Camper top a Mistake?

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TitanNui

Discussion Starter · Dec 28, 2007 (Edited)

After viewing 5th wheels and TTs in Vegas, I decided the best traveling option for me was to install a camper shell and carpet kit in my bed, ship the truck from Hawaii, then buy a Travel Trailer in vegas...maybe a 28-30 footer with a weight near 8-9000lb when loaded. After reading some of this forum, I feel the shell may be a mistake since it may put me in a separate weight limitation. This never occurred to me prior to ordering the shell, which I have paid for and expect delivery in HI at the end of January.

As a young lad, I toured with my Grandmother who drove an Electra 225 with an Airstream trailer. I find it hard to believe my 05 Titan could not handle as large a load as the old Buick.

Any advice on the shell, max trailer size, etc, would be appreciated since I plan to live in this trailer for at least a year and travel Nevada, Tennessee, Texas, and Canada...Mahalo!

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Triple S

· #5 · Dec 28, 2007

If weight is a concern consider a Softopper.
http://www.softopper.com/gallery.html

I do not drive with it up but have had outstanding luck camping with it. I really like the ability to open up the sides. The last time I was at Indy it was over 85 degrees at 8:30 a.m. When I came back to teh truck for lunch it was over 135 degrees inside the topper. I just flipped up the sides and with a little breeze in no time at all it was done to the normal 95 degrees. I had several fiberglass caps in my time, and I never got that kind of ventalation out of opening windows. Everything is a trade off, the Softopper can't be locked up like a fiberglass one, but then again, it is lighter and it a total breeze to put on and off the truck with just one preson when it is needed.

Camping at Watkins Glen
Sides down

One side up