Used truck camper
I am approaching retirement age and am starting to look for a used truck camper for my wife and I to enjoy. We also have two small dogs. We want to use it for travel and fishing trips. At this point I...
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ajriding wrote:
Be very sure you want such a big thing.
Reconsider getting the smallest TC you can live with.
Have you looked at the Big Foot and other fiberglass shell campers?
Big and roomy and having too much storage space is nice, but you pay for that on the other end. Lots of storage means you will not find that thing until you go to sell the camper and clean it out..
Big means more difficult to handle, drive, park and all these things compound themselves when towing, towing anything big or small.
You will need to expect some blowouts of tires, though dually less than single.
mpg? haha, you cannot even think about that at this point.
Backing up a trailer is no fun. Is the pontoon wide enough you can see it in the mirrors? (I have a trailer so narrow that I cannot see it until is almost jack-knifes).
But you will have pontoon no matter what…
Are you a couple that lives inside or that sits outside and just sleeps and cooks inside?
Except when stuck inside on bad weather days, consider that inside is just the base station for being outside…
The bigger that camper is the less likely you are to just pop it on and go for a trip according to opinions of some owners. or will you leave it on all year???
Obviously the above is painted with black paint and you will find lot of variations.
When I camp mostly in good weather, I put 30,000 miles driving with biggest campers on the market.
None of the above happen and you can see my mpg in footnote.
We use TC for comfort and getting stuck in small one for few rainy days can simply suck.
Sure the 360 cameras on new truck are great option when backing or turning and I transfer the tailgate camera on back of the camper to continue the comfort.
