Truck campers

Ryans71 · Apr 8, 2008

The camper weighs in a little under 4,000 lbs when all loaded up.

1 grumpy · Apr 9, 2008

Ryans71 said:
The camper weighs in a little under 4,000 lbs when all loaded up.

Damn that's 1 heavy Bitch

Ryans71 · Apr 9, 2008

That's with all the crap for the kids, food, full fridge, clothes, dishes, etc, etc, etc......

Jaydog · Apr 9, 2008

I have a Northland Polar 990 (10') I'm around 18.5-19K loaded, and get around 11 mpg on long trips

torkliftrob · Apr 9, 2008

Uh, how R U going to pull a gooseneck w/ a TC?

82toyomud · Apr 9, 2008

torkliftrob said:
Uh, how R U going to pull a gooseneck w/ a TC?

Put the camper on the trailer, and tow the trailer...

torkliftrob · Apr 9, 2008

That's what I figured. Only problem, most rear camper jacks aren't wide enough to clear the trailer, so you have to load the camper behind the jeep. Kinda a pain in the :kissmyass:

Lucky Jeff · Apr 9, 2008

If I had a gooseneck, a wheeler and a camper.. I'd make the jacks work :redneck:

Jaydog · Apr 9, 2008

torkliftrob said:
That's what I figured. Only problem, most rear camper jacks aren't wide enough to clear the trailer, so you have to load the camper behind the jeep. Kinda a pain in the :kissmyass:

I made 4" extensions for mine because my flatbed is 102" wide

tantoy · Apr 10, 2008

Here is a picture of my friends trailer with my wheeler on the truck . I am now looking for a camper to put on the truck and tow the wheeler on my trailer like the way Jaydog rolls.

Wildman1 · Apr 25, 2008

Wildman said:
Well it took a week longer than what I wanted but the bank finally came thru!!!
Wahoo!!!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

I am getting a 2002 Adventurer 11' camper w/ slide, A/C, Generator, dry bath & tons of room plus a 28' TNT gooseneck trailer. Will have it by May 1 so yes it will be in Moab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well by next week I should have the camper mounted onto the trailer!!

torkliftrob said:
Uh, how R U going to pull a gooseneck w/ a TC?

Mount the camper on the front of the trailer. Put Harley behind the camper and then load the Jeep.

82toyomud said:
Put the camper on the trailer, and tow the trailer...

Yep

torkliftrob said:
That's what I figured. Only problem, most rear camper jacks aren't wide enough to clear the trailer, so you have to load the camper behind the jeep. Kinda a pain in the :kissmyass:

Nope the camper is going to stay on the trailer full time. If I am going on a day run I have my flat bed.

And my old camper is up for sale now.
2000 S&S 8SC made for a short bed.

$7,500 obo

Long&Low · Apr 25, 2008

I have a Palomino, it's got a crank up top so there is less wind resistance, plus mine weighs less than 1,100 dry weight.

Wildman1 · Apr 27, 2008

Then on Saturday I built a pedistal for the camper to sit on. It needed to be off the trailer deck by about 8" to clear the exhaust or so I thought.

Not pretty but it does what I want/need.

And my helper taking a break.

Wildman1 · Apr 27, 2008

Then on Sunday I went down to where the camper was being stored. I had a plan and for once stuff worked the way I wanted it to. The front jacks had the swingouts for a dually truck. They JUST cleared the fenders.

The rear how ever would not fit so I removed the jacks and used a floor jack with a old railroad tie and rolled that on the trailer. I even worked and the camper didn't fall over.!!

So nosed it forward and set it on the platform I had built. It worked out great!! I was just amazed at how well it worked.

Got it home and realized that the front drivers side jack was in the way of the landing gear crank.

So off the the front jacks. Don't need them anyhow the rears stablize it fine. Look at that back porch!!

And when it is all said and done I still got all kinds of room for my Jeep and Harley.

1 grumpy · Apr 27, 2008

hell yeah that's what I'm talking about lookin good:awesomework:
Only problem I see is that you need air bag's in the rear:fawkdancesmiley:

Wildman1 · Apr 27, 2008

1 grumpy said:
hell yeah that's what I'm talking about lookin good:awesomework:
Only problem I see is that you need air bag's in the rear:fawkdancesmiley:

Got bags for the rear, had to remove them because of the new hitch. Long story!!

But they will be going back on soon.

Not Jobless · Apr 27, 2008

What are the specs on the trailer?

Wildman1 · Apr 27, 2008

Jobless said:
What are the specs on the trailer?

14K GVW, 7K axles, 28' long. I haven't weighed the trailer yet so don't know the actual weight. Going to weigh it on the way to Moab in 2 weeks with the Jeep on it.