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Project Great White Apex 8 Hybrid Truck Camper
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Cloud Runner / CO, UNITED STATES
 Posted Aug 07 2007 11:56AM
Have read your article on the Great White. Your goals are similar to mine, but to this point, my experience is nil. I have loved doing some, mild, off-roading with first a Scout then later an old Jeep. I love minimal camper provided with a 1990 roadtrek van-camper. I have done tent camping and lots of hiking and trail running all my life. As I near retirement, I want to make some changes and preparations. I would like to be able to camp, off road, not necessarily hard-core off road. I want reasonable fuel economy so fuel costs don't prevent me from even going. i presently drive a Subaru Outback with a roof top camper. It has neither enough off-road capability nor enough camping capability to meet our needs. I think a pick-up truck with a slide camper is going to be the best alternative for us. But I know little to nothing about the pick-up trucks, and maybe even less about the slide-ins. ANYTHING you can say would be helpful, from avoid this, to take a look at that would be hugely appreciated!
PJC Via Editor / Joseph, OR, UNITED STATES
 Posted Aug 07 2007 11:58AM
Cloud, I suggest one of the lightweught, hardside campers from Host manufacturing in Bend, Oregon. Put it on a GM 1 ton, dual rear wheel, 4x4 chassis with Duramax and Allison Trans. Avoid Ford and Dodge. Ford is a complete cluster of overpriced mistakes and Dodge has yet to find a transmission that can handle the Cummins engine. Add only high quality shock absorbers to the GM truck and you are good to go at the limits of the platform.
smart shopper / carlsebad, UNITED STATES
 Posted May 09 2009 09:25PM
actually, it looks like you really wanted a hard side camper. That must be the largest, most top heavy pop up camper ever made. Why does it even pop up, it must be 6' tall inside before raising.
 
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