Truck camper with utility bed???

KD4UPL wrote:
It will be very hard, if not impossible, to find a utility body that will accomadate a TC from the factory. Most anyone using one has either had it custom made or modified it themselves. The bathroom "bump out", tie down locations, bed side height, etc are all a problem.
I looked into it at one time and went a different route, a flatbed with bolted on tool boxes. I still have the extra storage but I was able to select the right size boxes and position them correctly to still allow for the camper. If I get a different camper some day it's a simple matter to unbolt the tool boxes and move them around if necessary.
My truck really is my work truck anyway so all the commercial registration was already handled.

You might believe this to be true, but I have had my Utility Bed straight out of the Knapheide Catalog and my camper is directly from Lance Campers and using them fine since June of 2009. It is not that hard to find information about Utility Bed and Truck Campers by checking the internet, Truck Camper Magazine and Truck Camper Adventures. There are numerous articles about this topic there as well as in this forum.

Bedlam wrote:
I found the same as KD4UPL when I set up my Ram 5500 last year. Since I will be upgrading my TC later, I didn't even have accurate measurements to get a custom one configured. Off the shelf utility beds can be found at a discount, but getting a custom one and later having to modify it was outside of my budget.

My utility bed cost $8,400 installed, painted and all wiring included. Lucky for me, that was within my budget and not custom either.

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