unique dually Toyota camper..

[ywen]

interesting..

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/rvs/1664258252.html

 

[Lynn]

Old. And not so unique...

Sorry, but that seller needs to get a few facts right.

Toyota made it and they didn't make very many

Toyota made exactly zero campers. Toyota made 1-ton cab/chassis that they sold to motor home makers like Winnebago, etc. who made campers.

There are lots of better examples of Toyota-based campers on eBay all the time, not to mention CL. Personally, I wouldn't give $800 for this tired old truck.

other reason is that's it has a dually rear axel which makes the camper good off-road, less likely to get stuck in the snow and mud

All the Toyota 1-ton cab/chassis were duallys. I'll not even address the 'fact' that duallys are better off-road...

However, if you are going to get a Toy-based motor home, something this size would probably be a good idea. From what I've heard (not a fact per se), Toyota stopped selling the 1-ton chassis to motor home makers because they were overloading them with 'large' campers, and the rear end wouldn't hold up.

However, I personally would hold out for one of the ones that had a fiberglas camper shell, and avoid the problems that this wood framed camper is sure to have.

IMHO, of course. YMMV and all that.

 

[ywen]

Thanks for the info. I stand corrected

 

[Lynn]

Sorry, ywen, didn't mean to bust on you. I was just trying to correct some of the statements in the ad.

Here's a neat site that has a lot of pix of Toyota based campers offered over the years.

Several of them used fiberglas campers.

IMHO the rare and unique ones are the 4x4 models.