Using your truck camper jacks
Not having purchased a TC or truck yet, I continue to read, ask questions and listen to the folks with experience. I was talking with the brother of a friend who has been truck camping for the la...
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I have loaded and unloaded my truck camper several times. The loading is, for me, a slow process. I get out of the truck and check things several times to be certain that I am not about to bend, break, scratch, or otherwise destroy something. So far I have never had a problem. With my old TC with hand powered jacks it was a much more time consuming process and the jacks/legs were somewhat wobbly. With my new TC with electric, remote controlled, jacks it is much easier, faster, and sturdier. I had never seen the loading method referenced in a post above, but plan to implement it the next time I take my camper off the truck.
You stated it has been recommended that you should get a Class C instead of a TC. I guess it depends on your travel plans. My wife and I have taveled approximately 90,000 miles in a truck camper rig. We only took it off twice while traveling. Once to repair the camper and once to have repairs done on the truck. Last year we thought about buying a small Class C. We had decided to do so and were ready to write the check. The night before we were scheduled to meet with the salesman, we started talking about all of the places we had taken our truck camper that we would not have been able to, or confident enough to, go without the having 4 wheel drive and the smaller size rig. We bought a new truck camper instead.
When we are traveling with the TC we seldom spend more than one night in any one place and we usually are in the TC only at night to eat dinner and sleep. We have a fifth wheel for trips where we spend a lot of time in one place camping with friends. This helps.
You stated it has been recommended that you should get a Class C instead of a TC. I guess it depends on your travel plans. My wife and I have taveled approximately 90,000 miles in a truck camper rig. We only took it off twice while traveling. Once to repair the camper and once to have repairs done on the truck. Last year we thought about buying a small Class C. We had decided to do so and were ready to write the check. The night before we were scheduled to meet with the salesman, we started talking about all of the places we had taken our truck camper that we would not have been able to, or confident enough to, go without the having 4 wheel drive and the smaller size rig. We bought a new truck camper instead.
When we are traveling with the TC we seldom spend more than one night in any one place and we usually are in the TC only at night to eat dinner and sleep. We have a fifth wheel for trips where we spend a lot of time in one place camping with friends. This helps.
