Truck Camper - Newbie Needs Advice
Hello all-- Long time camper in pull trailers, 5th wheel, Class C and Class A. I did own a small overhead camper 30 years ago when I traveled Baja twice to Cabo and back. Used for those two trips...
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With your truck, you are limited to 8-9 ft campers without slideout. Most of these should work fine w.r.t. payload / rear axle weight.
The tongue weight of your boat trailer needs to be subtracted from the available payload / axle weight. This may limit your options.
A well matched truck/camper rig is neither difficult to handle or dangerous.
Where / at what time of the year do you plan to travel? Most campers in that segment do OK in cold weather, but I would not call them true four-season units.
There is a thread right near this one titled "Helping a very new TC owner with a truck decision". Might be worth a read.
You might have a look at a used Northstar camper. Their Arrow and Adventurer lines offer a twin bed in the cabover and the dinette bench converts into a third bed fairly easily. The Arrow is no longer offered; only its cousin Arrow U which has a different dinette (but may still work for you).
Mfg. homepage: http://www.northstarcampers.com/
The tongue weight of your boat trailer needs to be subtracted from the available payload / axle weight. This may limit your options.
A well matched truck/camper rig is neither difficult to handle or dangerous.
Where / at what time of the year do you plan to travel? Most campers in that segment do OK in cold weather, but I would not call them true four-season units.
There is a thread right near this one titled "Helping a very new TC owner with a truck decision". Might be worth a read.
You might have a look at a used Northstar camper. Their Arrow and Adventurer lines offer a twin bed in the cabover and the dinette bench converts into a third bed fairly easily. The Arrow is no longer offered; only its cousin Arrow U which has a different dinette (but may still work for you).
Mfg. homepage: http://www.northstarcampers.com/
