Travel Lite truck campers?

[Frusdniw]

Anyone have experience with their products? They’re new and their website is pretty janky. Very little info and confusing specs. No descriptions or photos of the truck campers. I see some new 2024 models for sale on various websites but not many. Where are they manufactured?

 

[old RV guy]

They're not new and a simple google search says they're manufactured in Syracuse, Indiana. There's a dealer locator on their website.

 

[Domo]

We owned a pull-behind and had a few major safety issues - but that was years ago...

Surely they have improved - please inspect every nut and bolt, over, under and sideways as with any RV-related purchase.

 

[Sunnyfalls]

Travel Lite has been around on and off for several years. They have also had quality control issues like most RV manufacturers too.

https://www.truckcamperadventure.co...mper,sources including dealers and suppliers.

We considered this truck camper approach before going with our lightweight, small Casita trailer. However, the truck camper approach has the major disadvantage that all motorhomes have...namely that you either have to move your "home" whenever you need to go out for recreation or for supplies...or you need to bring along another vehicle to avoid having to do so. So this approach didn't pass the common sense test and was a non starter for us.

 

[CharlesinGA]

We considered this truck camper approach before going with our lightweight, small Casita trailer. However, the truck camper approach has the major disadvantage that all motorhomes have...namely that you either have to move your "home" whenever you need to go out for recreation or for supplies...or you need to bring along another vehicle to avoid having to do so. So this approach didn't pass the common sense test and was a non starter for us.

I disagree. My travel buddy used to have a decent sized boat, and a truck camper. He loaded the Lance camper, hitched up the boat, and went to Pensacola (usually) and disconncted the boat, offloaded the camper in the campsite, and hitched up and went to the boat ramp and launched. After he stopped taking the boat he finally sold the Lance and eventually decided the long bed dually was too much and sold it in favor of a newer RAM 2500 4x4. He now has a rig he likes. His third try. First was a 30 ft Avion, nice, just too long, if it were 25-26 ft he'd still have it. Then a Winnebago micro minnie, too small but was cheap, and now a Forest River Surveyor 25 ft.

Some people are afraid to offload the camper, to him it was normal, load for the trip, offload at the destination, reload, then offload at home, never a problem.

Charles

 

[Professor David]

We had a truck camper in the 90s. Loved it and it was very easy to get groceries and such without unloading. With the truck camper on a good 4x4 truck, we could get into some remote areas for amazing fishing. Lance makes a good one with used Lance truck campers readily available and very affordable. We bought ours used. I think the previous owner uses it only a few times. Smelled new when we bought it.

 

[PancakeBill]

We are on TC#5. When we first started we would unload and use the truck, after a season or tow and going for groceries, and having to rush back for refridgrerated items, we realized it was easier to just drive the TC to the store and put groceries away. Easy enough to disconnect power and water if connected.

 

[jfeexcavating]

Well, i can say they are not a well built unit at all. They advertise insulation in the walls and floor of r7 I believe it was. It is R.5 if you are lucky. After maybe 20 sleeps I had to rebuild my bed over the truck cab because it was nearly sagged onto the roof of my truck. My girlfriend and I have a combined weight of 280Lbs. we are NOT big people. From the factory the propane lines leaked, the water lines leaked, the radio was miss wired, there was metal and wood shavings everywhere, faulty caulking and just careless installation everywhere. Upon rebuilding my bed area I found half of it had no insulation at all and the quality of the build was terrible, they are cheap for a reason. If you have a plan on keeping it, spend the money on one with an aluminum frame or an artic fox, bigfoot etc.

 

[Qmac42]

Well, i can say they are not a well built unit at all. They advertise insulation in the walls and floor of r7 I believe it was. It is R.5 if you are lucky. After maybe 20 sleeps I had to rebuild my bed over the truck cab because it was nearly sagged onto the roof of my truck. My girlfriend and I have a combined weight of 280Lbs. we are NOT big people. From the factory the propane lines leaked, the water lines leaked, the radio was miss wired, there was metal and wood shavings everywhere, faulty caulking and just careless installation everywhere. Upon rebuilding my bed area I found half of it had no insulation at all and the quality of the build was terrible, they are cheap for a reason. If you have a plan on keeping it, spend the money on one with an aluminum frame or an artic fox, bigfoot etc.

Your experience sounds exactly like ours. Curious how you rebuilt the bed. Did you add insulation? Any recommendations would be super helpful. Thanks