What Was You First Truck Camper?
G'day All, Our first Truck Camper was a Starcraft Pine Mountain Lonestar S Pop-up. It was very small, if someone was cooking, the other person, had to sit down. Great TC though, with a big overesi...
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A Georgie Boy 8 ft TC purchased new in the Fall of 1965. Put it on a 1966 Chev 30 pickup with a 292 cu in big 6 engine and 4 on the floor with a creeper gear also.
Truck was also used to put our 28 ft Owens cabin cruiser in the water in the spring and pull out in the Fall is why we had the creeper gear. Had a special trailer made from a mobile home frame with 6 wheels on it. The boat's massive wood cradle was carriage bolted to the trailer rails. The big surprise was that the massive wood cradle would make the trailer float and I had to bolt 2 old heavy stamping die sets (about 800 lbs total) to the trailer frame to sink it down so I could drive the boat on the cradle. When the boat fuel tanks were close to full (110-120 gals)the truck rear whhels would just spin on the ramp and wouldn't pull it out. My Dad would chain his V-8 car ball hitch to the trucks front frame and with both vehicles pulling, out it would come. Did what you had to!
Truck was also used to put our 28 ft Owens cabin cruiser in the water in the spring and pull out in the Fall is why we had the creeper gear. Had a special trailer made from a mobile home frame with 6 wheels on it. The boat's massive wood cradle was carriage bolted to the trailer rails. The big surprise was that the massive wood cradle would make the trailer float and I had to bolt 2 old heavy stamping die sets (about 800 lbs total) to the trailer frame to sink it down so I could drive the boat on the cradle. When the boat fuel tanks were close to full (110-120 gals)the truck rear whhels would just spin on the ramp and wouldn't pull it out. My Dad would chain his V-8 car ball hitch to the trucks front frame and with both vehicles pulling, out it would come. Did what you had to!
