Survey on new technology for truck campers
Truck Camper magazine asked for input on new technology for truck campers. The answer was a resounding NO! I don't want any high tech, ready to fail at the wrong time gizmos on my camper. How about yo...
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Exactly. Me, no AC (70 pounds), one propane bottle (30 pounds), no slide out (500 pounds), small portable microwave (+15 pounds versus 60 pounds), small inverter genny, 2000 watts 60 pounds versus a big Honda 150 pounds, 1 deep cycle battery, 40 pounds versus 2 or more.... No oven, just a 2 burner cook top. If I want to cook in an oven, I use a campfire and a Dutch oven....
A SRW 4x4 Ford F350 Diesel, way under capacity, less component wear and better fuel mileage. I actually average 19 with the camper in the bed, 16 pulling my trailer and the camper and 21 empty with no camper.
If I wanted luxury appointments, I'll go stay in a motel or hotel and let housekeeping change the sheets and make the bed....
Somehow, the word 'camping' got lost in the RV industry. Now it's take all the luxuries you have at home with you, but at a price in both cost and accessability.
I don't ascribe to that school of thought. If I was younger, I'd still be tenting. I'm to old to sleep on the ground so I have a truck camper but that don't mean I want to bring my home with me camping.
I require the basic stuff. It is supposed to be camping isn't it?
I remember years ago, I was tenting (on my motorcycle) and had to camp in a campground because there was no primitive areas available where I was. I set up my Eureka Timberline, got out mu alcohol stove and made a pit of freeze dried soup, ate, washed up and snuggled in my mummy bag and about 11pm, this huge motorhome pulled in beside me, fired up their noisy generator and I didn't get any sleep that night.
I made up my mind right there that, that type of 'camping' wasn't for me. Still isn't. Nothing has changed for me in 50 years.
A SRW 4x4 Ford F350 Diesel, way under capacity, less component wear and better fuel mileage. I actually average 19 with the camper in the bed, 16 pulling my trailer and the camper and 21 empty with no camper.
If I wanted luxury appointments, I'll go stay in a motel or hotel and let housekeeping change the sheets and make the bed....
Somehow, the word 'camping' got lost in the RV industry. Now it's take all the luxuries you have at home with you, but at a price in both cost and accessability.
I don't ascribe to that school of thought. If I was younger, I'd still be tenting. I'm to old to sleep on the ground so I have a truck camper but that don't mean I want to bring my home with me camping.
I require the basic stuff. It is supposed to be camping isn't it?
I remember years ago, I was tenting (on my motorcycle) and had to camp in a campground because there was no primitive areas available where I was. I set up my Eureka Timberline, got out mu alcohol stove and made a pit of freeze dried soup, ate, washed up and snuggled in my mummy bag and about 11pm, this huge motorhome pulled in beside me, fired up their noisy generator and I didn't get any sleep that night.
I made up my mind right there that, that type of 'camping' wasn't for me. Still isn't. Nothing has changed for me in 50 years.
