Does this make sense?
Never owned a TC or been on an extended camping/rving adventure. Three years out from retirement. Single Joe, just me in this deal. I think I want to sell my house and buy a truck and truck camper and...
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I thought about buying a truck camper for years. When I bought my truck in 2011 it was with a TC in mind. Four years later, I parted with a deuce and a half and a few other toys and used the money to buy an Arctic Fox 865. My wife was skeptical to say the least.
She loves it as much as I do. I took a new job this year, my last gig before retirement in five or six years so we haven't got out this year. I look at the camper and dream of the open road.
I have a five day and an eight day adventure coming up this summer and a 12 day mule deer trip in the fall. We are going to get a few weekends in as well. My work has be living in the middle of hundreds of miles of recreational wilderness, when campers by the dozen are driving into the woods, I'm heading home.
Buy a bigger truck, if you go with a new or slightly used two year old truck, make sure it is camper ready. An F-250 with camper package is an F-350 and they are within a few hundred dollars of one another, buy the bigger truck.
If you are fit enough to use one, bring a bike and helmet. Even if you don't think you will need one. It is handy as heck to be able to peddle a couple of miles to a nearby town or store for goods and a meal on occasion. Why dismount your camp site needlessly?
We have used an occasional Cabela's or Wal-Mart parking lot while traveling. Depending on the neighbors they are usually nice places to get a nights sleep on the way to where you want to be. Keep an eye out for interesting places to stay. In the middle of nowhere Wisconsin the American Legion had a camp ground on a small lake, it was awesome. In Libby, Montana you can camp int he Fireman's Memorial Park for 10 bucks, it was nice.
A truck camper can fit in hundreds of places a school bus sized camper, towing a jeep will never manage. I never really worry about overflowing tanks. There are dump stations all over the place, nearly every Petro, Love's or other decent sized truck stop has one. We have found them in many small towns and at rest stops in Washinton state.
Do as much research as you can stand. We spent a day going to the 678 different RV peddlers in our area and looked at every brand and model we could find. We eventually got a deal on our Arctic Fox that priced it within the retail range of many lower end brands, with far more options and much higher quality.
She loves it as much as I do. I took a new job this year, my last gig before retirement in five or six years so we haven't got out this year. I look at the camper and dream of the open road.
I have a five day and an eight day adventure coming up this summer and a 12 day mule deer trip in the fall. We are going to get a few weekends in as well. My work has be living in the middle of hundreds of miles of recreational wilderness, when campers by the dozen are driving into the woods, I'm heading home.
Buy a bigger truck, if you go with a new or slightly used two year old truck, make sure it is camper ready. An F-250 with camper package is an F-350 and they are within a few hundred dollars of one another, buy the bigger truck.
If you are fit enough to use one, bring a bike and helmet. Even if you don't think you will need one. It is handy as heck to be able to peddle a couple of miles to a nearby town or store for goods and a meal on occasion. Why dismount your camp site needlessly?
We have used an occasional Cabela's or Wal-Mart parking lot while traveling. Depending on the neighbors they are usually nice places to get a nights sleep on the way to where you want to be. Keep an eye out for interesting places to stay. In the middle of nowhere Wisconsin the American Legion had a camp ground on a small lake, it was awesome. In Libby, Montana you can camp int he Fireman's Memorial Park for 10 bucks, it was nice.
A truck camper can fit in hundreds of places a school bus sized camper, towing a jeep will never manage. I never really worry about overflowing tanks. There are dump stations all over the place, nearly every Petro, Love's or other decent sized truck stop has one. We have found them in many small towns and at rest stops in Washinton state.
Do as much research as you can stand. We spent a day going to the 678 different RV peddlers in our area and looked at every brand and model we could find. We eventually got a deal on our Arctic Fox that priced it within the retail range of many lower end brands, with far more options and much higher quality.
