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Shadow Cruiser Truck Campers

csh_2088
Explorer II
Explorer II
Has anyone ever owned on of these or have any knowledge of them? I have seen some of them for sale but they are older and want to know if they are a quality build.
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JimBollman
Explorer
Explorer
I had a 2005 Shadow Cruiser Popup and was very happy with it. Used it till 4 years ago when My wife was having trouble getting in the upper bunk because of bad knees so I switched to a class B. I never had any problems with leaks. I did do some mods to it to make it more like I wanted it.

towpro
Explorer
Explorer
I owned one (used) in the late 90's, they are not different than any of the other campers out there, they all leak the same which causes rot.
But mine served its purpose, a place for me to sleep at Motorcycle races.
2022 Ford F150
Sold: 2016 Arctic Fox 990, 2018 Ram 3500, 2011 Open Range
Sold Forest River Forester 2401R Mercedes Benz. when campsites went from $90 to $190 per night.

notsobigjoe
Nomad III
Nomad III
csh_2088 wrote:
Thanks for all the advice.


What model are you looking at csh, I'm retired and have time to surf. Maybe some more info....

csh_2088
Explorer II
Explorer II
Thanks for all the advice.

mellow
Explorer
Explorer
I had a 95 M-11, they are decent campers. I had to redo the roof on mine due to the previous owner letting it leak, but once I replaced that it was good to go. I grew tired of always hitting my head on the ceiling getting out of the bed and traded it in for a bigger/taller Lance.
2002 F-350 7.3 Lariat 4x4 DRW ZF6
2008 Lance 1191 - 220w of solar - Bring on the sun!

mkirsch
Nomad II
Nomad II
According to JD Power's pricing guide Shadow Cruisers were made from 1989 to 1999. So the age of the camper can range from 23 to 34 years.

If the camper is still intact, solid, and working after that amount of time, the build quality had to have been pretty **** good, and the owner took pretty **** good care of it.

Putting 10-ply tires on half ton trucks since aught-four.

notsobigjoe
Nomad III
Nomad III
I agree with Grit dog. If it's in good shape it's worth what your interested in paying for it. I never had one and I don't recall a ton of info out there because of it's age, but here is some info I found.
https://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/10612-shadow-cruiser-truck-camper/
https://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/shadow-cruiser-pop-up-truck-camper-1800-or-open-for-trade.114377/
https://used-campers.forsale/shadow-cruiser-truck-camper/
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27857674/print/true.cfm
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29350194/print/true.cfm

There are many more links just to get an idea, Cheers!
Joe

Grit_dog
Navigator
Navigator
Idk when they quit making them and you donโ€™t mention a year model but if itโ€™s old and itโ€™s still in one piece and not water damages then itโ€™s about as quality as you going to find in any old camper.
If all the stuff works too then even better.
2016 Ram 2500, MotorOps.ca EFIlive tuned, 5โ€ turbo back, 6" lift on 37s
2017 Heartland Torque T29 - Sold.
Couple of Arctic Fox TCs - Sold