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Hi. Steve from Hailey, Idaho, which is near Sun Valley. Starting a process of shopping. I want to upgrade from car/tent camping towing out boat with a Suburban to a Truck Camper that will fit withi...
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My wife and I really like out PUP but like Kayteg said, storage, even in a hard side is a compromise and in a PUP, it's even worse. We have all sorts of creative ways to store stuff and luckily there is usually a Wally World or Kroger nearby. I'm not adverse to buying some undies or jeans if I run out and cannot wash them....
We try to pack as light as possible, always. silverware is plastic, plates and cups are plastic. We drink from disposable styro cups. Cookware is aluminum. My only somewhat heavy item is the campfire grill my wife bought me last year, hard to beat a wood fired steak in the boonies with a cold beverage, listening to the fire crackle and the crickets chirp. No TV, No stereo, no entertainment center, camping is our entertainment. I carry a CCrane battery weather radio with am and fm. Thats it. When we camp with the rest of the family, they sleep in tents under my awning and use my outside shower too. We do the cooking, they do the eating.
I would recommend one thing, no matter what you get and that is a Cool Box. We keep our Dometic Cool Box on the backseat of the truck (runs off the truck batteries) and keeps things frozen or cold much more efficiently that a propane fridge plus my wife uses it when she goes shopping to keep frozen stuff frozen on the way home in the summer. Nice to have. Not cheap but very useful.
Have fun and don;t get yourself in over your head at first. Start out slow and make sure you like it. Not like pulling a TT or 5er at all. Much more mobile but with storage limitations.
We try to pack as light as possible, always. silverware is plastic, plates and cups are plastic. We drink from disposable styro cups. Cookware is aluminum. My only somewhat heavy item is the campfire grill my wife bought me last year, hard to beat a wood fired steak in the boonies with a cold beverage, listening to the fire crackle and the crickets chirp. No TV, No stereo, no entertainment center, camping is our entertainment. I carry a CCrane battery weather radio with am and fm. Thats it. When we camp with the rest of the family, they sleep in tents under my awning and use my outside shower too. We do the cooking, they do the eating.
I would recommend one thing, no matter what you get and that is a Cool Box. We keep our Dometic Cool Box on the backseat of the truck (runs off the truck batteries) and keeps things frozen or cold much more efficiently that a propane fridge plus my wife uses it when she goes shopping to keep frozen stuff frozen on the way home in the summer. Nice to have. Not cheap but very useful.
Have fun and don;t get yourself in over your head at first. Start out slow and make sure you like it. Not like pulling a TT or 5er at all. Much more mobile but with storage limitations.
