Anyone gone from a Truck Camper to a Super C?

Brad we went full-time in June and ended up with a 5th. wheel and sold the camper. We will get another smaller camper down the road but my wife wanted enough room after downsizing. I think the Super C's are great rigs and would be comfortable it full-time in.

While I can kind of understand your desire to get "out there". Why the extremes? Your specifically asking about a new truck and T/C some of the most compact footprints possible for full timing, and Super C arguably , one of the largest footprints possible.
There are a world of options out there in the middle that most likely are going to include whats right for you.
While there is nothing wrong with either, they are at the extreme ends of the spectrum.
I would suggest you consider;
What you want to do,
How much you want to travel,
How long you will be staying at a given location
Types of location (boondocking,resort RV parks or somewhere in between)
What are you comfortable driving,
Budget,
Determine where you want to go, amenity level you NEED, and then determine how best to achieve it.
Good luck in your search

One thing I realized is that there is not one answer to finding the ultimate RV. If I was fulltiming, I would definitley get something bigger than a TC. I like my TC for few day off grid trips, anything longer it gets a bit much for me.

After mulling over the options to full time between all types of RV's including B+ Sprinters, 5th wheels, C and Super C we chose the truck camper route.(our 4th TC) After this last trip to Alaska we continually remarked on places that we barely got into with a TC that we couldn't have visited with anything bigger.

The newer triple slide campers have all our must have essentials like comfortable bed, decent size shower, decent size kitchen, big TV, comfortable reclining seating, massive storage etc. They can be dropped to roam in the truck more easily like a trailer.

We are in our early 50's so perhaps in time we will go another way.

Every type of RV is a compromise of something. We are meeting more and more people on the road who are in TC's or van campers that came from 5th wheels and large RV's. I'm sure many go the other way as well.

wanderingaimlessly wrote:
There are a world of options out there in the middle that most likely are going to include whats right for you.

I don't want a class A and I need to be able to tow at least a 7,000 lb trailer.

BradW

BradW wrote:

wanderingaimlessly wrote:
There are a world of options out there in the middle that most likely are going to include whats right for you.

I don't want a class A and I need to be able to tow at least a 7,000 lb trailer.

BradW

Adding the 7000 lb trailer you make it tough. Even with the TC side 7000 lb trailer adds 700-1000 lbs to your trucks payload, so that has to be calculated in, for the "C" most seem to be geared to 5000 lb tow capacities. Jayco I knows has a 7000+ cap on mid sized Class C units if thats any help.

Brad,
I don't think the newer people on here know who you are. I've seen several of our getting older (pedo viejo) TC veterans on here go to a class C when the time was right and they no longer need 4WD or the ability to remove the TC. The biggest thing for us oldies with creaky bods is to have an easy ingress and egress. To that goal, the http://www.lazydaze.com/
class C stands out for those that need those age friendly features.
Their website gives no towing parameters that I could find. Those that I've known with a LazyDaze are very happy with them. This is not an endorsement, only an observation. There are a few used ones for sale, but by and large the LazyDaze' are like Subarus: you just pass them down to someone else in the family. There are no dealers for this product. Every item is factory direct. The one I liked was the king/or two twin bed/center bath, 27 foot model.
your long time fan, jefe

He's asking about Super C and they have bigger trucks with larger towing capacity. This Jayco has a 10,000 pound towing capacity and there are probably others larger than this:

Jayco Seneca

Theres no disrespect intended here. My first thought with his original question was something like a BT cruiser, again something not so much a massive increase in size. But the website doesnt readily show tow capacity, I know its at least 5000lbs but beyond that, not sure. Jayco mid sized C's are 7500 lb tow cap, but tongue weight is only 750 so was being cautious.

Brad, I remember following your posts back in the early 2000's. Our Nexus Ghost will be ready for pickup in a couple of weeks. We had a truck camper back in the early 2000's but haven't had it for 10 years. We are now ready to try some longer travel. Wanted something bigger but made the decision for a Super C mostly due to towing capacity. The Ghost, while under 26,000# GVW can tow up to 20,000# (I had ours built with only a 10,000# hitch). We will be able to legally and easily tow out 7,500# Expedition or our 10,000# boat and trailer (probably won't do this much, if at all).
I have a Class A drivers license but my wife, under my strict supervision and training will be able to spell me on proper roads.