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Truck Camper Trip Reports – V3.0

IntroductionThis sticky thread is designed to capture a selection of trip reports members have created over the years. There is a lot of great stuff out there and it would be a real pity for it to be lost because people could no longer find it.Big th...

kohldad by Explorer III
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Air conditioner for my 11 foot truck camper?

We need a small portable Air Conditioner for our old 11 foot TC after a sweltering camping week. Any recommendations? Researching online offers many choices but we cannot vent through the crank out windows and it needs to plug into an AC outlet. A re...

Francis by Explorer
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Photo Thread - Post a Photo of Your Truck Camper Here

Post photos of your truck camper on this thread. Any photo with a truck camper in it is allowable; any brand, any year.If you have a couple of nice truck camper photos from your vacation, feel free to post them here. But, if you have 10, 20, 30 or 1...

BradW by Explorer II
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Moving an abandoned truck camper.

Pretty interesting the lengths that they had to go to to recover an abandoned squatter's truck camper from deep in the woods.https://youtu.be/G7Q0V4KQam8Skidsteer, car hauler, and a 6x6 military rotator crane.Oh and before you say why didn't they use...

mkirsch by Nomad II
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Truck camper and towing

Good morning, I have a 2012 ram 3500 mega cab srw. I am looking at either a northern lite 8.11 or an arctic fox 865 both units 2023. I’m looking for advice on tow setups. Manufacturers don’t seem to list the overhang the campers have and I want to to...

It looks like my truck camper days are over.

It appears that the water heater is what started the fire. I am thrilled that the entire camper didn't go up in flames.Monday morning coming home from work I either had a mini stroke of some kind of seizure. I drove about 15 miles and woke up with my...

specta by Explorer
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Large Truck Campers: how practical?

I just noticed this photo of a TC that is on a for sale site is very large being 18ft overall with 12ft 4 inches floor.How practical are large Truck Campers Off Road? It is actually a Custom build

Steep Off-Road Grade with Truck Camper

Does anyone know how steep of a grade you can drive up on a rough 4x4 road before your camper will slide out of the back of your truck? I think I remember reading once that, due to the friction of the weight of the camper on your truck bed, you could...

carfax for truck campers

So we had a guy that wanted to buy our truck camper, but wanted to see a carfax type report. Without an 18 digit VIN, I don't see anywhere to get a report. Any ideas?

BigSwick by Explorer
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NorCal Mini Truck Camper Rally - April 2023

Alright folks, it is that time of year again to start planning our Spring Mini Truck Camper Rally in Northern California!Last year we had a small group but still had a great time. It was especially nice to catch up with everyone we have met over the ...

adamis by Nomad II
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Truck Camper interior lights

So I bought a camperette for my Ford f150.This thing has no badging or anything for me to get trouble shooting from a manufacturer, etc.So basically I trusted the gentleman who sold it to me, and he stated all lights work, in and out.The camper insid...

Truck to fit camper

We are looking to potentially buy a Host Tahoe SB. This TC is specifically for a Short Bed so I was wondering which 3500/350 non dually will fit the bill. Host says it would weigh a little over 4k with the options plus our own "stuff". I would lik...

Avion truck camper rebuild

I was looking at the thread on rebuilding the Avion that was in the flood. Somewhere in the 400+ pages of posts there might have been a link to my rebuild but I didn’t have the patience to look all through it. So, I’ll post it here, there might be a ...

Choices in non-basement truck campers?

I now have a Palamino Forest River Truck camper with one slide and a basement. This unit has a flat bottom to the back bumper, and would hang over a normal pickup bed 4’. I carry it on an F550 4x4 and custom bed. The bed supports it to the very back...

Honda generator to truck camper

I have a Honda EU2000 I when using it to power my Bigfoot 2500 9-6 Do I need to use my surge protector like to do when Connected to a campground electrical pedestal?Thank you

GULFMAN by Explorer
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