wife and I are looking into full timing in a truck camper with a 24 foot enclosed trailer to haul our two Harleys and various other stuff. Do many of you full time in a truck camper for major portions of the year?

We've done two six month trips (5,000 miles+) each time in our truck camper. 2012 and just this past summer. The hardest part is finding a place to store enough clothing/gear for everything we planned to do along the way. The 2nd hardest part is learning not to take so much food down the road. (Learn that there are grocery stores out there.)

Well that 24 foot trailer would certainly solve any storage problems you might have. We use a truck camper on a MDT chassis and carry one motorcycle - works great for us.Please note, maximum photo width=640WayneModerator

I recently met this very nice couple who were hosting at a COE park. They are fulltiming in their Lance camper. http://gconthemove.com/

While you will find that more of the forum members are extended travelers in their TCs, very few are full timers. Probably could count them on the fingers of one hand.Quite a few will spend a month to multiple months at a time in their TCs, most have a home somewhere that they return to for part of the year. Not sure that we have had any couples posting that they have full timed it or are currently doing it. The others are all single guys that I can think of at this time. May be some couples, I just don't know about. I have known a couple of guys that used their TCs for housing as they work at jobs that move around the country. The only time their TC moves is when they change job locations. Probably not the generally accepted idea of a full timer though, but they do sleep in their TC every night of the year, for the most part. Most full time couple seem to want more living space than is available in a TC. Fifth Wheels, motorhomes and large travel trailers are more often the rig of choice of full timers. But every one has to decide how much personal space do they need to be comfortable.

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mockturtle
Explorer II
Oct 30, 2014
I recently met this very nice couple who were hosting at a COE park. They are fulltiming in their Lance camper.

http://gconthemove.com/
pugslyyy
Explorer
Oct 30, 2014
Well that 24 foot trailer would certainly solve any storage problems you might have. We use a truck camper on a MDT chassis and carry one motorcycle - works great for us.

Please note, maximum photo width=640

Wayne
Moderator
louiskathy
Explorer
Oct 29, 2014
We've done two six month trips (5,000 miles+) each time in our truck camper. 2012 and just this past summer.

The hardest part is finding a place to store enough clothing/gear for everything we planned to do along the way. The 2nd hardest part is learning not to take so much food down the road. (Learn that there are grocery stores out there.)

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