Where are all the Truck Campers ?

[K_Mac]

Took a scenic route 850 mi. to Columbus,Oh. from the Hudson Valley of N.Y., for my daughters graduation. Along the way saw roughly 8 TT's ,2 dozen MH's, 2 dozen 5th wheels, but not one single TC. Usually about, 10 % of the RV's I see are TC's.Guess their all waiting for the weekend to hit the road,or their where they want to be all-ready.Love this TC life,just Turtleing along. Happy trails.

[WVbassmistress]

Funny...I have really been keeping my eyes peeled since getting the TC and in this area they are REALLY scarce. Locally, I will be lucky to see 1-2 in a month. I live on a 4 lane US highway that leads to one of the premier ATV trail systems in the country. We seen vehicles from all over the midwest & east. You would think that hauling those would be a perfect match for a TC, but usually you will see groups with a huge 5-er and another vehicle hauling 4-6 ATV on a trailer. Odd....no lone wolves in the crowd.

When we took our rig to Alabama, it seemed like every time we stopped, someone would come up and talk to us about it. I feel like an Ambassador!!!!

[JoeChiOhki]

2BLAZERS wrote:
They are all on my side of the country, lots out at the Oregon Coast this past weekend and we were one of them....

Yeah, that pretty much sums up what I said a while ago. 🙂

Where are all the Truck Campers? Over where there's lots of public lands :).

[2BLAZERS]

They are all on my side of the country, lots out at the Oregon Coast this past weekend and we were one of them....

[SRT]

kohldad wrote:
Mine has been stuck in the storage yard for the last month until yesterday. Haven't been able to travel much waiting on my youngest to graduate tech which was last night. Then I have the upcoming wedding of my oldest which I will be using the TC as my base.

But, even when I do get to traveling, you won't find me on the interstates as I prefer the back roads. And I really really prefer the back roads where I hardly see folks.

From my last trip in GA. Those are my tracks you see in the road as I was stopped by a huge mud puddle that I refused to attempt until I get the winch install finished so had to turn around.

Wow, looks like a channelized stream bed. Hate to be on that during a heavy rain.:E

[dubob]

elkhornsun wrote:
A camper requires a special heavy duty truck and lots of add ons and provides the least amount of space and weight capacity for ones dollar. Unless people want the gain in mobility or have need for the truck as a work vehicle when the camper is not loaded in the bed a conventional travel trailer is a more economical choice. For towing a boat a motorhome provides more space, no need to crawl up to get into bed, greater load capacity, and more comfort.

Compare the cost of a 1-ton pickup for hauling the camper to the cost of a 1/2 ton pickup to tow a trailer, and not just the initial purchase price but also the cost for tires and fuel, and every aspect of using a camper involves greater cost for the owner.

I was traveling the past couple weeks and counted 49 5th wheel trailers, 64 conventional trailers, and 4 truck campers on the highway. I did not count motorhomes but there were definitely more than 4, though trailers were out in far greater numbers.

I don’t mean to pick a fight with you Elkhorn, but what is the purpose of your post? Is it a tongue-in-cheek satire or negative on purpose? If you want to tow a boat for fishing in remote areas of the country and camp in small government campgrounds (federal OR state) and be able to launch the boat without breaking down your campsite and setting it back up every day over an extended stay (say a week) then all of the options you listed suck. I’ve owned every common type of RV except a Class B motorhome and have decided that there absolutely is no perfect RV that will meet all of my requirements. But for traveling to the many state and federal reservoirs within a day’s drive of my home, setting up a campsite only once on any size available campsite, and launching and retrieving my boat every day without disrupting the campsite, I’ve found the TC to be the very best compromise.

[elkhornsun]

A camper requires a special heavy duty truck and lots of add ons and provides the least amount of space and weight capacity for ones dollar. Unless people want the gain in mobility or have need for the truck as a work vehicle when the camper is not loaded in the bed a conventional travel trailer is a more economical choice. For towing a boat a motorhome provides more space, no need to crawl up to get into bed, greater load capacity, and more comfort.

Compare the cost of a 1-ton pickup for hauling the camper to the cost of a 1/2 ton pickup to tow a trailer, and not just the initial purchase price but also the cost for tires and fuel, and every aspect of using a camper involves greater cost for the owner.

I was traveling the past couple weeks and counted 49 5th wheel trailers, 64 conventional trailers, and 4 truck campers on the highway. I did not count motorhomes but there were definitely more than 4, though trailers were out in far greater numbers.

[AnEv942]

Sometimes hard to see


But if you look were out there..


Traveling thru eastern Utah the last couple of weeks, Ive never seen so many T/Cs. Get back on the hiway there far and few betweeen.

[dubob]

They outnumber all other RVs combined at the Glen Canyon NRA (Lake Powell) Bullfrog Campground. Here's mine down there two days ago.

[noxinnhoj]

I have seen so many t.c,s around here this weekend,its crazy.Me and the dw went for a walk earlier and we saw a brand new adventurer on a new ford,rental for sure as it had a fraserway decal on the back.the germans keep them busy around here !!

[1stgenfarmboy]

I think the big reason you don't see many is that most camping folks think alike, and they haven't tried one on for size, for those of us that have tried everything know to man to camp in, almost all of us have went back to or stayed with the TC, we can go anywhere we want, and if you already need a bigger truck it's the most logical and economical.

we all know we can buy a new TT for what we paid for a used TC, we just choose to go this way.

[RobertRyan]

I have seen a few Conventional ones on any trip down the Eastern Coastal areas of Australia,

[kohldad]

Mine has been stuck in the storage yard for the last month until yesterday. Haven't been able to travel much waiting on my youngest to graduate tech which was last night. Then I have the upcoming wedding of my oldest which I will be using the TC as my base.

But, even when I do get to traveling, you won't find me on the interstates as I prefer the back roads. And I really really prefer the back roads where I hardly see folks.

From my last trip in GA. Those are my tracks you see in the road as I was stopped by a huge mud puddle that I refused to attempt until I get the winch install finished so had to turn around.

[SkipJ]

When we got somewhat north of SE MI last year saw more TC's than on our normal travel. All we have is national and state forests with designated camping areas. Still nicer than commercial campgrounds in privacy.
SkipJ

[Sheriffdoug]

I saw two here last week in Perth, Western Australia and sometimes it's months before you see another!