Just wondering if the couple of feet in height you save is worth it. Seems to me that the full height that pops up for more sleep space is more useful and will last longer do to less up and down cycles.
One thing that is important...
You always want to make sure that the camper is fully useable in the "down" position. IE can you sleep at night, can you go to the bathroom. Perhaps not easily, but can it be done? If not then in the case of a break down, which can be as little as a two dollar part, you are stuck without any place to sleep, eat, etc. I know of a few people who were really glad they paid attention to that detail, and one couple who did not and ended up with a week of discomfort prior to being able to get back to the shop to get their rig fixed. Another thing is redundancy on the pop up mechanism. If you have a manual way to raise the roof AND lower it, that is also good, if it breaks in the UP for instance, and you can't get it down, well then you are fairly well stuck in place for a while.
As for this truck! WOW Super COOL!
thanks for sharing, it is nice to see an American Made truck meeting the high standards so commonly seen in Europe.
Cheers GXV
By the way, if you need someone to transport that thing up to the new owner, don't hesitate to call me.