Rainforest settings for TC photos?

Interesting observation, Robert! I think that the moist part of the USA is mostly east of the Mississippi, where there is less federal open land than in the drier Far West. So if you like to camp way out in the middle of nowhere (which makes for some good photos!), you are more likely to be in dry territory. The wetter portion of the US was settled much earlier than the West, so it is more densely populated, in general.

It does not hold for Australia as the topograhy varies considerably

Lots of Americans living near the coast of Northern California, Oregon and Washington would disagree with your weather generalizations about the “wet” part.

And the Three Saints Bay colony was founded on Kodiak Island in 1784 while Los Angeles was a city in 1781.

Your TC is an interesting concept in truck campers. I also have a popup type TC manufactured by Northstar MFG The upper portion of my camper is vinyl with zippered windows and a crank is used to deploy the top.
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It rains a bit on the West Side in Oregon and Washington. I think what you are noticing is that there are more people doing trip reports from dry areas because there are more people on here from those areas.

Also, most of us would rather camp in dry areas most of the time. That's just a short drive over the Cascades.

Saw many TC's in Alaska last summer. Most of them rentals.

The vast majority of truck campers are in the USA & Canada (maybe include northern mexico)...not a lot of tropical rain forest around.

If you want some pictures, look for blogs of the pan-american highway. The Central America portion and if they divert to Brazil will usually get you some pictures in jungle.

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The vast majority of truck campers are in the USA & Canada (maybe include northern mexico)...not a lot of tropical rain forest around.

If you want some pictures, look for blogs of the pan-american highway. The Central America portion and if they divert to Brazil will usually get you some pictures in jungle.

These TC’s more correctly Slideons are valuable going through Rainforest or were you need a Low Centre of Gravity carrying a Camper

Active Popup Camper and a forest setting

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Funny how the rigs seem to follow the general stereotype, the Australian ones seem better suited for the rugged “outback” and the American ones are huge heavy hotels.

Well, the trucks are typically smaller in Australia.

In California, it is about a 3 hour drive from rainforest, to ocean beach, to alpine mountains, to open plains, to desert. Ranging from 200' below sea level to 14,000 ft above, and annual rainfalls from less than 2"/yr to over 150"/yr. That 3 hour drive is typically on the freeway though, not along cowtracks and through streams :).