Outpost Truck Campers

[Groutfit]

I ordered one a few weeks ago. Luckily prior to that expo in Colorado, as the lead time went from 16 weeks prior to expo, to 40+ weeks a week or so after.
Hopefully I find my way into a heavier duty truck prior to pickup time.

 

[Skinhyfish]

I just put deposit down also.. July date. With refund for deposits, I see people dropping out before then. Definitely a market for a quality hardside TC camper. Scouts are just cheap

 

[jk6661]

I just put deposit down also.. July date. With refund for deposits, I see people dropping out before then. Definitely a market for a quality hardside TC camper. Scouts are just cheap

I agree. Scouts are cheap and not very well thought out (mediocre electrical systems, insufficient water storage, those silly porta-ledges for bed extensions). There's a real hole in the market right now; plenty of high-end EarthRoamer-style vehicles for millionaires who want to look outdoorsy driving around Aspen, plenty of soft-sided pop-ups, and some hard-sided camper shells, but few high-quality, built-out, hard-sided TC campers.

Edit: In my experience, most of the companies that will build out a TC camper for you just say some version of "it depends" when you ask them how much a particular configuration would cost. Not helpful. At least Outpost offers a solid camper with specified (and reasonable) prices for the base configuration and options.

 

[Corkster]

This camper is almost perfect. I do wish they had a water heater option, to make the outside shower (and dish washing) more effective

 

[Skinhyfish]

Ya wanting g to see if they could make front floor storage a shower pan and use a geyser system. I also want to switch the cassette toilet out for a wrapon bag system. Price is hard to beat compared to competitors

 

[pennieslj]

We picked our Outpost up three weeks ago and could not be happier. It is a huge upgrade from the Scout Olympic we have had for the last few years.

 

[jk6661]

Looks great! Any pics of the inside?

 

[pennieslj]

Definitely feels bigger inside than it seems from the outside.

 

[rruff]

How much space is under the floor and what's under there?

 

[pennieslj]

There is a lot more storage in the floor than we thought there would be. It’s about 5 inches deep and almost the entire floor area.

 

[simple]

Interior does look bigger than a 6' camper.

 

[jaywo]

No dumb question at all! Glad you asked.
We can make panels up to 40' long... That's not the limitation... We can also create very od shaped and dimensioned habitats. With demountable truck campers, we ran into a couple of challenges, especially when it comes to working with lightweight materials. The first challenge is the centre of gravity that needs to be far enough behind the front mounting points and camper jacks to prevent tipping over in various of situations. Any certified truck camper manufacturer needs to comply to that according to DOT. Can't imagine getting into a lawsuit after the camper tips onto a kid or car when sitting on the ground. There are lots of end users that use campers of the truck.

In other words: yes, in theory it would be easy to offer a longer cab over.... Instead we like to keep it safe and stay within some sound engineering/calculations.

I'm fully aware that others are offering longer cab overs..... They do it because people are asking for. We rather create a product that we can safely stand behind.

Why not just offer a bed extension like Scout and Tune do? goes out of the way when not in use and let you sleep N/S if wife requires it or if you are tall.

You mentioned 2 issues for not doing a N/S:

- long cab over being not good engineering wise. Bed extension solves this.
- small living area, a N/S would use too much of the living space. Bed extension solves this.

There is virtually no cons in offering a version with extension. Just put the fridge on the south side instead of north, use a retractable faucet, and voila, the bed has now full wide access and and room for slide to extend.

You are loosing a good amount of customers who are either tall, or need both people sleeping to have access without crawling above the other person, or just people who sleep with a kid or dog and need a larger bed. All of this for not implementing an easy low cost solution.

 

[Victorian]

Why not just offer a bed extension like Scout and Tune do? goes out of the way when not in use and let you sleep N/S if wife requires it or if you are tall.

You mentioned 2 issues for not doing a N/S:

- long cab over being not good engineering wise. Bed extension solves this.
- small living area, a N/S would use too much of the living space. Bed extension solves this.

There is virtually no cons in offering a version with extension. Just put the fridge on the south side instead of north, use a retractable faucet, and voila, the bed has now full wide access and and room for slide to extend.

You are loosing a good amount of customers who are either tall, or need both people sleeping to have access without crawling above the other person, or just people who sleep with a kid or dog and need a larger bed. All of this for not implementing an easy low cost solution.

About 2 years ago while doing the prototyping we had a camper with pull out extensions. Although it sounded like a great idea, the majority of customers that seen it where not ready to compromise the interior space/reconfiguration to sleep N/S.
Fast forward to 2024 and we let our commercial builders design their own interiors. In other words: it's up to the camper builders to outfit, design the interior.

 

[rruff]

- long cab over being not good engineering wise. Bed extension solves this.

The issue Victorian stated was COG on an empty camper, specifically a short empty camper would be most prone to forward tipping. I don't see how this applies to the Outpost camper though, as they are sold already built.

 

[sn_85]

Why not just offer a bed extension like Scout and Tune do? goes out of the way when not in use and let you sleep N/S if wife requires it or if you are tall.

You mentioned 2 issues for not doing a N/S:

- long cab over being not good engineering wise. Bed extension solves this.
- small living area, a N/S would use too much of the living space. Bed extension solves this.

There is virtually no cons in offering a version with extension. Just put the fridge on the south side instead of north, use a retractable faucet, and voila, the bed has now full wide access and and room for slide to extend.

You are loosing a good amount of customers who are either tall, or need both people sleeping to have access without crawling above the other person, or just people who sleep with a kid or dog and need a larger bed. All of this for not implementing an easy low cost solution.

To be clear @Victorian doesn't build out the camper. All he and Total Composites does is supply the shell. Their builders are the ones who do the interior buildouts. It was SJV/Outposts decision not to add an extension. There are a few builders who actually do pull out bed extensions, you just have to ask them. Also I have to say, the Scout portledge bunk things are the jankiest and cheapest looking bed extensions I've seen. A cushion on a plywood board that's held in by some cam straps. It looks like shizz tbh.