Host Mammoth on this truck and bed??

[Pete_k]

Looking for info on hauling a Host Mammoth on my Kodiak C5500. Top of the bed above the tires is 36" from the ground. The bed its self is 9 ft and from the bed to the top of the cab is around 60". It has a rack on front and a 150 gallon fuel tank. Figure the fuel tank will have to be swapped out for a different one. The center of the bed is dropped down where the Gooseneck and 5th wheel is mounted now. If I had to I think the center could be lowered 4" and widened out some and allow the floor of the T/C to fit into it. But would have to know the width of the bottom of the unit to be sure on that.
Here's a few pics of the bed and truck.





As you can see the center is 40" wide and can be widened up to 48" easy and can go to 54" if need be. That would drop the camper down 5" more then sitting up on top.
Pete

[mkirsch]

Like others have said you will probably need to raise the camper significantly for the cabover to clear the truck cab. I estimate about 12". With AC, I suspect you will be pushing 14' tall, which means running around a LOT of bridges.

[SoCalDesertRid1]

That's a really cool truck, and a very nice hauler bed too. 🙂

Instead of trying to modify the hauler bed to make it fit a camper, I would remove the bed and replace it with a simple flatbed, 8' long, with only a short front wall, to the bottom of the rear cab window. Mount the flatbed, so it is spaced up from the truck's frame rails high enough that the camper can sit right on the flatbed deck, and the front overhang of the camper can clear the cab roof by 2 to 4 inches.

This will make it much simpler to mount the camper and you can sell your nice hauler bed to recoup the cost of the flat bed, or keep it and re-use it at some future time.

[HMS_Beagle]

I think Host will customize it to some extent, if you ask.

[NRALIFR]

Pete, before I'd modify such a cool looking truck to the extent necessary to haul a standard truck camper that's built to be hauled on a standard pickup, I'd at least explore having a custom, removable box built for your truck.

As mentioned already, the bed to cab height on your truck is the big problem. You are going to have to raise the bed of your truck about 15" to get any camper to clear your cab. The Host Mammoth is a basement camper, and is therefore pretty tall already. The top of the air conditioner might end up exceeding 13'6" when it's sitting on the truck if you raise the bed.

I know there are companies that do that kind of custom work, Space Craft Mfg. in Concordia, MO is one. I thought they used to have some pictures of a custom TC on their website, but I don't see any now. That was a few years back. A properly configured box taking advantage of all the room and GVWR available on your truck wouldn't need to extend up over the cab at all. You might even be able to keep your fuel tank.

Just my .02 anyhoo.

:):)

[Pete_k]

Thanks guys, the Stacks would be taken off. Been meaning to take them off the last 2 years. But just have not taken the time to remove them yet. Some people told me with them on there. The front of the 5th wheel, would be black. But never has that issue yet. Only good thing about those stacks, man the cummins sounds good in it.
Kodiak/Cummins
Will try to get some info on doing this from the few that have one mounted on a Kodiak or semi. But with a 6000+ T/C on back of this camper. It would not know its there, and run up any grade without breathing hard.
But then again I have to talk my wife into going back to a T/C first. But she also loved being able to pull over anywhere for the night with out old T/c. Or set up in the smallest sites. Where now there's few we can fit into.
I would have to remove the Auto Tracking Sat dish from the roof of the truck though. Its 5" higher then the top of the cab. But could add it to the T/C then hook up to the truck. But then again I can't watch TV while driving. So the rest should not watch it.
Pete

[Grit_dog]

Awesome truck. Not the right setup to load an off the shelf pickup camper onto.

[mike_kellie]

My base is 48.5" wide. Height to floor over bed rails is 22". Length of bottom is 8'9.5". I have 2" bumpers on the front so 9' is close before you crush the dropped walls or wings at side entry and generator housing.

[KD4UPL]

First, that is a really cool truck.
I see several problems with hauling a TC. Mainly the cab is too tall. You wouldn't want to drop the camper any. You'd probably need to raise it up to clear the cab. On my camper the distance from the bottom of the camper (that would sit on the bed) to the bottom of the cabover (that would need to clear the cab) is just under 48".
Also, the location of your exhaust stacks, assuming they're functional, would be blowing hot exhaust right up on the front of the camper. I suspect it would at best turn the camper black and at worst melt it.
If you can loose the stacks and get a level bed floor about the height of the back part of your aux. fuel tank it might work.

[lawrosa]

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