I have noticed that some of the camper setups look like they block the view for the driver. It must make a big difference if the truck is a regular cab when compaired to a crew cab when looking at overhead objects or traffic lights and signage. Has the front over hang been much of a concern or empediment to vision or is it just something to get used to. Any comments or experiences would be welcome. "Officer I didn't see the red light!"
Over head view with camper on
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My camper only protrudes about 6" infront of the windscreen and also stopped, or reduced, gps reception. Around a reasonable amount of trees or anything else that would reduce reception it basically stopped working.
But, buying a new one last year, with what is described as a high sensitivity chipset, has entirely removed that problem
The shade is a definite benefit, a lot of rain is kept off, but the air infront of the windscreen is obviously out of the airflow and a lower pressure, as bugs come towards you at high speed, then land right infront of you and go for a stroll, drives me nuts!
brianjwilson
Some sort of lost...
Unless you have a regular cab or a shorter extended cab, with a camper that has a north-south cabover bed, I wouldn't worry about it.
A little overhang is going to shade the cab, and also keep the water from pouring in your truck door when you open it.
You can see my truck with a crew cab and east-west bed in the cabover, I can still use my satellite radio even. However when I open my door in the rain, the water comes right down the front corner of the camper and pours into the door. lol
A little overhang is going to shade the cab, and also keep the water from pouring in your truck door when you open it.
You can see my truck with a crew cab and east-west bed in the cabover, I can still use my satellite radio even. However when I open my door in the rain, the water comes right down the front corner of the camper and pours into the door. lol
Regcabguy
Oil eater.
The inflatable one's you're referring to grind your cab paint to bits.
805gregg
Adventurer
My camper only protrudes about 6" infront of the windscreen and also stopped, or reduced, gps reception. Around a reasonable amount of trees or anything else that would reduce reception it basically stopped working.
But, buying a new one last year, with what is described as a high sensitivity chipset, has entirely removed that problem
The shade is a definite benefit, a lot of rain is kept off, but the air infront of the windscreen is obviously out of the airflow and a lower pressure, as bugs come towards you at high speed, then land right infront of you and go for a stroll, drives me nuts!
I just got a new Garmin Nuvi 550 and it works inside my garage, I don't know how.
Kilroy
Adventurer
Through the window. They have really good antenna's on the new ones.