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We are moving in the direction of, "MADMAX" here. jefe

Can I play too? full-size Dodge, huh? I guess a short bed is considered full size. I bought a S.B. because it was the only size that would fit going down the spiral ramp at the L.A. Music Center underground parking lot (where I played bass trombone in the Philharmonic) I bought mine new because...

Charley, Good to read you again. The above won't help me, and probably only a Ford one ton because of fender clearancing (unless you have a mongo lift), but I have a local supplier that has some interesting and inexpensive alternatives to new big$rubber: Military surplus...

Truck and Camper, huh? It's a fine balance you want to put together here. The commonly held belief over on RV.net; truck camper forum is to purchase the camper first and then get a truck that will carry it. None of this is in any way like pulling a trailer, towing a rock crawler, or building up...

Even with the up tick in payload you get with modern 1/2 tons, it's still a half-ton. Almost all of us go thru a 'paradigm shift' when it comes to what a truck will carry, camper-wise. We just hope, hope that the door sticker is wrong and we can carry that load because we have that bullet proof...

Greg, It's a '98 Lance Lite 165-s xtra cab (which means N/S queen size bed cabover) that is one of the smallest footprints of the hardsides. The newest incarnation is designated as the Lance Lite 865 which is a very large step up in the finish department. Also larger tanks. Floor 8'6" long...

This thread may be long gone, but my recommendation is: neither. What then? Super singles. Duplex. Really wide singles. I"ve had very good luck with them. I have had two sets on the rear with a 3750 and 3995 pound load limit on 12" wide wheels and a 4.5" back spacing. Basically the best of both...

With the clearance issues we experienced going thru the Joshua tree forest, I'm convinced we're the first to do the M.R. in hardsides. In one of the most exhausting trip reports ever on RV.net; truck camper forum here are some links. One of the participants (not me) Alex spent a lot of time...

Here are some more recent shots of the XTC: Eastern Sierra Nevada on the rain shadow side: somewhere in Nevada on the way to EXPO2013: On the Mojave Road:click on pic to run vid:

Mojave Joe, We did the whole thing (146 miles of it) and there are myriad reports and buttloads of pix and vids on RV.net (the truck camper section) Did you live in Mojave? I knew a Joe that lived Mojave back in the day. regards, as always, jeff reynolds

We've done all of those locales in a TC. There are lots of techniques for off-roading a TC that apply. Also, the set up of the TC makes a big difference. You want to think small. Along the Alpine Loop: This was the only clearance problem: a mine wagon road down from the heights of Imogene Pass...

Oh-so-cool rig here. A one ton, stove bolt GM I-6, SM420 trans (7.05:1 low gear), and looks to be 7:50x16 truck tires on steel, eight lug wheels. Add the custom made camper that does not have to be checked out by the weight police and you have a timeless TC. All business. I was a big fan of...

I enjoyed your travelog. You camped at exactly the same place we did in 1970. We're planning a trip there and on to Baker Creek in a couple weeks during our Eastern Sierra Flank Mad Dog Run: five or six of the hard-core venues on the Ser Nev Eastern flank. The twist is: all in truck campers...

One more pic: Of all the 'family camping' type rigs I've owned, my faves, in terms of being able to sleep in it were the Toyota FJ-55 as we had a tent boot made to fit over the tailgate (it looked like a stage coach back there) and we could sleep two adults with the back seat folded down in...

Metcalf, I like the way you think too. It was a reminder of my own odyssey a generation ago. I'm one of the elders of the tribe here. My first SOA was on a '49 Willys Ute Wagon/Chevy V-8, Studebaker O.D. 5.38's; broke almost every part on the the thing by the end of 1965. Yes, I'm a pedo viejo...

I've been thinking about your situation. Since you have an air bag suspension and NOT dumb 'ol leaf springs, everything that applied to me does not apply to you. What's the problem? Recoil. Coil springs, air bags, and any variation thereof have a good dose of recoil. You can shock and anti-sway...

Just make sure to see what the wet weight is for each contestant. It's all a trade off. larger tanks weigh more than smaller tanks. My Lance hard side weighed in wet @ 1842 back in 1998. I have only added a fantastic fan over the dinette. Still one propane bottle, one group 29 battery, one very...

In the late 1960's Kaiser Jeep won the bid to product some 5 quarter (1.25ton) multi-use trucks for the U. S. Government. They beat out G.M. in the bidding and produced thousands of these for the Military. My thought is, it would make a great expedition build-up. It has a removable arctic cab...

That is such a cool Glad. It's a one-ton; right there a pretty rare beast, with a Dana 60 rear/dual wheels, Dana 44 frnt., 31 spine axle with one-ton 6-bolt, heavy steel wheels that have the 'Power Wagon' hubs. I've seen VERY few of these lashed up to a chassis camper. Too bad it didn't work...

fun, The rule of thumb is: any two-bye to four-bye conversion on an older rig is not worth it. My bro has a saying, "it is what it is." Your Dodge, as cool as it is, is just too far away from being an off-roader. Lots and lots of reasons. The truck frames of that era are very weak AND too...