Considering switch from TT to truck camper
We have had a 32ft. travel trailer for five years. Due to some health/mobility issues we no longer want to deal with towing. We are considering getting a truck camper to use with our 2005 Silverado ...
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TT man,
A TC is not a good fit for anyone with mobility or strength woes. The first thing I would do is actually climb in a small hardside (that is actually on a truck) up and down the steps, over and over, and go through ALL the motions of staying in one for a couple weeks. Here is the enemy of mobility:
Of course the first thing to 'try out' would be the bathroom, toilet, shower, sink. Then make sure you can go up and down the stairs and the two big steps up to the bed. Make sure you can do the TC Ballet, with a belly-against-the-wall while your lover passes by. Where will your clothes go? Can you live with that small a fridge?
The lack of floorspace affects people in different ways. We have one of the smallest full featured hardsides around and over the past 14 years have learned to live with it. I offered to get Jeanie a new XP Camper but she deferred saying she was used to this one and it has become a trusted friend on the road.....and it's paid for.
A lot of people have faced the mobility threshold and have switched to a low entry class C to live out the rest of their time in the RV saddle. This only works if you do not need your truck for hauling and can do without it.
A TC is simply not for everyone.
regards, as always, jefe
camping ON the beach in N. Calif. in June 2007. Not a soul around. If you have a 2WD 2500 your entry altitude will be lower than the 4WD Dodge below:
A TC is not a good fit for anyone with mobility or strength woes. The first thing I would do is actually climb in a small hardside (that is actually on a truck) up and down the steps, over and over, and go through ALL the motions of staying in one for a couple weeks. Here is the enemy of mobility:
Of course the first thing to 'try out' would be the bathroom, toilet, shower, sink. Then make sure you can go up and down the stairs and the two big steps up to the bed. Make sure you can do the TC Ballet, with a belly-against-the-wall while your lover passes by. Where will your clothes go? Can you live with that small a fridge?
The lack of floorspace affects people in different ways. We have one of the smallest full featured hardsides around and over the past 14 years have learned to live with it. I offered to get Jeanie a new XP Camper but she deferred saying she was used to this one and it has become a trusted friend on the road.....and it's paid for.
A lot of people have faced the mobility threshold and have switched to a low entry class C to live out the rest of their time in the RV saddle. This only works if you do not need your truck for hauling and can do without it.
A TC is simply not for everyone.
regards, as always, jefe
camping ON the beach in N. Calif. in June 2007. Not a soul around. If you have a 2WD 2500 your entry altitude will be lower than the 4WD Dodge below:
