Probably Going To The Dark Side
Over the years the only RV's I've ever owned have been Truck Campers. Heck the first hint of non-tent camping was in my '75 Chevy pickup that had a shell on the back. I love the convenience, size an...
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You can go big with a hard side TC that has the floor starting above the bed rails of the truck. This makes getting in and out of bed easy plus has a north/south bed. It will mean upgrading the truck to a DRW to handle that size and weight, but you do have options if you want to stay with a truck camper.
We went from a toy hauler to a truck camper because I wanted more garage space and did not want a bigger foot print. By putting the all the living quarters on the truck, I only tow the garage and am close to what my old length used to be yet have have a 20' dedicated garage. Quality toy haulers are heavy - I would stay with a tag hitch on your SRW because a fifth wheel pin weight will be 20-25 percent of the GTWR and may be pushing your limits. Since you have a short bed, you will also need to watch how much nose extends beyond the pin and possibly have to by a more expensive slider hitch. My 22' tag toy hauler was 7500 lbs dry and pushing 1200 lbs of tongue weight when I had it loaded to 11,500 lbs. Many guys see north of 1500 lbs tongue weight on tag TH's, so make sure your receiver is up to the task.
We went from a toy hauler to a truck camper because I wanted more garage space and did not want a bigger foot print. By putting the all the living quarters on the truck, I only tow the garage and am close to what my old length used to be yet have have a 20' dedicated garage. Quality toy haulers are heavy - I would stay with a tag hitch on your SRW because a fifth wheel pin weight will be 20-25 percent of the GTWR and may be pushing your limits. Since you have a short bed, you will also need to watch how much nose extends beyond the pin and possibly have to by a more expensive slider hitch. My 22' tag toy hauler was 7500 lbs dry and pushing 1200 lbs of tongue weight when I had it loaded to 11,500 lbs. Many guys see north of 1500 lbs tongue weight on tag TH's, so make sure your receiver is up to the task.
