Buying a new camper, which one?
I have owned a truck camper in the past, heck I have owned just about every type of RV except a class A and a toy hauler. We already have an Open Range 318 but that's for paved road camping. What I ne...
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You don't mention Bigfoot as another choice?..2500 series 9.6 sb or 9.4 sb should be a good fit for your truck. I'm on my 3rd Bigfoot since 2002. Two campers and a 25.5 trailer....happy with all three. I carried a 2500 series 9.6 long box on 2009 GMC 3500 Duramax srw 4x4 stock with Timbrens and Alcoa wheels as only mods
. Fully loaded for road trips including full 50 gal water and 6 gal h/w tank and Honda 2000 and 2 people my rig was 11,000 lbs scale weight. Had no issues at all.
I bought a new BF 10.4 last year and put it on a 2016 GMC 3500 Duramax 4x4 dually. Lived in it for 3 mos. in AZ this spring and other than a couple of minor issues ( closet bottom I wanted modified and sometimes rain water leak at settee window ) I have no complaints with it. When I contacted Grant at BF in Armstrong regarding issues I had he jumped right on it and had production manager Rob call me back within 15 min. to set up a date to bring camper to factory. I was there 2 weeks ago and was treated really well by all folks I dealt with. Dropped camper off in the morning and went shopping & lunch at Vernon and they called my cell early afternoon to say camper was ready to go. ( Turned out intermittent window leak was caused from aluminum window frame drain holes being plugged with metal shavings from manufacture of window )....all in all a very positive experience with Bigfoot people.
PS..buddy went to Inuvik with his 2002 9.6 Bigfoot a few years ago and no issues. Over the years He has had it to PEI, to Florida, to Homer AK...lived in it dry camping AZ for 3 mos every spring for 10 years.....he has replaced his h/w heater, and had to service the Happijacs a few times but otherwise no other big issues. And no, I am not related to anyone at Bigfoot......just a satisfied owner!!
. Fully loaded for road trips including full 50 gal water and 6 gal h/w tank and Honda 2000 and 2 people my rig was 11,000 lbs scale weight. Had no issues at all.
I bought a new BF 10.4 last year and put it on a 2016 GMC 3500 Duramax 4x4 dually. Lived in it for 3 mos. in AZ this spring and other than a couple of minor issues ( closet bottom I wanted modified and sometimes rain water leak at settee window ) I have no complaints with it. When I contacted Grant at BF in Armstrong regarding issues I had he jumped right on it and had production manager Rob call me back within 15 min. to set up a date to bring camper to factory. I was there 2 weeks ago and was treated really well by all folks I dealt with. Dropped camper off in the morning and went shopping & lunch at Vernon and they called my cell early afternoon to say camper was ready to go. ( Turned out intermittent window leak was caused from aluminum window frame drain holes being plugged with metal shavings from manufacture of window )....all in all a very positive experience with Bigfoot people.
PS..buddy went to Inuvik with his 2002 9.6 Bigfoot a few years ago and no issues. Over the years He has had it to PEI, to Florida, to Homer AK...lived in it dry camping AZ for 3 mos every spring for 10 years.....he has replaced his h/w heater, and had to service the Happijacs a few times but otherwise no other big issues. And no, I am not related to anyone at Bigfoot......just a satisfied owner!!
