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rpetritsch
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Apr 04, 2015

Min overall height for soft side

Still working on The Admiral for a truck camper. One of her main objections is that our POA restrictions do not allow parking RV outside overnight. It would have to be dropped off at a storage yard every night and reinstalled each morning.
Ah, but what if it would fit in the garage...... Is there any soft sided TC that would fit in a standard garage? My garage door is an even 7 foot high. Width is no problem as it is a two car garage with one door.
Thanks in advance for your help.
  • Our Outfitter Caribou 8 pop-up is 8 foot 2 inches tall (nothing on roof but 2 roof vents) sittin' on the following:

    2004 Silverado 2500HD long bed, 4x4, with original OEM sized tires: 245 75 R16. Truck has no lift. We have a 1/2 inch thick rubber truck bed protector.

    We now have tires that are about 2 inches taller, so we would now be 8 foot 4 inches + the beefed-up 1/2 inch thick tub floor I installed last summer = 8 foot 4.5 inches. Absolutely no way to get truck loaded on camper into our 8 foot opening garage (unless you let out almost all the air from tires to ride 1 inch from rims-- not something I would EVER do potentially jeapordizing my $340+ tax @ tires).

    An F250/F350 I believe is taller. Dodge? Unknown height bed to ground.

    I think Outfitter makes a much less tall camper with full-sized shell and tub, and a roof and cabover profile that looks like a 4 Wheel camper (perhaps 4~5 iches less tall than a traditional Caribou). But all this does nothing for you, because you still have a 7 foot tall garage.

    Good luck,
    S-
  • If I wanted to use the TC for hunting. I would not be able to park it home due to the POA restrictions. I leave my pop-up in a storage yard when not used. One reason I want the TC is to be able to use it day after day to hunt or fish.....would be nice to relax during the day in the camper.
  • Some people load the TC onto a dolly and slide that into the garage. Why would you load and unload every day?
  • You need to measure your trucks bed height to your garage door clearance distance then you will have something to go by. Four Wheel Campers build one of the lowest popups.