Scars1989 wrote:
So here is my story i am 25 ill be buying a Ford F-350 Dually Super Cab (or extended if u prefer basicly not a 4 door ) with a 8' bed
i am 100% noob to truck campers but not to trucks and off roading but i am also not calling my self a expert
before i get into campers i would like to know what is more important having super light weight how much would be to much with a 6k payload and COG... how do the 2 specs come in to play with off roading i know the COG need to be at or forward of the rear axle beyond that i don't know much
i would like to define the off roading ill be doing it will mostly be on trails but if i need to i would like to be able to travel off trails if i need get to the right camping spot but no MAJOR rock crawling or mud bogging
that said i would like to also have a 6'' lift and 3'' body lift for when i do not have the TC with me. would this lead to way to tall and unstable.
also what is too tall too
as for camper i know i want a hard-side i like them best and ill be going to mostly cold climates. with bears and other not so friendly wild life (i know they got collapsible kinda and the clamshell like the Alaskan dont like dont want i would rather not be able to do or go certain places then not have the hard side.
i would like but not need a dry bath but the toilet has to be the flushing kind
i dont need a slide but if i found one light enough it would be a +
and lastly i would take a larger fridge with the freezer attached over a oven
any imput and info would be great
Welcome to the Truck Camper forum, several of us TCers have hard sides camper and go off road. I myself have a lance 815 (2002), which has worked out very well on different back country trails/roads. Go into the Truck Camper Trip Report and you'll many back country reports and you can see what rigs have been used in these reports.
With Ford's frame flex I personally wouldn't lift my truck with a hard side camper on it, that would increase the the side to side motion that happens during off road stressing components even further than what normally occurs. Keep your camper as low as possible.
Lippincott Pass, Death Valley NP
White Rim Trail, Canyonlands, Ut. jefe4x4 is with us in Dodge with a Lance 165s.
Our trip on the Old Mojave Road through the Joshua Tree Forest, jefe4x4 and c.traver2
White Rim Trail/green River side
South Draw 4x4 trail, outside Capitol Reef NP
As you can see by several of the above photos width is just important as height is.
