Looking for truck camper answers
We are just beginning to look at the idea of truck camping, and I have a couple of very basic questions. When you are camped and want to visit nearby areas, do you unload the camper or take it around ...
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KD4UPL wrote:
I owned a pop-up Palamino and it was as described, flake board and flimsy, but, mine was from the 80's.
I unload my camper if I have a lot of running around to do or to launch and retreive the boat. Also, I found out that some ammusement parks charge more to park an RV, without the camper on I'm just a truck.
Most TC have generators but not all. Look at 3500 trucks minimum, dually if you want a larger camper. 1500 and many 2500 trucks just won't carry enough weight. Many campers will even overload a lot of older duallys.
Was a blanket statement that don't apply to the after 2010 Palomino's. Read the post before yours, he has one like mine as well and it's a solid (not flimsy) unit, 3/4" CDX plywood bottom, steel channels under that. No flex at all.
The early ones were basic campers, thrown together with minimal construction techniques and priced accordingly but the post 2010 models are very well built. I know, I run mine off road 95% of the time and nothing has loosened up, no squeaks, no leaks, no issues.
Having said that, the Palomino's advertized weight is typical pie-in-the -sky. My sticker dry weight is 1970. It actually weighs 2300 but no news there, most weigh mire than claimed weight anyway. Just load accordingly with a compatible truck.
It grates me when someone posts something they know little about other than what they read somewhere. I own one, I know and I am very happy with it and so is my wife and she is the one that really counts, I'm just the driver.
What was built in the 80's and now... No comparison in build quality at all.
