Scoutman
Explorer
Well after what seems like years of wanting a camper to get out and about with, the wait is finally over. A week ago we purchased a Starcraft Pine Mountain Lonestar slide in pop up truck camper and so far have been very pleased. Knowing how much everyone likes pictures, I'll use this as my place to post them up and show off the new digs. It may start off slow as I'm building up a story here. :coffeedrink:
The rig and background...
My wife and I purchased an 06 Dodge Ram 3500 custom from the factory a few years ago. It has been a wonderful truck. We use it for hauling either a 16' bumper pull trailer with one jeep or a buddy's 30' gooseneck deck over trailer with 2 jeeps to go 4-wheeling. It's mostly stock with the main mods being a GN hitch, CB, cross bed toolbox, Pacbrake airbags, LineX, power inverter, etc.. It has about every option we wanted and is great for hauling just about anything I darn well please.
My wife and I have always been into camping since we first met and after the addition of a little boy to the family a few years ago, we had to get him into the same environment. Now camping for me has always been a love/hate relationship cause I carry a lot of stuff. When I truck camp, I go all out but I also know how to dial it back for backpacking or the simpler trips. Anyway, a typical trip out involved a lot of gear and prep and it was just tiring. A few weeks back we took a trip to the farm and after a full evening of packing and sorting through gear, the time to setup, take down, and then put away gear when we got home was just exhausting and it seemed like we never got any time to just sit and relax. We almost never camped in the summer since summer in the south is miserable with humidity and all unless you have AC. I don't mind the winter camping but sometimes it's not the best time of year to be outdoors with a 2yr old. So that left a few weeks of spring and a month or so of fall for good camping weather. Too many times we have missed our window of oportunity and just missed out that year which is sort of depressing.
The rig and background...
My wife and I purchased an 06 Dodge Ram 3500 custom from the factory a few years ago. It has been a wonderful truck. We use it for hauling either a 16' bumper pull trailer with one jeep or a buddy's 30' gooseneck deck over trailer with 2 jeeps to go 4-wheeling. It's mostly stock with the main mods being a GN hitch, CB, cross bed toolbox, Pacbrake airbags, LineX, power inverter, etc.. It has about every option we wanted and is great for hauling just about anything I darn well please.
My wife and I have always been into camping since we first met and after the addition of a little boy to the family a few years ago, we had to get him into the same environment. Now camping for me has always been a love/hate relationship cause I carry a lot of stuff. When I truck camp, I go all out but I also know how to dial it back for backpacking or the simpler trips. Anyway, a typical trip out involved a lot of gear and prep and it was just tiring. A few weeks back we took a trip to the farm and after a full evening of packing and sorting through gear, the time to setup, take down, and then put away gear when we got home was just exhausting and it seemed like we never got any time to just sit and relax. We almost never camped in the summer since summer in the south is miserable with humidity and all unless you have AC. I don't mind the winter camping but sometimes it's not the best time of year to be outdoors with a 2yr old. So that left a few weeks of spring and a month or so of fall for good camping weather. Too many times we have missed our window of oportunity and just missed out that year which is sort of depressing.