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https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/gas-vs-diesel-23-considerations-before-buying-another-truck/ This is the print version of a talk I presented at the Truck Camper Adventure Rally held in Quartzsite AZ in February. It was distilled from a mountain of information. jefe Our new truck sans air...

Mello Mike has published a new piece about my truck camper metamorphosis. It deals specifically with moving my Northstar Laredo from a 2001 Dodge Cummins to a new Ford F-350. This should interest those of you who have a 2017 and up Ford Super Duty and want to install a truck camper...

https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/2021-truck-camper-adventure-rally-enrollment-now-open/ will get you to the announcement and enrollment page. Jeanie and I were fortunate enough to be at last year's Rally, and it was just great. For you hard-cores, a smaller group of TC-er's will be doing the...

https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/2021-truck-camper-adventure-rally-enrollment-now-open/ will get you to the announcement and enrollment page. Jeanie and I were fortunate enough to be at last year's Rally, and it was just great. For you hard-cores, a smaller group of TC-er's will be doing the...

Jack is a legend already on this and other forums. He and his wife are living the dream. Check out his informative interview with Mike. One of the best I've read. jefe https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/exploring-free-in-a-bundutec-camper/

EDIT: take 2. It was a wild one. Almost everything that could go wrong, went wrong. So many assumptions were false. Both campers, our 2020 Northstar Laredo SC, and Bro John's 2004 - 9.5 OUTFITTER! took a terrible beating. The only thing we did not have to worry about were the trucks. We have...

Trip Report remote CA/NV It’s good to live rural, but enough is enough. Jeanie and I have been holed up at our place during the Corona Virus Scare doing jobs around the spread like collecting, cutting, and splitting oak rounds...

Go up one forum to hard side truck campers to Mundo4x4casa's (jefe) description of the truck camper rally just completed. There were 53 truck campers of all stripes, from 1k pound pop ups to 16k pound, 3-slide monsters on RAM 5500's and Ford F-550's, with everything in between. Here's a pic of...

The campers covered a wide swath of camperdum: these were the dirty dozen plus two lined up for the run on the Bradshaw Trail: the first one is Tim's Northstar 650 on a lifted, bullet-proof 2007 Duramax: Pres's long 2001 F-350 with utility bed and 9 foot Alaskan. The Classic. The inside is like...

The description, 'happy camper' has been redefined. Truck Camper Adventure has finally lived up to its namesake. It was an adventure. A good time was had by all. Part one of this Rally had 53 truck campers of all descriptions meeting and camping at a huge BLM set aside area called Road Runner...

At the moment I'm a persona non grata in Klubb XTC. For the last 3 months and the first time in 18 years Jeanie and i have no camper. There is definitely something missing in our lives but this will change next month when we pick up our 2020 Northstar Laredo SC at the factory in Iowa ordered...

http://www.truckcamperadventure.com/jefe-tackles-canyonlands-white-rim-trail/ I tried to download it on here but ran into the 10K character limit and it flew into ether. So it's on TCA instead. jefe

After my first attempt at posting this trip report here ended in the piece going into ether, ostensibly because it had more than 10k characters, it has been posted on Truck Camper Adventure instead. Here's the link. http://www.truckcamperadventure.com/jefe-tackles-canyonlands-white-rim-trail/...

O.K. it's humor, but we need some right now. We've been so into getting the weight down without loosing off road capabilities, this ad just popped out at me: It looks as if it has 2 propane tanks and a lot of storage. What is that jack holding up? Is that an E/W bed over the cab? I have...

Alright! The…die…is…cast. After a long gestation period, and looking 1st hand over dozens of small hardside truck campers, the search has ended. We ordered a 2020 Northstar Laredo SC (self contained). After a good chat with Mike Smith @ Truck Camper Adventure and his bona fide experience with...

I'm still assembling pix of our whirlwind trip that included parts of Canyonlands N.P. including a fast trip over the White Rim Trail and an aborted attempt at Elephant Hill. Details will be in the T.R. but here is the defining reason to have a popup on the Elephant: the RF wheel of the truck...

jefe here. This month, after reaching maturity on her 21st birthday, (built April 1998) our tried and true Lance 165-s is going to pasture. We've had a good run with her accumulating more than 240 glorious nights, "in the box". She's still amazingly sound and viable, but has a few old age flaws...

It's finally time for Jeanie and I, a pair of septuagenarians to downsize our all weather, all season, all road traveling vehicle. We've had a parade of 4WD's over the past 1.7 million miles that fit the bill for that time. The one currently in my cross hairs (is that a pun?) is a 2019 Subaru...

I owned an FJ-40 and an FJ-55 back in the day, and together assembled at least 250K miles on them. Every manufacturer has a golden period or two when all the stars align and the product is near perfection for that era. What model number and year(s) are the best for the 100 series L.C.? At...

My daughter bought this one with 20K miles on the clock and it has good reviews all around, but many of these are 'not-user' reviews and only serve to make the brand look good. As a long time 4WD person (13, 4WD's including an 1966 FJ-40; Canyonlands UT, 1971. the kid in the pic is now 49 years...