This week’s Question of the Week was, “Have you taken your truck camper off-road, or do you stay on the pavement?” “Well, we started going off-road forty-three years ago on our surfcasting quest on coastal Rhode Island.  Thirty-four years ago, we changed our camping activities to a truck camper and of course that meant camping […]

Readers share their winterizing and de-winterizing tips and tricks from protecting batteries to using antifreeze.

This week’s Question of the Week was, “What hobbies and interests do you bring on the road?”.  There are a few hobbies that we hadn’t heard of before, like “lawn chair beer drinking” and “forgetting about work”.  Are they really hobbies?  Maybe, maybe not, but they sure are fun! As always, thank you for participating […]

Keith Donkin, General Manager at Northern Lite, has contacted us to announce the availability of Thetford Cassette Toilets in 2013 Northern Lite 8-11 and 10-2 models. Above: A Northern Lite wet bath with a Thetford Cassette toilet Keith explained, “We have just built our first campers with a cassette toilet option.  The tank size on […]

Next Thursday, we are attending a special Chevrolet event in Detroit for the debut the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 series trucks.  We expect to see an updated exterior and interior and hope for news about a new small-block V8 engine, possibly a new V6, and improved overall fuel efficiency ratings. We’re also […]

We were completely blown away by the quantity of responses to our Question of the Week, “If you had an unlimited Magic Fuel Card for one month, where would you go, and what would you do?”  The catch was that the Magic Fuel Card only lasts one month, which starts right now.  “Hmmm… right about […]

Here are the reader responses to last week’s Question of the Week, “Do you prefer a built-in generator or a portable generator, and what brand and size generator do you prefer?” Pro Built-In Generator Responses: “This is a very easy question.  Built-in generators are better because I have not seen a single manufacturer of portable […]

There are some very touching stories to this is week’s Question of the Week, “Who inspired you to go truck camping?” “Hi Angela.  We were inspired to purchase our Northstar TC650 by my sister and brother-in-law, Joan and Ted Berger.  They purchased their Northstar TC650 about twelve years ago so that they could boondock in […]

A walk through a Lance 1172, a double-slide truck camper with a dry bath made for one ton trucks.

This week’s Question of the Week was, “What can a husband say to his wife to convince her that a truck camper is a viable choice for their future RV?” “I am not the stick in the mud.  I am a wife who wants a truck camper.  Hubby has the truck.  How can I convince […]

This week’s Question of the Week was, “How far from the reaches of civilization have you ever been in your truck camper?” “You don’t want to break down out here man!  The locals will take your truck and stick it on poles!” – Bob Rushton, on the edge of the outback, NSW Australia “I love […]

How far out have you been?  No, I’m not talking about that wild party you went to in college wearing nothing more than sheets and sunglasses.  It’s not that kind of magazine, unfortunately. I’m asking how far off the beaten path, beyond the reaches of civilization, you’ve ever been in your truck camper?  Off road, […]

This week’s Question of the Week was, “What do you do to pass the time while traveling in your truck camper?”.  Here are the responses. “We listen to books on tape or I catch up on magazine reading.  We also like to follow along with guidebooks and maps.  Lonely Planet is our favorite.” – Joan […]

This past weekend, Angela and I attended the North-South Skirmish Association’s 126th National Skirmish in Fort Shenandoah, Winchester, Virginia.  The North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) was founded over sixty years ago to honor the men on both sides of the American Civil War and keep alive the tradition of live firing Civil War muskets, carbines, revolvers, […]

Northwood Manufacturing is celebrating 10,000 delivered truck campers with a limited production 2013 Arctic Fox 990 Milestone Edition. Arctic Fox 990 Milestone Edition The 2013 Arctic Fox 990 is a hard side, single-slide, wet bath, long bed truck camper.  It has 49 gallons of fresh water, 44 gallons of grey, 43 gallons of black, two […]

This week’s Question of the Week was, “Is a truck camper appropriate for camping in one location full-time for a period of weeks or months at a time?” “Yes!  One of the main reasons I got my Northstar Igloo was to use it as a base camp.  So far I use it to be a […]