Truck and camper height and overpass question?

No one can tell you exactly how tall your rig is. Get a ladder and tape measure and find out.

hornet28 wrote:
No one can tell you exactly how tall your rig is. Get a ladder and tape measure and find out.

X2!
Add a level and 2X4 to that so you can measure to the to the top of the AC unit. Likely it will be less than 12'. With a TC you are standing at or very close to the trucks bed height, with a 5th wheel the floor of the upper area is at the height of the bed rail +6" or more and most habve head room for 6'+.

I've found most low underpasses are typically beneath railroad tracks. The tracks have often been there for 150 years or so, well before vehicle got so tall.
It's quite foolish not to know exactly how tall your rig is by measuring carefully. Otherwise, you could hit something you "estimated" you would clear. Or, you could spend a lot of time and fuel detouring when you didn't have too.
My TC on my '05 Chevy was 11' 5" to the top of the AC. There's a bridge under the train tracks near me that I went under a lot. It was marked as 11' 10". I went very slowly the first time watching to be sure it was right and it was.

There is a publication called the Truckers Road Atlas (I think that's the name) that lists all the low underpasses by state. I think it also marks them on the state maps.

I look at clearance signs but if its close I get out of the truck and look.

I agree under 12 probably closer to 11’6”. In any case, you should be pretty good on the West coast. Apparently, the only place you are going to have a lot of issues is up around New York state. Not saying there aren’t gas stations etc that won’t be lower because there are!

As others have said, do measure it just to be sure.

Is your Bigfoot a 1500 or 2500 series? In other words, does it have a basement? If it’s a 1500 series (no basement), then the camper overall height is 7’5” to the top of the fridge vent. If it’s a 2500 series (wheelwell height basement) then the camper overall height is 8’3” to the top of the fridge vent.

If you know your truck bed height minus a couple inches of squat, and how much taller the AC is in relation to the fridge vent, you should be able to make a close estimate.

There are a few famously low clearance bridges that have their own YouTube channels. Great videos of trucks getting their roofs peeled.

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The Bigfoot is a 2500 series, thanks so much

Height is no longer an issue for us. I always worried about our old Lance because my truck is 6 over stock height to begin with. Not an issue now with a pop up. Cannot fit in a parking garage but anywhere else, no problem.

We had a Bigfoot 10.6 on a 1994 Ram 2500 4x4 with 35" tires. We were very close to 12' overall. Anything you won't fit under should be very well marked as that is lower than the std. max height for highway travel.

Best bet is to measure it yourself. Get on the roof and drop a tape from the side edge to the ground. Add the height of your tallest roof item, probably your air conditioner to determine your overall height.