[valvecovergasket]

Actually, there is a heater option and a 20 lb propane tank is standard and there are other options too. It weighs less than 1200 lbs and lowers to make it less top heavy so you can forget about the "no camper" crap GM put in the owners manual. It's too bad you can't have it built a certain way though. For my needs, I could do without the stove and sink and would like to see a washroom with shower.

you can buy a fourwheel campers shell and build it out to your own specs.

i forget the model name but they offer units like that. prewired/plumbed for stuff but just the "chassis"

 

[Diesel-one]

I've found that every camper and trailer I've purchased weighed more than the brochure weight. That's because they don't include options in the brochure weight and virtually everything in the camper is an option. Go find a camper on a dealer lot and look for the "as equipped" weight label. Anything the dealer installed isn't included in the 'as equipped" weight either, like the 65 lb battery.

I mounted my home built camper, 600 lbs, by removing the front bed bolts and drilling up through the holes into the bed and putting longer grade 10 bolts in from the bottom and attaching some heavy duty eye nuts with lock nuts on the studs sticking up into the bed.



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[impact]

Tie down brackets available but not cheap.

https://www.etrailer.com/tiedown-20...=6+Foot+Bed+without+board+or+step+underneath+truck+bed+and+with+a+factory+hitch

 

[Diesel-one]

Tie down brackets available but not cheap.

https://www.etrailer.com/tiedown-20...=6+Foot+Bed+without+board+or+step+underneath+truck+bed+and+with+a+factory+hitch

I put that brand on my 3500hd. Fit was a little funky but they work.

 

[3TV]

Camper tie downs should attach directly to the frame, not to the bed of the truck. TorkLift makes the best tie downs in the industry. I use them on my F350 as well, and have never had a problem hauling my camper.

 

[hand foot maneuver]

No issues at all!

Thats a beaut! Ive got the same AT Bobcat. Shell model i built out lightish myself. Heater, extra battery, wiring for solar, fantastic fan only from them. No sink or built in cooktop. I like to cook outside as much as possible.

KRS1- have you had any issues with the door collecting water? I sure have.

Been carrying it for the slight majority of 50k miles with lots of offroad, not crawling or anything, but far beyond simple dirt roads. Got it up to the base of mt humphreys trailhead no problem.

Suspension upgrades standard for a pop up, bilstiens at 2", E rated tires, Ride rites in the rear. I run at 70-80lbs laden. These arent air suspension, just load levelers to push some of the weight forward back onto the front wheels with a little bit of assist.

Only drawbacks are mileage of course, I live at 5-6000 feet, so unladen I get 20-22 with heavy tires and reduced aero, with camper im at 16-18. Im happy with that. Drives well. I think wearout parts might go faster, brakes, maybe shocks, chassis parts, but small price to pay. Im at 76k miles.

Taking off here in a few deep into the NV desert for some climbing development this weekend. Love being able to romp up to faraway places and have heat and a bed.

 

[hand foot maneuver]

Tie down brackets available but not cheap.

https://www.etrailer.com/tiedown-20...=6+Foot+Bed+without+board+or+step+underneath+truck+bed+and+with+a+factory+hitch

Definitely superior, didnt know they made them to fit a Colo. Only drawbacks are having to remove the legs to connect the tiedowns every time (on mine at least) and access to the fuel door, and also knocking them on stuff offroad...which I would probably do.

AFAIK, mine was mounted through the bed to the frame, but now I wonder. AT doesnt half ass their install. Mine wasnt the first colo they did.

 

[hand foot maneuver]

Another sidenote, Four Wheel builds their campers to one spec, then they shim and adapt to the bed depth. AT custom measured and built mine to spec, since the Colo has a way deeper bed than a Tacoma.

Another new contender thats interesting, a fixed head:
https://www.kimboliving.com

 

[hand foot maneuver]

That SS-500 is not a camper. Its a very heavy and expensive tent with no heater option.
You would have to be smoking reefers to purchase something like that.
I would freeze my butt in there during the November deer hunt....lol

Anything worthwhile as a camper and you need a sturdy full size 3/4 ton truck.
Been there / done that.

They are among the heaviest for sure, but they do in fact have a heater. Buddy just bought one for his ranger 6 months ago.

I stay toasty as a bagel in mine even when its 15 degrees outside and windy. Takes nothing for a heater to heat such a small space.

 

[Desmond22]

Hello everyone,

How do you tie down your slide in truck camper to a 2017 GMC Canyon 5’2 bed?The dealer of FWC was not able to give me a clear answer on how to do it. So I’m stuck on going forward with purchasing any unit.

 

[JDaPP]

I don't remember where I saw it but there is a FWC CAMPER dealer in Colorado who mounted a FWC on a ZR2. Said it was first one they have been able to do. Might try dealer page for FWC for some company names and look on those companies website or Facebook.

 

[JDaPP]

https://m.facebook.com/rockymountainfourwheelcampers, this was the company I was referring to that mounted one to a ZR2

 

[bgordon]

i know four wheel campers and go fast campers both make slide ins for these. it seems to me that anything that fits a tacoma will fit the twins as well.


four wheel campers has a great rep, and theyre actually metal rather than cheap stapled wood...

 

[bgordon]

FWIW, we've travelled over 52K miles in 48 states in a homebuilt (hopefully you can't tell!) Truck camper in our 04 Canyon. It's mentioned in one other Post e!sewhere, it was built in 2010. Has all amenities except a shower. The camper is through bolted to captive nuts on the bed frame, necessary to take the not so strong box sides out of play. Check it out the build process, pictures and specs here. CamperBuild.pdf Happy to share info with DIYers