I have 5 days to get an old truck camper
I had 2 toy haulers in the past, worked great, but had to sell for financial reasons. Now I need to be in the field, and need amenities. No room for a camper, so truck camper it is. Never gave the muc...
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I see you have oversize tires, and I presume, a lift kit installed.
That could present a problem as standard jacks BARELY raise many campers high enough to go on stock trucks. In fact, I need 4x4's under each jack to get mine high enough to comfortably clear the bed of my stock height truck.
Most campers have jacks. Pretty much anything made after the mid 1990's will have FOUR jacks, which is preferable from a stability standpoint. Don't buy a camper without jacks, period.
Your truck may only have 1700lbs of factory payload capacity on paper, but in the real world it is much higher. The rear axle most likely has 2500-2800lbs of capacity before reaching the factory rating, and quite frankly, 1700lbs won't even make a typical 2500-series truck squat.
That said, campers are HEAVY. Finding one with a bathroom under 2000lbs, well, you'd really need something like mine which is about 1800lbs, but it's a popup. If you require a hardside your choices will be pretty narrow.
That could present a problem as standard jacks BARELY raise many campers high enough to go on stock trucks. In fact, I need 4x4's under each jack to get mine high enough to comfortably clear the bed of my stock height truck.
Most campers have jacks. Pretty much anything made after the mid 1990's will have FOUR jacks, which is preferable from a stability standpoint. Don't buy a camper without jacks, period.
Your truck may only have 1700lbs of factory payload capacity on paper, but in the real world it is much higher. The rear axle most likely has 2500-2800lbs of capacity before reaching the factory rating, and quite frankly, 1700lbs won't even make a typical 2500-series truck squat.
That said, campers are HEAVY. Finding one with a bathroom under 2000lbs, well, you'd really need something like mine which is about 1800lbs, but it's a popup. If you require a hardside your choices will be pretty narrow.
