1/2 ton truck camper

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surveyor roadie wrote:
Anyone have a truck camper on a 1/2 ton truck?.Our Nissan pro 4x has a payload of 1843. The camper weighs 1850.Planning on putting airbags on it.

Depends if you're looking for a fully self contained camper, or just a bed, storage and maybe a place to cook. Forget the former but take a look at something like Four Wheel Campers for some fairly light models designed for small trucks.

A dry weight of 1850 is not a good idea...

I put my stripped-down Bronco pop-up camper (about #1000) on my 2014 Ram 1500 4x4. With the addition of coil spring air bags, it handled quite nicely; but I'm sure not recommending it for a hardside (taller) or heavier camper.

If a TT is an option over a TC in your realm of RV possibilities then in my opinion that will be your better option for several reasons:

• -no monkeying around to upgrade suspension with perhaps less than satisfactory results.
• -equal or even more space.
• -perhaps less expensive.

Tyler 0215,thanks for the laugh. I think we will go with a small TT.

With no gas, no people, no gear, you'll be just fine. Oh and forget the air bags, that's more weight.

This recent thread might be of some use?

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28699165/srt/pa/pging/1/page/1