Mike@Asheville wrote:
Thanks guys, some good info. My truck bed rails are only 13" vs 19" for normal pickup. Can someone explain what a basement model is and how it's different from others. Which would work best with the lower bed rails?
The 'basement' just means that there is an interior subfloor and beneath that a like sized storage area that also contains the water and waste tanks, waste lines and genny compartment...All of the bigger campers will have this kind of basement...With a basement the TC will be taller and have a slightly higher CG too, but well worth the extra interior storage space (e.g. no tanks hidden inside cabinetry)...Note that with your 13" tall bed rails there will be a larger visual gap between rail top and TC wing, especially so with a basement...This might be a big bonus though, since you could have some great metal storage boxes built that would nicely fill in the gap!
On Edit, a P.S....Using a 40" extension, I tow a 16' x 7' enclosed trailer, and when loaded have measured about a 500# tongue weight. Quite honestly (other than in the mirrors) I can't hardly tell its even back there!
