Adding toolboxes to the sides

Thanks will do, about to be in Whitehorse, YK so I should have better internet.

re: mkirsch

check out https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/14122053/srt/pa/pging/1/page/139.cfm

third pic up from the bottom

Sounds like a plan, lol.

Yes, that would be the ideal setup. Spot-on.

^ That would be my ultimate expedition setup as well. (I might have a Dodge though.... lol).
Look at a setup like Bedlams on here and then scale back the camper and truck to your needs.
The more I think about it, a Dually makes all the sense in the world for what you’re doing. First is the security of extra tires and stability. If you bring one spare, youactually have 3 spares if absolutely necessary. Second, dually tires are typically smaller, less expensive and those sizes are super common and I’d imagine more readily available than if you shoed up a SRW with big tough tires.

Here's the combination I would recommend:

1. F350 DRW 4x4 diesel or gas, you don't need 1000ft-lbs of torque to move a truck camper so a 7.3L diesel would be fine.
2. Flat bed.
3. 9.5' floor length camper. A camper this size will be light enough that you can load up elsewhere.
4. Aluminum tool boxes to fill in the spaces under the camper wings. The kind you see mounted to the bed rails on contractor's pickup trucks.
5. Aluminum tool boxes hung under the bed if you need additional storage and can spare the clearance. Maybe low profile to maximize clearance.

An alternative to tool boxes on a flatebed I built full length side doors out of pt ply . They give me 21"x21"x96" storage on both sides with less than 50# added weight . They are lockable but not waterproof . I use waterproof plastic bins of various sizes . Very versatile . Picture in profile . Just a thought .

Just had the wife looking at a Lance 825 which has a gross weight of 2000 lbs, even said you could use a Toyota, Nissan, or F150 with it. Point being she thinks something around that size would work. That being said I still want the toolboxes and an F250/F350. We used to backpack around the world, with small backpacks too. We don't need anything huge but we'll likely go a bit bigger than that.

One thing with a srw is if you drop the TC it's now narrower than the dually. I'd like to be able to drop the TC every now and then. Hell maybe I should just find a very small hard sideded off-road trailer. I might just consider that.

Anyone here who's actually had a truck with the toolbox setup? Like it? Hate it? World have dinner something differently the second time around? Prefer something else altogether? Anyone drive these or of the country, and USA north doesn't count, lol. I'd like to get some info from people who have actually driven some of these rigs. I know some of you who already posted have.

It seems like I've seen quite a few of them in areas where expedition type vehicles are found, and that's what I'm looking for really, just much cheaper. I can get a truck for ~10k and a camper for ~5k and have plenty of money to make whatever modifications I want versus ~100k+ for one of those sweet German expedition vehicles I see around(and that would probably be a good deal on a pretty old one, plus you can't drop them and use them as a pickup).