Truck Campers

Anyone have any suggestions for winter camping in northern New York/ Vermont in the winter?

Hello hello,

Does anyone have an Arctic Fox 865 with the full wall ward option? I like the storage potential to hang lots of clothes. If you have it, would you chime in with your thoughts on if it's worth it? Thanks!

Full Wall Ward Option

I'm living in mine full-time while also working in a factory in the middle of Wisconsin. The temperature is ranging from 20° to the negatives each night. I don't got any power or any plumbing in mine. What would yall recommend I do to keep it from freezing over while I work?

Mojave Desert.

Bought a used truck bed camper and this camera was installed in the back. Anyone know what brand/kind of camera is this? Trying looking at the back and the only thing it says is HD.

Hey everyone, I am a college student and I just got a summer internship working in Hawthorne, CA. I have looked at the options and I am deciding between buying and living in a camper for the summer and renting a studio/room. I don’t really know where to start so any insight would be greatly appreciated. Should I do it? What should I look out for? How to stay safe in the city? Anything helps.. thank you in advance!!

Hi everyone I recently found myself a very well kept 1997 4x4 f250 7.3 powerstroke manual with 130k and my end goal with this truck is to put a camper on the back and take it where ever I can. But obviously I have questions seeing if this is recommended or not a good idea at all. In the mean time the truck will be my “daily” but would honestly be driven rarely because I do not have to commute to work. I would use it for chores I need done and long trips that I usually do if I ever leave. If anyone has anything to say please I would like feedback.

I bought this 1982 scamper truck camper. It's actually not big it's basically block os 8 feet pong but it's still smaller it only weighs 1050 pounds which was what I wanted for my f150 which is rear wheel drive and has a cargo capacity of 1700 pounds. I still have about 5 inches of free space when I pull down the tailgate. I have the 6.6 foot bed. Would a 1982 scamper have asbestos for insulation? It needs some TLC obviously. I'm going tontake of the plywood and see what's rotted or needs fixing. Is the frame and studs for this camper 2x4 or 1x2? Is the I sulation safe in it now if it's not all wet? I'll probably just buy some of the soft I sulation you press in place. Not sure which rati g I should go with I'm in Canada so R5 or R 20 beats me I don't know. Once I got it structurally fixed and clean and replace any plywood that needs fixing g what should I lay down on tip of the floor and walls? Can I just get some cheap linoleum flooring in a roll and cut it to fit and use a staple gun to hold it down? Thanks all just need some tips.

Thank you for your recommendations. I decided to pick this up for black friday, hope it doesn't disappoint. I'll give you all some feedback after a few trips.

I’ve got a leer camper top that has a sagging headliner. Is the headliner difficult to remove to reattach the fabric?

Hey all,

I have a 2011 F-350 and recently got a Torklift North front hitch installed on it. I'm looking for a hitch-mounted spare tire carrier to make it easier to access my spare since 99% of the time my truck camper is on my truck.

I'm running 265/65R20 KO2s and having a hard time finding options or clarification on carriers that can handle a tire this size. Does anyone have recommendations or experience with a similar setup?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Hey guys! I got an 09 Tundra with a 1400 payload and am due to pick up a 2017 TLRV 625SL next weekend with a 1300 dry weight.

I’d be traveling alone and packing light, but was looking for some opinions/ perspectives on the feasibility, safety, and any additional suggestions on this rig set up from someone with experience on the road.

I plan on throwing a spring on the back and possibly some airbags…..

first time camper owner so forgive my ignorance.

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I need new front struts on my 2008 Tundra. Since I need to replace the struts, are there any upgrades I should do to the front suspension while I'm at it?

I have a six pac mini on the Tundra.

For those of you who do winter travelling/trips how do you remove the snow from your roofs when you get 2-3' overnight? I'm guessing a telescopic snow brush and emergency roof exit above the bed area?

Looking forward to hearing everyone's innovative solutions :)

I’m looking at trucks (tundra / Tacoma), and getting a scout camper.

I’m having a hard time understanding how anyone is safely driving a camper, such as the Scout (1200-1500 with gear). Payloads for tacoma max at 1710, and max at 1940 for tundras.

Is everyone just teetering on the edge and max max payload capacity? I feel like a tundra SR5 should be fine with the 1940 payload capacity, although am I overthinking this? I see so many tundras with Scout tuktut campers on them, well exceeding the carrying capacity. Is everyone just risking it?

I’m also going up to ski resorts and I’m concerned about the load and getting back down the mountain safely. Already getting airbags etc. Thoughts?

I can’t tell if I’m overthinking or underthinking. I’m seeking keyword search terms or examples of how others have solved this.

I’m mounting light bars to my truck camper primarily to activate while inside the camper if I hear an animal outside while camped or need tons of light for an emergency. Light bars will be powered by the 12v battery bank inside the truck camper. Probably run on an auxbeam or similar switch hub.

But it would be really great to be able to activate the same light bars from the driver seat while driving offroad. I’m trying to think of a simple way to run redundant switches on relays so I can turn on the lights from the driver’s seat. This switch panel would be connected with a harness at the same place as the regular connection between the camper and the truck.

Has anyone seen someone do something like this? I have basic RV wiring experience, but I’ve never done relays or redundant switches on a DC circuit.

Ford F350 + Lance 825

EDIT

As a follow up to my own question after a few more hours of research: it looks like the easiest way to do it is to use relays running from my RV power to the lights but use two separate lines to activate the relay: one from the RV battery bank and one from the truck battery. This way the system will work when the camper is disconnected from the truck and I won't need to buy super thick wiring to compensate for the 12v line loss.

This project is at least a month away, but I'll edit the post with an update if it works out.

Cruising the north end and saw this beaut.

My fiancé and I are discussing campers and I've always like the idea of a pickup camper. However he is 6'2 and wants something that he won't feel claustrophobic in. He wants to be able to sit up in bed and not hit his head. I cant find the height of any in the bed...

Here's the initial setup and post I made a couple days ago : https://www.reddit.com/r/dieselheater/comments/1gz72ag/critique_my_diesel_heater_installplease/

I tweaked everything a bit yesterday and the heater is working perfectly now and my only complaint about the unit would be the hot plastic smell in the cabin, but it's not all that strong really and I'm sure it will lessen after a 24-48 hour test run.

What I adjusted:

1. I fit the pump lower than the heater and shortened the fuel line from the pump to the heater.
2. I removed the "S" bend in the ducting running from the heater to the cabin and made it a straight path.
3. I switched out the fuel tank that contained a heavy dose of Hot Shots EDT treament for a fresh tank of straight diesel(unsure if this did anything, but figured why not at least).
4. I extended the burn chamber air intake by 6' or so using a hose from a shop vac. The shop vac hose is a larger diameter than the stock intake hose as you can see in the pictures thus it doesn't reduce the volume of air going to the burn chamber(from what I can tell).
5. I removed the crappy fuel line clips and replaced with actual pipe clamps made in North America.

I will soon be running the air intake up between the camper and back of cab then installing a 90 degree fitting and covering the intake hole with mesh screen, this should prevent any bugs/water/snow from entering the vac hose and the factory "filter" is still attached to the factory intake tube just fyi.

My digital infrared gun was reading 350f coming out of the cabin air ducting, but I'm fairly certain that number is skewed a bit as the ducting is tin/shiny/reflective and these infrared readers don't do great off shiny/reflective surfaces or so I've read.

I also checked the temp of the unit and wood surrounding the mounting plate after running on high for 1 hour and the wood was barely warm(-10c ambient temp)and I could place my hand on top of the heater itself, but not for long periods as it was still quite hot.

I will also be placing a smoke detector a few feet away from the heater and installing a temp probe on the shell of the heater just for piece of mind, but so far it works great and mounting it on a 90 with glow plug facing up is not an issue.

https://imgur.com/a/T2wNao4