# Need expert advice on trucks/campers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-expert-advice-on-trucks-campers/916939 "2020-07-31T20:28:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-expert-advice-on-trucks-campers/916939/1 "2020-07-31T20:28:07Z")
We need someone who has knowledge of trucks, especially campers. to look over some trucks/campers we are interested in and give us some knowledgeable advice, please. Please let me know if this is the wrong forum, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-expert-advice-on-trucks-campers/916939/2 "2020-08-01T10:12:44Z")
We need a little more information. Are you referring to [slide-in](https://www.lancecamper.com/truck-campers/) truck campers (which fit in the bed)? Or towing a camper behind the truck? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-expert-advice-on-trucks-campers/916939/3 "2020-08-01T11:51:33Z")
Note there was a recent-ish thread about various RV options: > [@Info on 1-2 person camping vans/trailers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-on-1-2-person-camping-vans-trailers/852914/10): > > A guy that I worked with retired recently and is now driving around the country with his wife in a camper-van. He and his wife were not sure if they would like it, so they rented a camper-van for a test vacation before he retired. They liked it enough to buy a van and have it converted with the camper add-ons. The van is like your common delivery van with an extended height. It has a kitchen, bathroom with shower, bed, etc. He said the advantage of a camper-van is that they can park it pret… Brian ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-expert-advice-on-trucks-campers/916939/4 "2020-08-01T18:14:29Z")
We’re asking about truck campers, not travel trailers. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-expert-advice-on-trucks-campers/916939/5 "2020-08-02T04:19:29Z")
Not anything close to an ‘Expert’ but there is a pretty wide range of stuff out there. Lance is huge, kinda the WalMart of campers. Decent from what I know of. There are specialty builders that make stuff for cold camping, out in the wilds of the northern tundra (don’t eat the yellow snow), like Arctic Fox and others, but I got no first-hand knowledge of them. Wadda you wanna know? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-expert-advice-on-trucks-campers/916939/6 "2020-08-02T04:24:23Z")
Ah. One other thing. Getting to the spare tire of the truck may be tricky with campers that extend over the back of the truck, but with a little ingenuity, you can fab up a wonderful spare carrier that hangs on the side of the truck (bolted to the frame and thru the outside of the bed) and doesn’t extend beyond the width of the camper. Pics if you want. One of the few things I’m actually very proud of.