Upsizing from a Truck Top Camper?

[Bill001]

Hi

Have may folks found that a truck top camper was just too small for full time RVing and switched to a 5th wheel?

If so, do you miss the greater access the truck top gave you or is the 5ver still adequate for your boon docking adventures?

Thanks,
Bill

[Bill001]

Yes a TC would be a solid 6000lbs of payload plus the very heavy dually truck required for that... The late model large sliders are big and heavy, but would that be big enough for full time life.? Then one would likely need a flatbed with metal cabinets to have more storage space unless one pulls trailer..... that space is already in the bottom of the 5th wheel.

It seems the 5th wheel is must more livable. More space, more water, more gas.

[agesilaus]

By Truck Top do you mean one that fits in the bed of a pickup. Some of those are larger than you think but I wouldn't want to full time in one. But there is a forum here for those Truck Campers (TC). The larger ones require large dual rear wheel pickups. That style of camper is probably best for boondocking and camping in the out country.

Fivers are limited to areas with at the minimum a good dirt road whereas TC can go almost anywhere the truck can go. That's keeping in mind how high the TC is. So yes we sort of miss out on not having a TC but after spending months in a fiver I suspect that the TC would start shrinking fairly quickly. And you give up huge amounts of storage and tankage.