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willardskillard
Aug 22, 2013Explorer
raztec wrote:
I've currently got a pop-up Palamino Bronco, but want to switch over to a hard shell for convenience.
Can anyone tell me which manufacturers make a hard shell Truck Camper with a low center of gravity? I'd like something that handles nice on highways if there's a cross wind and the occasional off road.
Thx a bunch for any comments.
Raz
I bought a 2006 apache hard shell. It does great. Its light enough that I hauled it with a f150 once for over 5000 miles roundtrip. I got in a fierce wind storm somewhere east of Tehachapi that scared the dickens out of me. But again I was in a f150. I came straight home and bought a 3/4 ton 12 valve dodge diesel, And now Im buying a fl 70 freightliner , If I can have a big rugged truck like a semi and keep my same mileage then hey! Why not. You can buy a used freightliner for a fraction of the price of a dually and haul 5 times the weight and it will out last a new dually pick up, and get the same mileage. Never again will I use to small a truck. Ill post some picks.

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