Truck camper or 5th wheel

truck campers are a great option, but do yourself a favor.  if you have to buy a truck anyways, buy a dual rear wheel f350 and be done with it.  this will open the door to so many more layouts of truck campers and give you the extra capacity you need to tow the boat as well.  I have both a 5th wheel and a truck camper, and we use the 5th wheel 1 or 2 times a year and the camper is used the rest of the time..  and we probably would have sold the 5th wheel by now if it wasnt part of the retirment plan for going to the US in the winters.  still might...  as for the dogs, what are you defining as small?  if you look for a camper with at least 1 slide that will open up a lot of floor space.  we camp with a 90lb yellow lab and no slide and it is chalanging some times 😁..  we are looking at a new camper that has a slide and that alone opens up a lot more floor space so you don't have to step over the big doogs.. small dogs will be easier..

what I like about the truck camper is when you are not doing your big hollidays you can do weekend trips to places 5th wheels cant get to, some of the best lakes I have been to a motorhome, 5th, trailer, or 2WD car wouldnt make it into.