Help....advice on purchasing truck camper
Hi everybody, Looking for some advice. We just sold our 33 LCDTS Silverback fifth wheel and are downsizing to a camper. We have a 2010 heavy duty 2500 diesel with Firestone air bags. We have taken a ...
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dezldog1 wrote:
Many years ago we had a short box half ton pickup with a Vanguard 8-foot camper on it. The camper was a little bit heavy for that pickup that's for sure. We had it for a few years and then we upgraded the truck and went to a bumper pull. From there we went to the big fiver Silverback with our 2500 HD diesel Laramie.
We are now downsizing, back to the pickup and camper. We've found we REALLY LOVE to go quading. Going to be towing quads on a trailer...We really don't want to buy a toy hauler. We have been looking at small class C motorhomes or truck camper for towing the quads...
Also not wanting to invest a lot of money in a camper right now as we may find it's too much of a down size for us. If we decide to go up to a smaller much newer motorhome we won't take so much of a hit by purchasing an older truck camper...
Hope this post makes sense...lol..
Feel as though I'm rambling on..????
Going from a big 5th wheel to any truck camper will be an adjustment. Having used a TC before you know that.
When my wife and I retired we looked at 5th wheel trailers to travel in but just couldn't tear ourselves away from the freedom of a truck camper. We ended up with a large triple slide unit that gives us huge space for a TC and still the ability to tow our jeep and get out on to secondary roads.
Is trading in the truck an option for a bigger truck? It would also be fine for trailering again if the TC life doesn't work out for you.
