Get ready for some real surprises including Class 5 trucks and multi-slides. In mid we started to notice a troubling trend in Truck Camper Magazine. While these uber rigs are awesome, the message they send is not. Honestly, if truck and camper combinations had cost that much when we were first looking into this lifestyle, we would have passed.
The good news is that truck camping has always been affordable. They will likely have to search high and low for the right truck and camper, accept model and condition compromises, and be willing to make repairs. I would also like to suggest that many of us bought our first car, first house and maybe a lot of other big purchases with the same approach.
My first car was an year old Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme a luxury car in its day, but not when I got it. Our first house was a condo in Gaithersburg, Maryland not exactly new, and not exactly a mansion. Never mind my first computer and first stereo system. All bought used. All required a lot of research and search. All a compromise. Thank you to everyone who sent in an affordable truck and hard side camper rig.
Your examples prove beyond a doubt that nearly anyone can get into truck camping. The owner was offering to sell the truck and camper as a combo, so we bought the truck along with the camper. I bought a used Capri Retreat in April of I was looking at ordering a new Capri Retreat, but the wait time and the final price was more than our budget would allow. Affordability was important, but also I liked what Capri was doing with their campers. At only 7-feet in length, and 1,pounds, we still got a full-size bed, comfortable dining area, inch television, air conditioning, refrigerator, sink and a shower.
Once I had finalized the selling price, I called my wife she was in New Mexico for work , and told her I bought this camper. I told her that I needed to fly out to South Carolina from Central Texas to pick it up, and wanted her to go with me. So we both jumped on separate planes and met in South Carolina to pick up our new-to-us truck camper rig. We then traveled down through the south visiting family, beaches, museums, landmarks, and more.
