Driving With a Pop Up vs Hardside??
Currently drive a '18 Ford 350 LWB, SRW. What is the feeling between driving a 2000lb (OEM Wt) popup vs a 3000lb hardside?? Daylight and Dark?? Or something you get used to and then no big deal?? ...
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A small hardside like you're looking at shouldn't be any big deal. My only comparison was an 8' pop-up to an 11' hard side. So yes, it was significantly heavier with more bounce and sway.
For my use, which is more traveling than camping, I much prefer the hardside camper. It is better insulated, more sound proof, and more secure. Anybody with a pocket knife can get right in a pop-up. Also, the hardside camper will have a ton more storage. We often stop at rest areas for lunch or stop in the middle of nowhere for my wife to use the bathroom. It would get real old having to raise and lower the roof for each and every quick stop.
If I was rock crawling or otherwise going off road a pop-up would be better both for weight, center of gravity, and overhead clearance.
For my use, which is more traveling than camping, I much prefer the hardside camper. It is better insulated, more sound proof, and more secure. Anybody with a pocket knife can get right in a pop-up. Also, the hardside camper will have a ton more storage. We often stop at rest areas for lunch or stop in the middle of nowhere for my wife to use the bathroom. It would get real old having to raise and lower the roof for each and every quick stop.
If I was rock crawling or otherwise going off road a pop-up would be better both for weight, center of gravity, and overhead clearance.
