In my opinion, they are the greatest compact way of using a truck to use as an RV. You can maneuver around streets and when out in the open or even in a forest, you get into places most RV's can't. Now the beauty of it all is most are a hard side. I'm not privy to pop ups, heck no unless real extreme 4x4 is required. Either way, the amenities like a flushing potty and genny power when in hard to get to places is awesome!... share some hard to get to places with your truck and TC.

death valleyBig Bend TX. moab, Potash mine area

everywhere we go is hard to get to.trade my 360 degree view for a hardside? not a chance.

I have been to many more off the beaten path campsites with my first camper (popup). This was outside Page, Arizona in the Vermillion Cliffs area with my first hardside, a pretty decent off road hard side camper. My latest hard side camper has only been to the sand dunes, Cinders OHV area and different forest service roads in the Southwest. See GpnAZ travel photos for my travel pics, thanks for looking.

No doubt it is the most versatile RV... even more so than a 4WD class B or Earthroamer in my opinion. Earthroamers while not only expensive are still somewhat large and it and the B are not dis-mountable. TC are not for everyone, but for my lifestyle and region it is the perfect one!Getting into the bush when hunting:Nearby area:Doesn't look like much, but no trailer or class C would ever get here:I can count the only time I ever dismounted in the field on one finger. This was a few years ago scouting out a possible hunting area. Very few RV's can get here and even fewer could go on the forest road we wanted to search. No way would the truck and camper both make it, so we took the TC part out of the equation and headed higher. Even though I rarely take it of, the fact that it can just adds to the versabilityThis kinda' says it all:

I like the off road mobilityPic of my rig in Anza Borrego

Why a Truck camper? The best mobility you can get!

18 Replies

delosholly
Explorer
Oct 10, 2016
Thanks a lot for this thread featuring hard sided TC's going off road. My wife and I once took her 2wd 1982 Toyota Corolla up to Engineer pass from the Lake City side, all we had to do was take it very slow and steady. Signs warned the road was for 4wd, but careful, slow driving can overcome a lot.

We had worried that with our hard sided TC we own that we were limited to paved roads, but this thread just convinces me that if we are careful and slow, we can go to a lot more places than we thought we could. But I still need a 4wd truck:)

Thanks!!
Del
54suds
Explorer
Oct 10, 2016

Valley of the Gods

we saw no one for two days
zb39
Explorer
Oct 10, 2016
This is a great thread!!!!!!
Dewclaw
Explorer II
Oct 10, 2016
This was a two day trip through some of Oregon's desert country. We decided that two vehicles would be a prudent idea.

Click For Full-Size Image.
jefe_4x4
Explorer
Oct 09, 2016
We like camping here Fall/Winter/Spring. This was our campsite on Oct. 6th a few years ago. Don't try this without 4WD. Also, i don't see many trailers or MoHos around. There wasn't anyone around.

That's Nevada in the distance. This little knoll at 8700 feet had a 200 degree view to the north/east/south:

The view behind the pix toward the spine of the Sierra Nevada:

jefe
_DJ_1
Explorer II
Oct 09, 2016
Previous rig.
Camp__Forrest__
Explorer
Oct 09, 2016
Tried to post pics, but I guess you can't link to Google photos.:(

Got it!
Vinsil
Explorer
Oct 09, 2016
Here is ours...

Oregon rocks and love our TC!
cewillis
Explorer
Oct 09, 2016
KKELLER14K wrote:
...you want to go to MARS...? to camp out..lol!

Lot more oxygen, and thrust -- and I'm there!
MORSNOW
Navigator III
Oct 09, 2016
Kick the dust up!