Arctic Fox 990 on SRW in the Snow?
Hi All, New member here, excited to be joining your ranks. Less exciting is the prospect of wrecking my new truck and TC. I have the truck (2017 F-350, CC, SRW, 6.7l, FX4), but not the TC. Re...
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We carry an Arctic Fox 811 on a 2015 1-ton Chevrolet SRW and are quite pleased with it. We're a bit over GVWR when fully loaded- including 50 gallons of water- but under tire, axle, and wheel ratings. I removed the heavy appliances that we don't need for winter camping - generator, A/C, microwave. We can easily dry camp for a week, in weather with low temps around 0 deg F, while keeping the tanks from freezing, on two 18-lb propane tanks (composite tanks for massive weight savings over the two steel 30-lb bottles the camper is supplied with). The 990 is actually very similar in layout and space to the 811. The dinette bed is a few inches longer on the 990, and the bathroom also has a few more inches of length to it. If you're counting pounds, the 811 might be the better choice while requiring few compromises.
We love the extensive cabinetry for storing all of our ski gear for the whole family. I have 200w of solar along with a good quality MPPT controller that will provide me with all of the power I need for weeks as long as it's not snowing the entire time.
The truck/camper combo handles great in the snow. The camper is well insulated, spacious, and convenient, and we'd probably buy the exactly the same setup again if we were to decide from scratch.
We carry an Arctic Fox 811 on a 2015 1-ton Chevrolet SRW and are quite pleased with it. We're a bit over GVWR when fully loaded- including 50 gallons of water- but under tire, axle, and wheel ratings. I removed the heavy appliances that we don't need for winter camping - generator, A/C, microwave. We can easily dry camp for a week, in weather with low temps around 0 deg F, while keeping the tanks from freezing, on two 18-lb propane tanks (composite tanks for massive weight savings over the two steel 30-lb bottles the camper is supplied with). The 990 is actually very similar in layout and space to the 811. The dinette bed is a few inches longer on the 990, and the bathroom also has a few more inches of length to it. If you're counting pounds, the 811 might be the better choice while requiring few compromises.
We love the extensive cabinetry for storing all of our ski gear for the whole family. I have 200w of solar along with a good quality MPPT controller that will provide me with all of the power I need for weeks as long as it's not snowing the entire time.
The truck/camper combo handles great in the snow. The camper is well insulated, spacious, and convenient, and we'd probably buy the exactly the same setup again if we were to decide from scratch.
