Hi. I'm in the planning stages for a Camplite TC. I am currently living in a 16DB Camplite TT, am very happy with the fact that it does not mold. I want to travel and find that at my age I'm not strong enough to do all the hooking up etc to tow this one, so am planning instead to sell this and get a TC. Probably the 8.5 or 8.6 because I'm going to spend at least three months in it, and I think a smaller one wouldn't work for me. The big question is, what is the mounted height of these om an F150? And is an F150 V6 big enough? I just test drove an F150 8' bed today, and the sales guy said the V6 with turbo or whatever it has, power boost, something, has more horsepower than the previous V8s did. So anybody who has one of thess, what is the total height of the thing? I am building a carport and need to get the roof high enough to fit camper plus truck underneath. The sun here is intense and I don't want to store it in the sun. Thanks sorry for the long post.

I have an Arctic Fox on an F350 and my total height is just under 12 feet to the top of the AC unit. I'm sure yours wouldn't be quite that high.

From their website:8.5 ModelInt. Floor Length 110" Dry Weight *1,800 lbs Width Between Wheel Wells: 47.5"*Exterior Height (off truck): 97" Interior Height: 76" Grey Water: 7 gal.Cabover Int. Height w/o Mattress: 34" Black Water: 7 gal. Exterior Width (slide out in) 89.5" Fresh Water: 32 gal. Exterior Length: 172" **Center of Gravity: 48"8.6 ModelInt. Floor Length 103" Dry Weight *1,995 lbs Width Between Wheel Wells: 47.5"*Exterior Height (off truck): 105" Interior Height: 80" Grey Water: 17 gal.Cabover Int. Height w/o Mattress: 41" Black Water: 14 gal. Exterior Width (slide out in) 89.5" Fresh Water: 30.5 gal. Exterior Length: 195" **Center of Gravity: 33.5" * Height measured with optional low profile AC. ** COG measured from the front of the truck camper floor toward the tail gate.Add the height of the bed of the truck you choose less any "settling" onto the springs and you will have the overall height.

Looking at the livinlite website it says the 8.6 is 105" tall including a low profile air conditioner. Then it all depends on how tall the bed floor of the truck you choose is. For example my dodge bed floor is 36" from the ground. That would make the entire package 141" tall. Of course as someone mentioned the truck will squat some when the camper is placed on so that height will be two or three inches less depending on squat.Hope this helps.

I've read the website, thanks. What I don't know is where they are measuring height; is it from the ground, or is it from the bottom where it would sit on the bed of the truck, or what? That's why I was looking for info from a real person with a real Camplite on an F150. Thanks. I don't want to make my roof height one inch too low and have spent all that money and not be able to use it.

matlif,I know you only want to hear from people who have done what you are thinking about doing, but there are other factors in play here for your eventual set up satisfaction. If you are too aged or weak to work a trailer hookup situation, I would at least re-evaluate the viability of a TC for you. Yes, there is virtually no set up, but a TC has it's achilles' heel. It becomes less and less viable as you get older and less firm. How do I know? Born 1943. My TC window is fast closing. If staying the course, be sure to spend a lot of time going up and down the steps and the two big steps to the bed, on the exact TC you are looking at (and on a similar truck not on the showroom floor), over and over before you make your final decision. Also, go thru the motions on everything you would do, long term in and around a TC. It's like shopping for a mattress. You need some amount of time in the saddle to see how well you will adapt. Other concerns: it is very difficult to light the water heater in a strong wind. Make sure you can reach, adjust, fill, and drain all the 'stuff' that makes a TC work. You will need leveling blocks. Apply two bubble levels on the drivers/rear of the TC to keep it level, especially for long term.If it is just you staying in the TC, you don't need a lot of space to be comfortable. Even for two consenting adults, we like our little Lance Lite (1842 pounds, wet) as there is not much there there to worry about and has everything we need. It's 10' 2" tall from the ground on our 4WD truck (w/ 3"front lift, 10' before lift), 4" less tall than a full size TC, which has the highest bed level of the big three. It's 86" wide, the narrowest hardside around for a F.S. pickup. It's on a 6.5' short bed pickup, so maneuverability is great. The newest and much improved version of the 165-s is the Lance 465. If you are coming from a TT, there is a certain 'paradigm shift' that takes place either now or later. Now is advised. A TC is not a TT. The shift is:"Always, always, always, get more truck than you think you will need". Dozens and dozens (did I say dozens?) on here have gone the 'incremental' route and worked their way up to a much larger truck after a lot of trial-and-error. A Ford F-150 with the highest GVWR package IS in the ballpark when it comes to hauling an 1800 pound, dry TC, but you will want to upgrade the tires, suspension, shocks, and be sure it has a mongo, aftermarket transmission cooler. Even with the largest gas engine, it will be slow on the hills and mpg will be poor. Knowing what I know now, i wouldn't buy an F-150 to haul an extended period live-in camper. The high-powered V-6 you are talking about makes all its HP in the high revs, not a place you want to spend much time in, and very little of what you really need to haul a 10K pound rig around which is torque. The Ford V8 may be less HP, but will put out more TQ for hauling.Jeanie and I have no qualms about our proposed trip around the U.S. mainland, counter clock wise next fall taking 4 months to circumnavigate the boundary states. (leave Sept. 1st and arrive back on the west slope about New Years day, 2015) We have learned to do the narrow-TC-ballet and have no claustrophobic tendencies. And, truth be told, we are used to it, warts and all.The height of any TC is measured from the bottom of the box to the top of anything on the roof, usually the railing or fridge vent cover, or if you have an air conditioner, it becomes the clearance gage.I built a TC garage last fall. To accomodate any size camper made it extra tall to clear. Good luck, sir, on your quest.regards, as always, jefe

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Mote
Explorer
Dec 06, 2013
Looking at the livinlite website it says the 8.6 is 105" tall including a low profile air conditioner. Then it all depends on how tall the bed floor of the truck you choose is. For example my dodge bed floor is 36" from the ground. That would make the entire package 141" tall. Of course as someone mentioned the truck will squat some when the camper is placed on so that height will be two or three inches less depending on squat.
Hope this helps.
Gripnriprod
Explorer
Dec 06, 2013
From their website:

8.5 Model
Int. Floor Length 110" Dry Weight *1,800 lbs Width Between Wheel Wells: 47.5"
*Exterior Height (off truck): 97" Interior Height: 76" Grey Water: 7 gal.
Cabover Int. Height w/o Mattress: 34" Black Water: 7 gal. Exterior Width (slide out in) 89.5" Fresh Water: 32 gal. Exterior Length: 172" **Center of Gravity: 48"
8.6 Model
Int. Floor Length 103" Dry Weight *1,995 lbs Width Between Wheel Wells: 47.5"
*Exterior Height (off truck): 105" Interior Height: 80" Grey Water: 17 gal.
Cabover Int. Height w/o Mattress: 41" Black Water: 14 gal. Exterior Width (slide out in) 89.5" Fresh Water: 30.5 gal. Exterior Length: 195" **Center of Gravity: 33.5"
* Height measured with optional low profile AC.
** COG measured from the front of the truck camper floor toward the tail gate.

Add the height of the bed of the truck you choose less any "settling" onto the springs and you will have the overall height.
Xpd77
Explorer
Dec 06, 2013
I have an Arctic Fox on an F350 and my total height is just under 12 feet to the top of the AC unit. I'm sure yours wouldn't be quite that high.

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