Flatbed truck Camper

Jfet wrote:
There is a grand total of 1 (one) flatbed camper in production...

Let's not forget XP Camper!
-Mark

The first fifth wheel we owned had been used by the first owner as a flatbed camper. He had the axles removed so it sat easily on the flatdeck.

It was a short fifth wheel at 17.5', with an interior that was similar to an 11' camper. The fifth wheel also had a back door, just like a camper. Lots of storage too!

Just a thought ... here it is on our truck after having its underside returned to fifth wheel mode.

There are two long threads on flat bed campers in the TCU sticky .

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/17978710.cfm
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25259431.cfm

There is a grand total of 1 (one) flatbed camper in production. This is the american hero by Northstar.

We are building a custom flatbed camper (there is a build thread on this forum). It is A LOT of work and not cheap. Some things are cheap, like the steel for the frame, but then we have spent over $1500 just on Sikaflex adhesive and prep materials. I don't think we will come in any cheaper than the Northstar, but we do have things like 8 feet of headroom, which is normally only found in 5th wheels.

I have a flatbed on my dually but use a regular TC. I have tool boxes mounted on the sides for storage. I think the MDT and flatbed are certainly the way to go for the larger campers. Having a custom built flatbed camper would be really nice but also probably really expensive with very little resale value. It would also be very difficult finding an other truck to haul it if yours wasn't available for some reason.
I think it was Chalet that built a huge flatbed camper for on a Ford F-550. It was sort of a one-off, not a production model. Northstar offers a small one for small trucks.
Have you got a builder in mind?