Candice Boutilier, Marketing Director at Torklift International, contacted us this week to announce Torklift International’s latest product, the Basement Camper Step. Essentially, the step is designed for basement model truck campers with a high entry step between the rear bumper and the entry door.  As a magazine, we have experienced this situation with several basement […]

Mark Turnbull tells us about how he went about packing for Alaska.

This week we received a copy of Soaring Magazine in our mailbox.  Soaring Magazine is a publication of the Soaring Society of America, an organization that supports the vibrant glider/sailplane community. Opening it up we saw Mitch Polinsky, a past Truck Camper Magazine interviewee, and his Four Wheel Camper.  Tom Hanagan, President of Four Wheel […]

The Northstar American Hero is a hard-side, non-slide, wet bath truck camper for a flat bed truck.

Side-to-side sway is often a tell-tale issue with overloaded truck and camper rigs.  Even when properly matched for payload, some truck and camper combinations need a suspension enhancement product or two to eliminate pesky side-to-side sway.  Every truck camper manufacturer and dealer worth their weight in turnbuckles is familiar with the symptoms of truck camper […]

Truck Camper Magazine reader France Lanouette wrote in to tell us about his brand new Caravane Portée truck camper forum for French speakers in Quebec.  Parlez-vous caravane portée?  Oui! “To maximize visibility in Quebec, as there are not many truck campers, a new forum has been created exclusively for French speaking truck camper owners.  It […]

Bill Penney of East End Campers and Truck Camper Warehouse reports on his visit to Northwood Manufacturing and the new Eagle Cap production line. Earlier this month we got a call from a very excited Bill Penney, Owner of East End Campers and Truck Camper Warehouse.  He was in Oregon and preparing to visit Northwood […]

Donna Bitcon and Ed Amato sent in the following tips, advice, and photographs after they experienced a camper breakdown.

We debuted the 2012 Phoenix Geo-Den early this month and it’s already been a big success for Phoenix Campers.  In fact, they recently installed a Geo-Den on a 2011 Ford Raptor (see pictures below).  This is after buiding a custom P.U.L.S.E. camper for a Ford Raptor this past Spring.  That truck and camper combination got […]

Ever since we posted our 2011 Denver ISE Show Report, we have been inundated with requests for more pictures of the Coyote RV P.U.L.S.E.  This is much the same reaction the P.U.L.S.E. received at the show.       The P.U.L.S.E. is actually not a camper, but rather a concept.  The acronym stands for Phoenix […]

It’s not that often that we have a dog write in and tell us about his truck camping adventures.  Razi, the Rescue dog tells us about his encounter with Sammy while camping in eastern Oregon. Succor Creek Sammy By Razi, the Rescue Dog       On November 4, the humans and I took our […]

I stepped foot into the small Bureau of Land Management building for about thirty seconds and knew it wasn’t my scene.  It was very crowded with people eagerly anticipating the daily lottery drawing.  I overheard one couple saying that they had been there for days on end hoping to win the opportunity to see… The […]

Robby Rowe is up to his usual unusual custom truck camper tricks again. Check out the Ford Raptor and Chevy Avalanche campers.

What would happen if you were out camping and you accidentally lost or broke your electric jack remote?

Anyone who is interested in extending their boondocking capabilities will enjoy this. For the pirates, it’s boondock until you stink.

When most of us imagine what Everglades National Park is like, we think of swamps, alligators, wondrous birds, and an airboat or two.