Comments on: Truck Camper Trumps Other Types of RVs Including Vans https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/ 2024 Truck Camper News, Reviews, and Buyer Guides Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Steve & Cheryl Retired Adventures https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-10979 Sun, 01 May 2022 14:22:25 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-10979 We enjoy the solitude found after traversing a road RVs and Trailers don’t go.

Trail Creek Road outside of Ketchum Idaho is another one with signs discouraging trailers. Since we tow our Jeep, I prefer to unhitch and drive separately when we encounter unfamiliar terrain esp marked with a warning sign. Turns out a long trailer would be a challenge up and down the side of the mountain only when the road narrows which was minimal along the stretch.

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By: Motrhed https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-10978 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 22:20:39 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-10978 In reply to Don.

Having had numerous hard side truck campers from half ton size up to an F450, all with air bags, the large multi slide units are not safely suitable for anything rougher than a regularly maintained gravel road. We have always taken the less travelled roads and found the “hippo-hipped” lux TC to be cumbersome and restricted our travel due to the extra height, width, weight, and extreme overhang. The luxurious space was nice but not worth missing out on the remote spots.

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By: Mello Mike https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-10968 Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:37:07 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-10968 In reply to Scott F.

Most yes, but not all. You need 4WD to get out of deep sand and there’s lots of it on the Bradshaw Trail and lots of other 4WD roads.

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By: Scott F https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-10967 Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:09:47 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-10967 We are planning to purchase a truck camper for retirement, so I’ve been doing plenty of research. Our primary reason is – 1. I will always have a truck for multiple reasons 2. We want to be able to pull a fishing boat. Lately, I’ve been looking at Class B vans. I like the idea of a lower profile, better gas mileage, etc. We definitely plan to explore and boondock for the vast majority of our day and overnight camping. Do you think all, or most, of these places could have been accessed with a van without 4×4? So, probably lower ground clearance than a truck…since the trucks I own will always have 4wd.

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By: Mello Mike https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-10470 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:26:19 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-10470 In reply to Bryan.

Thanks, Bryan. We agree. 🙂

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By: Bryan https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-10468 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:36:01 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-10468 Having lived in an RV full-time for 12 years before going ‘off the road’ and moving to a truck camper, we can testify to the frustration we often felt when encountering those “NO RV” signs. Couldn’t complain, as we had chosen that lifestyle. But now we never, ever pass up a road saying, “I wonder where that goes?” It is one of the best parts of truck camping, if not the greatest!

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By: Mello Mike https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-6699 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:28:19 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-6699 In reply to Dumb Mick.

Mick,
An EarthRoamer, which is on a Ford F-550 4×4 SRW chassis with size 41 tires, could do the Bradshaw Trail, but I wouldn’t recommend doing it in a standard long-bed dually with a Mammoth. We had a one-ton, short-bed dually with an Arctic Fox 811 try it and it got a flat tire on one of the inner duals. His rear jack also scraped on a few steep drop offs.

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By: Jay https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-6698 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:07:46 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-6698 Hi Mike,
Your doing a great job here. Learning a lot and find so many cool places to go. We are going Canyonlands in May. I see your picture on that trail. How hard was that trail? Is there boon docking? Where do pick the trail up?
Thanks Jay

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By: Dumb Mick https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-6694 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:48:05 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-6694 1. I fail to see how a 4×4 F550 couldn’t make a drive that a SRW F350 could, overhead clearance notwithstanding.
2. The pic of your rig at La Poel looks about a foot lower than a Host Mammoth. Did you only bately make it?
3. I also fail to see how a F550’s CG is significantly higher than a SRW F350’s with a lighter camper. There’s a lot more steel down low on the big rig.

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By: Mello Mike https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-6642 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:15:10 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-6642 In reply to Don.

Yes, Don, I agree a sway bar like the Hellwig Big Wig can go a long ways toward eliminating sway and keeping things even in off-camber situations, but you can’t take it too far, obviously. There comes a point when even a Big Wig can’t resist the forces of a 11,000 truck camper rig tilting too much. 😉

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By: Mello Mike https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-6640 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:12:02 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-6640 In reply to Andrew Robinson.

No, not all all. A low-profile hard-side with a SRW truck can do these, but not a long-bed, crewcab dually with a triple-slide out like the Mammoth. It’s a great camper, but not one I would take on rugged 4×4 roads or places with low-hanging tree branches like those found at La Poel.

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By: Andrew Robinson https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/truck-camper-trumps-other-types-of-rvs/#comment-6639 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:02:34 +0000 https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/?p=35305#comment-6639 I enjoyed the above about specific spots you have travelled in your truck camper. A quick question would you transit any of those spots with a dually and a “larger” camper such as a Host Mammoth? Thanks

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