Pop up campers

[Polaris]

Truck campers are for sale all over around here. One that I know of (but it's in WI) is here: Ultimate 4 Wheel Drive
Ours was sitting at the dealership that I work at for a long time and no one was interested at $995 with the list of work it needed. They offered it to me for $100 to get it gone, so I got it! Put $150 or so into the roof, the furnace, and getting it all furnished with dishes & stuff. We are camping tonight, and considering it is 38° right now I'll be glad to be in a camper, with a heater!

We had another pop-up in recently that would not go up or down. My best camper technician spent 7.44 hours trying to get it to work. It's a cable type of system, which is simple enough, but the wooden floor supports were rotted away. It was only a '92! To complete the repairs, he'll have to tear the thing apart quite a lot more and replace the support. I suppose pop-ups can be a little better than a tent, but being the service advisor that I am, I cannot recommend them. Go hard-side or slide-in.

With that, I'm off to get groceries for camp and parts for my truck. Wheeling most of the day, camping at night /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif /forums/images/graemlins/k5.gif /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif

 

[Pookster]

sounding more and more that a slide in is for me. Considering to get anywhere nice out of NY requires $$$ in tolls, not having an extra set of axles help a lot!

AC would be nice... but can they be run off the cars system?

 

[TrcksR4ME]

I have a Coleman tent trailer that my parents gave me. They got it back in '96 and we used it regualrly (3-4 week+ vacations a year) for three years. I think it is a good setup and way better than a tent. The things I like about mine is that it is basically the top of the line model for that year and has a storage truck on the front, hydraulic lift, 20 gallon water tank, hot water heater, shower and cassette toilet inside, outside shower, refrig., 3 burner range,heater, 12 ft awning and screen room, and outside two burner stove. The thing is 25' open and has a ton of room. The Colemans also use Sunbrella fabric which seems to hold up really well and it still is in good overall condition today.

For me I like having something like this over a regular travel trailer, especially since the only tow rig I have is my Blazer. I have yet to tow it with my Blazer, but I am hoping it tows it ok. I might end up selling it to get a smaller tent trailer even. I also think the Colemans are one of the better tent trailers out there from all the ones I've looked at. They now call them Fleetwood tent trailers, dropped the Coleman name for some reason.

 

[Pookster]

Heh. I towed my mustang and trailer with my k5, no problemo. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif