Truck campers do tend to be more costly than many other types of rvs but the convienence and versatility is hard to beat, although you do sacrifice living space substantially. We had a truck camper in 05 and ended up selling it for a new 2010 32' 5th wheel, as much as I liked the living space once setup at a campground with the 5th, I hated the overall inconvience of not being able to stop in small places easily while traveling through. We ended up trading it in at a considerable loss on an 05 Lance truck camper to regain our freedom back. We tend to "travel camp" rather than just picking one area and staying long term so it made more sense to have the flexibility to stop on the fly and have quick and easy camp setup/breakdown times. With the trailer we always had to find a campground first to drop it at before we can stop and enjoy some areas. Now we flat tow a jeep behind us with the truck camper most of the time, so even though we are towing something again it's much smaller than a trailer and can be detached in less than 5 minutes for use. We can take the jeep and park the truck camper anywhere legally because it's a motor vehicle, unlike a trailer that your stuck with until you reach the campground. Also, gives you extra places to store stuff and you got a spare vehicle in the event the truck breaks down LOL! It's basically like a small motorhome/toad arrangement. When we don't take the jeep I've towed a job trailer to work sites, our boat when we had it and sometimes nothing and just take the camper off the truck at the campsite and use the truck. Plus with 4wd we beach camp every year. Gotta figure out how you like to camp/travel to know what's best for you and those are always subject to change over time. Just try not to make the costly mistake did!
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