Upsizing from a Truck Top Camper?

rickeoni wrote:
I have both, 30 foot fiver and an 8.5 foot TC. TC too small for vacations, and fiver too big for adventures.

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klr650goldwing wrote:
We went from a camper to a her because we are getting ready to retire and the thought of many months in the truck camper was not a pleasant one. We loved that pickup camper and travelled it it, but after we retire, we plan on being snow birds and spend several months in our 5er during the winter.

We love the 5er, but with the pickup camper we could pull a trailer behind with a motorcycle in it. Now we aren't sure how to haul a motorcycle, or even it we can and that is a disappointment.

Good luck.

Fiver toyhauler?

We went from a camper to a her because we are getting ready to retire and the thought of many months in the truck camper was not a pleasant one. We loved that pickup camper and travelled it it, but after we retire, we plan on being snow birds and spend several months in our 5er during the winter.

We love the 5er, but with the pickup camper we could pull a trailer behind with a motorcycle in it. Now we aren't sure how to haul a motorcycle, or even it we can and that is a disappointment.

Good luck.

I have both, 30 foot fiver and an 8.5 foot TC. TC too small for vacations, and fiver too big for adventures.

Yes a TC would be a solid 6000lbs of payload plus the very heavy dually truck required for that... The late model large sliders are big and heavy, but would that be big enough for full time life.? Then one would likely need a flatbed with metal cabinets to have more storage space unless one pulls trailer..... that space is already in the bottom of the 5th wheel.

It seems the 5th wheel is must more livable. More space, more water, more gas.

By Truck Top do you mean one that fits in the bed of a pickup. Some of those are larger than you think but I wouldn't want to full time in one. But there is a forum here for those Truck Campers (TC). The larger ones require large dual rear wheel pickups. That style of camper is probably best for boondocking and camping in the out country.

Fivers are limited to areas with at the minimum a good dirt road whereas TC can go almost anywhere the truck can go. That's keeping in mind how high the TC is. So yes we sort of miss out on not having a TC but after spending months in a fiver I suspect that the TC would start shrinking fairly quickly. And you give up huge amounts of storage and tankage.