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My vote is no on windows for seeing out the back while driving (cameras are better), or large windows anywhere.

If you are referring to that massive "pivoting frames" thread, that made my head spin, too... People like to over complicate it seems. You can probably use all the mounting points on your frame and still have a "pivoting system". My frame has 8 and I used them all. The rear ones just need to be...

Ambulances are another vehicle that is usually built like a tank. Granted these vehicles don't see a lot of offroading, so not a good case to go by. There thousands of stiff flatbeds and service bodies that are hard-pointed to the frame, but they aren't offroading much either. I asked a Tiger...

I assume you are talking about your van chassis, not the subframe or the camper itself? The issue is that we tend to put a lot of twisting forces on the rigs when offroad, and stiffening just the part that the camper mounts to will cause a stress concentration at the point where that stiffness...

Their next lightest campers are the Sportsman models that weigh 2360 lbs dry. I'm skeptical that the 610 ever weighed 700 lbs. It's hard to make a viable shell that light... and then add finishing, furniture, cabinets, cushions, stove, fridge, toilet, tanks, propane, plumbing, electrical...

As I recall, the frame broke on that one. There was a couple who traveled around the world with a Casita (I think) on a Fuso...

Is this it? Doesn't really show them making the shell, just removing the pieces from the mold.

Earthcruiser GZL

Funny, I was just looking at Euro campers and wondered the same. Prices seem good for what you get, and many are more expedition oriented vs the massive and cheaply built norm in the US. https://www.hotomobil.com/en/gladiator-xl-caravan

There are a few Tacoma models that made it to customers. I thought it was still available to buy, but the web page says "out of stock" now (it was never in stock...) and the purchase link sends you to the BCR page with the Ram 3500. Hopefully it was a hell of a learning experience... though...

R is the inverse of U. The missing factor is your truck's original curb weight. I'd guess you have somewhere between 0-500 lbs you can add before you exceed it. That 0-500 lbs includes all payload added to the original truck, besides the flatdeck and empty camper box.

Space is going to be tight for 2 people. The need to accommodate cold winters makes it tougher for sure. The room that the woodstove takes up would be detriment to me. A portable diesel heater mounted outside the box would be much better I think, or even simpler would be a propane catalytic...

No... but look at simple builds and see if you can get any ideas from those. The simpler it is the easier and quicker you'll be using it. If these shelters have "hard points" where you can easily fasten things to the interior wall, that will make it pretty easy. I think they are already...

I'm curious about the bushings, since the plastic Lagun ones tend to wear out if they are used much... which is also probably the cause of play to begin with. Not too important though as I'm sold on the EZ-reach anyway... (y)

Pardon my ignorance... but is there are reason why 37s aren't used? More than 8,000 lbs on the rear axle? Plenty of options there would give good snow/ice performance.

That was the only thing we were discussing. If we aren't talking about the most challenging scenario, and the one where poor performance is most likely to cause an accident, then why does it even matter? I did show that the Tacoma would still beat the Tremor even with 2600 lbs added to each...

Well said. While "travesty of justice" isn't a rare phenomena, if I worried about all the ways that could happen, I'd be too anxious to ever leave my room. Like with all the myriad ways that "reality" can bite you, if the odds are low, it's best to pay it no mind and get on with it.

Panic stop... I don't know what you mean by "general braking". If they aren't traction limited then how do you explain that the Tremor takes 27% longer to stop vs the Tacoma (70 to 0)? It mean that Tremor's brakes are insufficient for its weight. The fact that heavier vehicles take...

Looks heavy duty. If the weight doesn't bother you, I think they'd be a good choice.

Good lord, I didn't bring it up in this thread at all, you did... and it was something I wrote in another thread a good while ago, not in this one! And here you are again, ignoring the very basic assumption that the statement was based on... that both trucks are traction limited! I later...