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Truck Campers
A TC or Truck Camper is really a RV or recreational vehicle. It is also called a cab-over or slide-in in the USA and Canada while in Europe it is a dismountable or demountable and a slide-on in Australia It is fitted to the bed of a pick up truck. A truck camper is a versatile vehicle and is able to go anywhere that any pick up truck can. It came into being in the 1950’s and has evolved into an RV that can stand on its own with much larger RVs. Lance Camper Manufacturing Corporation of Lancaster, California is the leading manufacturer of truck campers in the USA with Arctic Fox of La Grande, Oregon running close behind.
Truck Campers provides all modern amentities and equipment. Some even add a dinette just by sliding open portions of external walls that are movable. To load or offload a truck camper, four corner jacks are used. With their aid, truck campers can be raised and secured to truck beds with tie-downs that are spring loaded or just chains.
There are certain things to be condidered before buying a truck. First of all you should decide the size of the camper. For this the gross vehicle weight rating or GVWR is to be determined. The legal payload a truck may carry is calculated by deducting the weight of the truck with the payload in it from GVWR – this payload includes the fuel and passengers. All campers are rated on a dry weight basis that is minus the weight of all kinds of fluids including sewage, possessions and extra fittings. This should be taken into account to decide on the maximum size of the camper that your truck can safely carry.
Truck campers offer freedom, comfort as well as versatility. At first they appeared in the western parts of the USA and then in Canada. Now they are spreading to the eastern parts as well. In the rugged Australian bush, truck camper is turning out to be the most popular RV.
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