Rental

[Colefishing]

Does any one know if any dealers in central Alabama rent tc's to get my feet wet!!!

[wintersun]

Campers on 1-ton trucks can be rented in Canada. Great vacation to rent a camper/truck in Calgary for a week or two in some exceedingly beautiful country. The camper experience is a bonus. Rates are much lower in September and weather is still very nice.

[MrPhelps]

Its hard enough just to find TC's to look at here in Alabama. I don't know of any dealers in the whole state. There is a Lance dealer in Georgia west of Atlanta I think. I had to go to Indiana just to see the model I ultimately bought. That dealer no longer exists by the way.

Perhaps you should modify your expectations for "getting your feet wet" by using one as a rental and instead find a dealer to look at some models to examine the TC as more of a "thought experiment" (not as fun as the real deal for sure!). I got a dealership in Nashville (also no longer exists) to load one on a truck and let me test drive it to get the feel of the combo before I took the plunge on both truck and camper.

Good Luck.

[Sheriffdoug]

Only TC & Pickup hire company is Frasweway RV. Go to www.fraserwayrv.com

[WVbassmistress]

hey..if you are near Guntersville...you pay for the hotel and you can come stay in ours for a few days! I love that area. We have a baby TC, but I got it was to see if we liked the lifestyle without tossing too much money into it.

Just say when!!!

[mkirsch]

Maybe in Alaska, but no well-known rental places in the lower 48, that's for sure.

sabconsulting only explored the tip of the iceberg with regards to the liabilities and pitfalls of renting just a TC, and when you're talking about a TC and a truck, a Class C motor home will cover the renter's needs 99.9% of the time, and is infinitely more marketable.

Just think, almost every 1/2 ton on the market needs to have airbags or some other helper spring setup to handle ANY TC at all. How many of your truck-driving friends, who do NOT camp, have airbags on their Tundra/F150/Silverado/RAM 1500 "just in case" they want to rent a TC someday?

Think about it for yourself... Would you want to go to the expense of installing airbags or helper springs for what is possibly a one-time event?

How many guys own 3/4 or 1 ton trucks as daily drivers, and don't use them for ANYTHING? Not for towing, not for work, not for hauling a TC... They just like riding around getting 12MPG and beating their spines to pieces... NOT.

[rickjo]

At my last check, quite some time back, rental TCs were only available in Alaska. TCs are VERY popular there and the market supports folks who fly up and rent the truck/TC combo. Very pricey too because of the short season and wear and tear in that environment.

Here's one example:

abcmotorhome

Rick

[sabconsulting]

I did a search last year to find a truck camper rental near Denver but failed to find one (I think there was a company in SFO). I was after a company renting a TC + truck.

So I don't expect you will be very lucky.

There would also be the issue of people reserving a camper and turning up with an unsuitable vehicle (wrong length load bed; insufficient over cab clearance; no tie-down points: C-rated tires; orders a Lance 1050, turns up to collect it in a 2001 F150 SVT Lightning, etc).

So it seems to me there is too small a market combined with too many pitfalls to make a viable rental business.

However, never say never, and you might get lucky.

Another option (depending upon how hands-on you are): Assuming you could rent one, it is probably going to cost at least $500 per week. Alternatively could you find an old camper for sale for the same / less money? You could try it out for the season and throw it away afterwards (or sell it). You'd then have a better idea of whether a TC was for you and what you really need in a TC so when you go to buy you can be confident you are making the right choice.

Steve.

[popeyemth]

You won't find any rentals because the mounting is truck specific and not cheap

[Colefishing]

Camper only

[robsouth]

Are you seeking to rent a TC already mounted on a truck, or one that you can have mounted on your truck?