Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Southedistoman wrote:
Hello everyone, I have a few questions about these truck campers. I have restored my grandfather's '72 Chevy 3/4 ton and am trying to relive my childhood in a way. Grandad had a truck camper (not an Avion, regrettably) and my family and grandparents would go camping together a lot when I was small. Anyway, now that the truck is nearing completion I'm starting to try and locate a truck camper to go in it. I'm intrigued by these Avions. I have located a '68 c11 that is a couple of hours from me and am trying to figure out how to transport it if it suits me. The '72 isn't up the trip quite yet, and my other truck is a '14 Ram 3/4 ton 6.5 foot bed. I do have quite a few trailers in the family that I can borrow.
If someone can give me some measurements I'd appreciate it. I'd like to know the width between jacks, height of the cabover above the truck bed, and how far the back tail pan sticks down below the bottom that sits on the truck bed. My idea is to haul it on a flatbed trailer. If anybody has any suggestions I'd love to hear them.
I've read the first 50 or so pages and haven't readily came across an answer. Sorry if this has been duplicated somewhere. Thanks.
Well I'll give this a try .
truck bed to cabover height = 45-1/4"
tub height = 20-3/4"
wing width = 21"
jack rise = 35"
tub width = 48"
total width = 90"
the rear overhang drops down 8"+-
On some Avions the angle irons that the jacks bolt to stick out more than others , most should give you 90" clear to the jacks . This will make it difficult to get on most flatbed trailers because the out to out fender width will be a lot more than 90". Best would be a narrow trailer if you can find one . Figure about 2500# for weight . You can make up some spacer blocks to put between the mounts and the jack plates but don't go more than 3 to 4 inches or it will put too much strain on the jack mounts . The plates on the jacks are 4" high and 5-1/2" wide , the bolts are 5/8" and spaced 3-1/2 " c to c . Go slow and be careful , at this point you don't really know the condition of the jack supports . If you use a smaller single axle trailer it will most likely be tail heavy so be aware . It can be done but life will be simpler if you could beg , borrow or steal a truck with an 8' bed . Don't forget some way to tie it down to trailer or truck . Good luck
