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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Our first TC was a 10' Hutch... 1970 model... we used it until until 2002, it was on a 3/4Ton Chevy model 21034 (Longhorn... 8'6" bed) it had a 350hp/350 4 bolt main engine with 4 bbl carbs... 10 mpg up hill... down hill... camper on or off. I rolled the odometer over 3 times.
The Hutch had a queen bed in the cabover, 6 cuft fridge, a Magic Chef Gourmet 4 burner Stove with overhead oven. Dual lighting 110 VAC and seperate 12VDC lights. It had an 8 track tape, radio... and a 9" 12VDC BW TV and a crank up antenna. Extra battery with cut off switch... the truck charged it after the trucks batter was completely charged.
Very nice custom cabinates and storage closets.
Porta potti... no shower... but still advanced for it's time.
Our 3 kids slept in the cabover... Janet and I nestled like spoons on the twin sized dinette bed. Man can always find a way :B when a good time is to be had.
We'd often go for a month at a time. Canpgrounds like Fort Wilderness... or boondock to watch Space Shots. We went all over the east coast... I spent a lot of time studying at the Smithsonian... stayed at Cherry Hill RV Park when in DC. Myrtle Beech... Key West... Asbury Park NJ... Michigan, then cross Canada to Niagra Falls... Quebec... Montreal...
On an early trip the kids asked "Daddy, what happens to the stuff in the porta potti" and being a fun loving daddy I told them, "we all put it in... we all have to help getting it out... I'll get the straws!" I got a lot of Uggs and eweee's... it took some convincing to get them to go back to using it on the long nights or when we were boondocking.
The Hutch was one of the best if not the best truck camper ever built. I've heard a lot of bragging but an owner of a "Hutch" has something that just isn't available to the general public.
Sleepy
The Hutch had a queen bed in the cabover, 6 cuft fridge, a Magic Chef Gourmet 4 burner Stove with overhead oven. Dual lighting 110 VAC and seperate 12VDC lights. It had an 8 track tape, radio... and a 9" 12VDC BW TV and a crank up antenna. Extra battery with cut off switch... the truck charged it after the trucks batter was completely charged.
Very nice custom cabinates and storage closets.
Porta potti... no shower... but still advanced for it's time.
Our 3 kids slept in the cabover... Janet and I nestled like spoons on the twin sized dinette bed. Man can always find a way :B when a good time is to be had.
We'd often go for a month at a time. Canpgrounds like Fort Wilderness... or boondock to watch Space Shots. We went all over the east coast... I spent a lot of time studying at the Smithsonian... stayed at Cherry Hill RV Park when in DC. Myrtle Beech... Key West... Asbury Park NJ... Michigan, then cross Canada to Niagra Falls... Quebec... Montreal...
On an early trip the kids asked "Daddy, what happens to the stuff in the porta potti" and being a fun loving daddy I told them, "we all put it in... we all have to help getting it out... I'll get the straws!" I got a lot of Uggs and eweee's... it took some convincing to get them to go back to using it on the long nights or when we were boondocking.
The Hutch was one of the best if not the best truck camper ever built. I've heard a lot of bragging but an owner of a "Hutch" has something that just isn't available to the general public.
Sleepy
