How Do You Think This TC is Laid Out?

The departure angle seems almost nonexistent.

That's what I'm wondering.

What's the interior like? The rear "cab over" has me confused. The extra length on the standard cab over also has me confused. It's usually a bed up there. What is gained by making that he'd longer? Unless it's a sitting area now for him with bed in the rear.

And yeah. Seems to work. He's in South Florida with it.

I hope I didn’t come across as picking on it. My reaction to it has always been more like “shock and awe”. I would love to see the inside as well. There has to have been some major reconstruction inside. I’m pretty sure that started out as a Lance 1121 model like mine. It’s funny though, in all the pictures I’ve seen, none of them have been of the passenger side where the dinette slide should be. The drivers side had everything in the right places before it was totally covered with aluminum.

Now, there are numerous changes that I can see. The battery box is gone, the water heater and furnace have both been relocated. The window over the gally sink is different. I think that’s actually the window that used to be in the cabover area. The air conditioner area on top has been covered with screen or expanded metal. I can’t figure out the rear of the camper though. Seems like the stuff hanging off the back would block the entry door. There used to be just two supports for the cabover, now it looks like there are six.

Some people just aren’t into aesthetics at all, and I’m always amazed at what form things take when your only concern is function. I’m that way to an extent. I hope somebody here eventually has the opportunity to talk with the owner, and gets a peek inside.

:):)

So the back porch and rear overhang do work in a way that allows the door to still work normally back there. The overhang isn't all the way through from one side to the other. There is a spot for the door to still open.

From my spotty memory, there is no longer a slide at all on the other side.

Wish this guy would come on here so we could see the interior. Fascinating.

Theres gotta be about a dozen good memes with that picture!

burningman wrote:
Dangerous? Looks to me like that guy knows how to build things.
It’s not really that much bigger than most 11-footers, as far as overall truck footprint goes.
He extended the front bunk and added a rear porch and (probably) sleeping compartment.
The truck can handle it. It’s probably still lighter than a Host Mammoth.

Trucks are a lot easier to work on than motorhomes - a whole lot easier - and it is four wheel drive.
Probably also a 7.3 diesel. Might even have a manual trans. It’s got five or six proper passenger seats. Campers have their distinct advantages over trailers and motorhomes.

I don’t know why people here pick on it every time it shows up, just because it isn’t a factory stock store-bought rig. Pictures of it keep showing up being driven all over the place so it obviously works.

Knows how to build things? It looks absolutely cobbled together and has its own built-in hill due to the sag in the front and rear. If you doubt me take a close look at the roofline (hint: frowny-face).

They pick on it because it's the gaudiest, ugliest, most redneck attempt at a truck camper ever.

He sure is committed to it, though. I doubt he has any issues at campgrounds where truck campers have to stay on the truck.

HadEnough wrote:
..........From my spotty memory, there is no longer a slide at all on the other side.........

Oh, if that’s the case then it might not have been an 1121 after all. If I remember right, when the 1121 was a current model, there was also “no slide” version being made. Same length, same floor plan, same dry bath in the rear, just without the dinette slide.

:):)

HadEnough wrote:
That's what I'm wondering.

What's the interior like? The rear "cab over" has me confused. The extra length on the standard cab over also has me confused. It's usually a bed up there. What is gained by making that he'd longer? Unless it's a sitting area now for him with bed in the rear.

And yeah. Seems to work. He's in South Florida with it.

If you notice, the cabover roof is about foot or 2 lifted.
That might make it seatable area.

All wrong.
First rig to get blown off the road.
Too heavy.

How much effort to access the engine dipstick?