Jammer
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Well we have a thread every month on why to buy a MH instead of a 5er or a 5er instead of a TT or a Ford instead of a Chevy. So why not have a thread espousing the manifold benefits of the truck camper. I'll start.
1. All-road and off-road capability. A truck camper on a 4x4 is impossible to beat if you are camping where ground clearance and traction are a big deal.
2. Practicality in the city. Like the increasingly rare class B, smaller truck campers that don't extend beyond the width and length of the truck carrying them can be maneuvered and parked almost anywhere.
3. Stealth. If you are visiting your inlaws and parked in the driveway you're much less likely to attract attention of the RV haters in the city gov't than you would with, say, a Prevost.
4. Ability to launch a boat. If you like to fish this is really the only way to pull a comfortably sized boat with you and launch it. Class Bs don't have the traction and the As and Cs are, generally, too clumsy
5. No registration or insurance. In most cases though some people might choose to insure the camper itself.
6. Many of the benefits of a TT. You can upgrade the TV, have the TV repaired while living in the camper, change tires yourself, use the TV to haul drywall for the basement project, etc.
1. All-road and off-road capability. A truck camper on a 4x4 is impossible to beat if you are camping where ground clearance and traction are a big deal.
2. Practicality in the city. Like the increasingly rare class B, smaller truck campers that don't extend beyond the width and length of the truck carrying them can be maneuvered and parked almost anywhere.
3. Stealth. If you are visiting your inlaws and parked in the driveway you're much less likely to attract attention of the RV haters in the city gov't than you would with, say, a Prevost.
4. Ability to launch a boat. If you like to fish this is really the only way to pull a comfortably sized boat with you and launch it. Class Bs don't have the traction and the As and Cs are, generally, too clumsy
5. No registration or insurance. In most cases though some people might choose to insure the camper itself.
6. Many of the benefits of a TT. You can upgrade the TV, have the TV repaired while living in the camper, change tires yourself, use the TV to haul drywall for the basement project, etc.