Optimistic Paranoid
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Anyone here got a Capri Camper? How do you like it? How long have you had it? How's it holding up?
crumbs said:Sorry, no experience regarding durability. Being an enclosed box, Id say its pretty good, but not as good as the aluminum cages.
I've looked into them, but for my needs I decided to pass. They seem open to special requests. I had wanted to have the Cowboys width and height changed from their website stated dimensions. That was doable.
I don't intend to be doing serious off road. Though the vibration from unimproved gravel ones is probably enough to test them. I currently have a A.R.E. DCU 23-29" wedge. In this case, me being of smaller than average height, I am getting by with it. I've had it for a spell over three years now. No insulation though. My biggest complaint with the ARE is the use of rivets on the swing up back door hinge. For some time I had to replace a few rivets that seem to disappear internally. I recently went with bolts this time. It,s much improved now. I'd love to get a real furnace in there, as well as installing a 150 watt solar. If I do that I would also add insulation to the ceiling. Dust coming in the back is a complaint, but that's with the good folks at GM. Light pours through that tailgate.
I only wish I had gotten the ARE 36" with full barn doors in the back. I woudn't get the side windoors either, just sliding screened windows. I like my trucks tailgate at times, but I can envision in another 5 years it being a nuisance climbing over that back of it to enter and exit.
My ideal setup would be an ATC Puma shell without the poptop. Yes, a hardside that provides only 60" of interior height. In addition it would be real fine if it came with a rear door that opened up the largest area as possible.
longhorn1 said:Check out Hiatus Campers, hard side pop-up camper shell with barn doors. They sell it as a shell or with moduals interior.
www.hiatuscampers.com
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