Overland camper

ajriding wrote:
Interested to see what you pick, and why.

These seem great for Africa, but not so much America.

Maybe you want the size of a big class A RV, but want to go down a few dirt roads???

This is not an "off-road vehicle", it would compare to a stock 4x4 Tacoma on car tires for its ability, but have less clearance relative to wheels base.

I'm curious where you could take this vehicle in America that is so important. Forget anything or any place on the Eastern half, the West will be treeless enough you do not have to worry about overhang, but there is just not that many places I have seen where you could go explore with this, the roads would be too twisty.

There are truck campers built on flatbeds that have a lot more room and make more sense and are more off-road capable than the traditional bed and camper setup. Though these are smaller.
Or why not tow a trailer, as big as you want, then drop it at the trail head and go for a drive in a much more capable (even stock) 4x4 vehicle?

Yes, Earthroamers are neat, but other than crossing a flat desert, where do you take it? You cant fit up mountain dirt roads or over passes, and the ones you could fit up could be driven by a stock RV, you can't get into the forest because of trees and more narrow twisty roads. I guess you can drive in blizzards down the interstate…

Where do these go?

aj, bud, I don't think this is about practicality or even capability. It's about having the baddest looking unique RV out there. IDK what a person would do with a 6x6 Kwhopper or Mack that would be even remotely comfortable to drive or fit into these "back country" boondocking areas in a 40-60k gvw overgrown semi tractor. Maybe js218 is a retired concrete truck driver and really likes the feel of driving a big truk.

Get one of them stuck in the NWT and you'll be contracting Halliburton or someone from the oil patch to bring a bed truck and a D8 to get u out.