John's Tundra.
2014 Toyota Tundra + FWC Hawk.

We get asked all the time: what's the ideal Toyota to haul a Four Wheel Camper? Our answer is the second-gen Tundra. Leaf-sprung out back, V8 four-wheel drive, real payload, and a chassis that's been around long enough to have a mature aftermarket. John came to us to buy a Hawk and build the truck around it — the result is one of the cleanest Tundra + FWC setups we've put together.

Suspension is a Bilstein 2-inch package — B8 6112 coilovers up front and B8 5160 rear shocks — paired with SPC adjustable upper control arms to keep the alignment dialed once the lift is in. The leaf pack is custom: we worked with Alcan to spec a 2-inch-lift pack rated to 2,000 lb constant load, sized to the Hawk's loaded weight. A Hellwig 1-1/8" Big Wig rear sway bar tightens body roll up under the camper. Wheels stay factory; tires are 285/65R18 Falken E-rated. Loaded, the truck sits with about a half inch of rake — exactly where you want a camper truck to sit.

Truck-side, a Transfer Flow 46-gallon midship tank replaces the factory tank for roughly a 550-650 mile range — one of the few gas trucks that can take an extended-range tank, alongside the Godzilla F-250 platform. An ARB brushless twin compressor lives under the hood on an SDHQ-built bracket with a switch and air chuck right at the engine bay — pull up to camp, plug in your air line, run it to all four tires. Camera Source backup-camera relocation kit handles the factory camera once the tailgate comes off for the FWC install.

On the back is the Hawk, fully loaded: front dinette, king bed slide with underbed storage, Truma furnace, Truma water heater with both outdoor and indoor showers, the Thetford cassette flushing toilet, the 130L fridge, twin Max-Air fans, and the internal roof lift assist (worth the option once a kayak's up top). Power is the full REDARC Manager 30 + Rogue with two Expion360 162Ah lithium batteries — about 324 Ah total — plus a REDARC inverter. Solar is custom: two 125W Sunfare flex panels stuck to the passenger side of the roof so John can carry a kayak on the driver-side load bars without shading the panels. Starlink Mini lives on the passenger rear corner with a Scanstrut waterproof gland — switched through the Rogue, and detachable for ground-deployment when you're camped under trees. One of our favorite Toyota builds.