Slide in campers

[richardleonard]

I have a question, when I purchased my truck, the invoice listed a "camper"package as one of the options, however on a different piece of paper included with the truck, this particular truck was listed as "not reccommented" to be used with a slide in camper. So whats up with that??? Any Ideas?



Oh yes, another little complaint,, doesn't anyone make a light weight small pop-up slide in without all the bells and wheezels, something that would cost less than say $2k???? most of them are heavy huge filled with all kinds of stuff. . I also tow a race trailer so something just to sleep in would fit the bill nicely.

 

[DPelletier]

I have never had a pop-up, but most I've heard of aren't particularly cheap. My thought is that the only reason to get a pop-up is if your going to be going off-road to the extent that hauling a hard side camper is impractical. If I were you, I would look at a light weight 8' so as not to cause issues towing your trailer. Or you could partially camperize your Auto/quad/bike hauler. Several of us have done it, and it works great. If you are stuck on the pop-up, try www.IRV2.com and check under pop-ups.

Good luck,

Dave



PS your truck sound pretty capable to me! If you didn't get the camper package, you may want to consider adding overloads or air bags and a sway bar. Helwig makes a HD aftermarker one.

 

[Johnny5]

I'm in the same predicament as you. Even small pop-ups are quite expensive for what you get. I think I may end up just fixing up my race trailer to be able to sleep in. Just haven't figured out how to rig up a shower yet.



Johnny