I've wanted a TC ever since 1966 when my neighbors bought a brand new one along with a new F-250 to haul it on.
We camped for years in the back of my pickup with our Coleman stove, lamp, water jugs and sleeping bags.
Years go by and we decided that we needed a shower, toilet and a few more amenities and bought a 1969 Excel TT.
MY truck was a dual-fuel and with an 80 gallon LP tank in the bed there was no way a TC was going to work.
In Sept 2005 I bought this 1972 F-250 Camper Special with only 31,000 miles on it with a 1963 Gold Coast 49er TC.
As much as I liked the camper we had put soo much work into our vintage TT I gave the TC to my daughter.
I painted the original dark brown on the TT Sequoia Brown Metallic to match the truck.
Life goes on and things come and go as did the truck and later on the TT. 😞
More years go by and I bought this used PU with full intensions of buying a TC.
A few more years go by and I finally bought my first real TC.
This 1996 Skyline WeedEnder.
I really liked this camper but later found out the previous owners never took very good care of it and it had tons of wood rot and the cabover began to sag only a year and a half after buying it. :M 😞
July 2019 I saw this one for sale at an RV dealership.
I did a walk thru with a good friend on the phone who was the Lance dealership here in Utah for years.
He told me all about it and where to look for what.
I liked it, bought it and dumped a ton more money into it. :B
For me its perfect. It has everything I want and need in a TC and I do prefer my ATV on a trailer rather than in the back of the pickup.
Not sure that I really have 5 reasons why its better than the other types of RVs. I just like it better.
We camped for years in the back of my pickup with our Coleman stove, lamp, water jugs and sleeping bags.
Years go by and we decided that we needed a shower, toilet and a few more amenities and bought a 1969 Excel TT.
MY truck was a dual-fuel and with an 80 gallon LP tank in the bed there was no way a TC was going to work.
In Sept 2005 I bought this 1972 F-250 Camper Special with only 31,000 miles on it with a 1963 Gold Coast 49er TC.
As much as I liked the camper we had put soo much work into our vintage TT I gave the TC to my daughter.
I painted the original dark brown on the TT Sequoia Brown Metallic to match the truck.
Life goes on and things come and go as did the truck and later on the TT. 😞
More years go by and I bought this used PU with full intensions of buying a TC.
A few more years go by and I finally bought my first real TC.
This 1996 Skyline WeedEnder.
I really liked this camper but later found out the previous owners never took very good care of it and it had tons of wood rot and the cabover began to sag only a year and a half after buying it. :M 😞
July 2019 I saw this one for sale at an RV dealership.
I did a walk thru with a good friend on the phone who was the Lance dealership here in Utah for years.
He told me all about it and where to look for what.
I liked it, bought it and dumped a ton more money into it. :B
For me its perfect. It has everything I want and need in a TC and I do prefer my ATV on a trailer rather than in the back of the pickup.
Not sure that I really have 5 reasons why its better than the other types of RVs. I just like it better.
Feel free to add your list of the top 5 advantages of a TC.
In all fairness,a small Class C will do almost everything a truck camper can and has more room..Don't get me wrong,I have a TC because the Class C couldn't take the roads I travel nearly as well as a TC,but for those traveling mostly on pavement and maintained back roads,a small Class C is an option..
Reasons I sold the Class C to get another
1-Kept scraping the rear bumper/tanks.
2-Did not hold up as well on really bad roads with the frame mounting of the camper..
3-Could not take off the camper to have a pickup..LOL
4-To high and wide for the area's I go..
