta explore eastern Sierras more!
We agree, we very seldom use the kitchen in our trailer as we want to be outside! However, like you we do dishes inside.
There is nothing better than enjoying a cup of coffee with a stream in the background! I can tell you that after the second night when you guys were tired, my wife would have said we are spending another night in the same spot!
Your wife is lovely, blessed man!
You too are georgious hope to see more of you two and you adventures..she's a trooper for sure
Thank you for another great video! Really liked your wife’s perspective and review of the camper. One request; my wife really loved your COFFEE t-shirt and wanted to know where she could get one!? Yes, my wife and I always watch your videos together and this was one of her favorites. Thank You!
Holy crap! I think I saw you guys westbound on State Route 12 near Brady/Montesano headed toward the coast!
Looks like you drove through Doyle. The fires up here are devestating parts of the " Plumas and Lassen's Back Country Off road trails. Maybe you can come back and explore them when thing get better.
Awesome Video Brad!! I rarely ever go camping or for that matter go on any adventures without Beverly!!! Glad to see you changing your game on your vehicles which allow you both to do more trips together. " Happy Wife Happy Life " Brotherrrrr. Great job........
Good job working to include your wife Brad. Been doing this ever since we had to give up aircraft camping due to my wife's dietary challenges.
OK, good buddy Josh painted that propane tank to match the Ocean Blue. What paint did he use?
Or maybe his Jeep isn't ocean blue? Can't tell.
The color is called hydro blue and I got the paint from Jeep dealer to match the truck However I used a primer that made the tank a little darker than the truck so eventually I will redo it
@@socalexpedition Thanks! I'm currently painting two half doors, using Mopar touchup cans. I was hoping you found a cheaper alternative that matched.
So cool to see you guys adventuring together. I always thought it odd that some many Jeepers/4x4ers wheel alone. My wife and I love hitting the trails together (she does admit to some white knuckle time). Our retirement plan includes getting a self contained camper trailer we can pull behind our 2016 JKU for some travel/off roading. Finding one light enough that checks the boxes is challenging, but a few things we won't compromise on- full size bed with a comfortable mattress, dry toilet/show, and decent fridge/freezer. May change to 4.11 gears to handle the towing. Glad to see you made a stop at Deschutes in Bend. During our last trip to Oregon about 5 years ago we ate there also, neat place with good beer. Safe Travels and God Bless!