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In our Factory Tours section, you'll find over fifty truck camper factory walk-throughs and dealership stories. Come meet the people, explore the factories, and discover the process, materials, and culture that make up the truck camper industry.
TRUCK AND CAMPER MANUFACTURER FACTORY TOURS
FACTORY TOUR: Ford Kentucky Truck Plant
Truck Camper Magazine tours the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, wears Kevlar, watches the Demon Drop, and takes the squeak and rattle test, twice!
FACTORY TOUR: GM Flint Truck Assembly Plant
Truck Camper Magazine tours the GM Flint Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan with unrestricted access to the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra assembly line.
FACTORY TOUR: Happijac Company
TCM visits Happijac Company in Kaysville, Utah and gets permission to show their incredible state-of-the-art automated sheet metal fabrication room.
FACTORY TOUR: Northern Lite
Truck Camper Magazine visits Northern Lite in Kelowna, British Columbia to attend a camper shell wedding. It’s time to raise your fiberglass and make a truck camper.
FACTORYTOUR: Torklift International
TCM visits Torklift International in Kent, Washington and gets hands on with a brand new Torklift product. Brush up truck campers, it’s a sweeper!
FACTORY TOUR: Roadmaster
TCM visits Roadmaster in Vancouver, Washington and watches steel and aluminum become tow bars, sway bars, hitches, and supplemental braking systems. Is that a 20,000 watt laser cutter?
FACTORY TOUR: Alaskan Campers
TCM visits Alaskan Campers in Chehalis, Washington to see the fifty-third year of Alaskan Campers built from the ground up. Look out, there’s a Mini!
FACTORY TOUR: Adventurer Manufacturing
Truck Camper Magazine visits Adventurer Manufacturing’s factory in Yakima, Washington. After forty-one years, it’s time to meet the new Adventurer.
FACTORY TOUR: Northwood Manufacturing / Arctic Fox
Truck Camper Magazine visits Northwood Manufacturing in La Grande, Oregon and watches Arctic Fox truck campers run through one of the toughest quality control gauntlets we’ve ever seen.
FACTORY TOUR: Eagle Cap Campers
TCM visits Eagle Cap Campers in La Grande, Oregon and watches the welding sparks fly, the fiberglass strands stick, and the lamination train run down the line.
FACTORY TOUR: Chalet RV
Truck Camper Magazine visits Chalet RV in Albany, Oregon and finds their new TS116 triple slide and DS116RB double slide campers on the production line.
FACTORY TOUR: Four Wheel Campers
TCM visits Four Wheel Campers in Woodland, California and checks out the AEV Jeep Brute Sparrow, or at least half an AEV Jeep Brute Sparrow. Okay, we only saw the Sparrow. Jeepers!
FACTORY TOUR: Hellwig Products
Truck Camper Magazine visits Hellwig Products in Visalia, California and finds out what’s hot, extremely hot, screaming orange and yellow hot, at Hellwig.
FACTORY TOUR: Lance Campers
Truck Camper Magazine visits Lance Campers in Lancaster, California and finds cutting-edge computer aided design and computer controlled machines taking Lance into the future.
FACTORY TOUR: Hallmark RV
Truck Camper Magazine visits Hallmark RV in Fort Lupton, Colorado and watches not one, not two, but three brand new Hallmarks hit the open road to adventure.
FACTORY TOUR: Coyote RV
Truck Camper Magazine visits Coyote RV in Commerce City, Colorado and finds Robby Rowe working on a top secret Phoenix Camper project. And a Zebra.
FACTORY TOUR: Northstar Campers
TCM visits the Northstar Camper factory in Cedar Falls, Iowa and finds little has changed since we last visited them in 2008. Is that boring? Heck no. It's fantastic!
FACTORY TOUR: Rieco-Titan Products, Inc.
Truck Camper Magazine visits Rieco-Titan Products, Inc. in Frankfort, Illinois and experiences the thunderous “Cah-CHUNK!” of Bertha, the ninety-two ton press.
FACTORY TOUR: Classy Chassis
Truck Camper Magazine visits Classy Chassis in Valparaiso, Indiana, meets the team, and sits in some very comfortable seats. Did we mention the extremely comfortable seats?
FACTORY TOUR: Travel Lite
Truck Camper Magazine visits Travel Lite’s factory in New Paris, Indiana. We were very pleased to see many familiar people on the production line. And a brand new pop-up!
FACTORY TOUR: Palomino RV
Truck Camper Magazine visits the Palomino RV factory in Colon, Michigan. And if we didn’t have a map, we might still be there. This place is huge!
TRUCK CAMPER DEALERSHIP REPORTS
DEALERSHIP TOUR: Fraserway RV
Truck Camper Magazine visits Fraserway RV’s location in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Can the flagship dealership live up to the hype? Is that a stealth fighter?
Arizona Campers and Trailers: One Hot Desert Dealership
Jim Bridges, Owner of Arizona Campers and Trailers, tells us about his truck camping adventures and the surprising path to his owner's chair in Phoenix.
DEALERSHIP TOUR: Five Star RV
Truck Camper Magazine visits Five Star RV in Henderson, Colorado and finds dozens of new and used campers waiting for a new home. Adopt a camper today!
DEALERSHIP TOUR: Truck Camper Warehouse
TCM visits Truck Camper Warehouse in West Chesterfield, New Hampshire. Bill Penney’s vision for the ultimate truck camper dealership is finally here.
East End Campers: A Destination Dealership
Eighty truck campers, seven brands, one dealership. Get an up close look at East End Campers, one of the most successful truck camper dealerships on earth.
A&M Services: Truck Campers in Kittrell, North Carolina
Is there a market for truck campers in North Carolina? How can we get better mileage from our trucks? 600 HP and 18 MPG?
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