Hi all, I am new to the slide on camper world so would like your opinions...
I plan on doing some travelling..some of it off road--not rock crawling mind you-but some long 100 mile stretches of rocky, muddy, dirt washboard type roads off the grid.
I was originally thinking fwc for its light weight, but actually do like the idea of some more creature comforts as well as a roof assisted lift as i plan on carrying a 50-80 # load on the roof. With that in mind that made me think more of the 8 foot over head camper alaskan and / or the outfitter models. My question is- will either of these last 2 stand up to prolonged off road abuse? The last thing i want is to end up at my destination and find the top won't lift up (from what i understand, there is no manual way to lift the top if the hydralic lift fails).
I'll be using a 2011 ford f350 4x4 diesel w/ 8 foot box.
thanks
-jd
I plan on doing some travelling..some of it off road--not rock crawling mind you-but some long 100 mile stretches of rocky, muddy, dirt washboard type roads off the grid.
I was originally thinking fwc for its light weight, but actually do like the idea of some more creature comforts as well as a roof assisted lift as i plan on carrying a 50-80 # load on the roof. With that in mind that made me think more of the 8 foot over head camper alaskan and / or the outfitter models. My question is- will either of these last 2 stand up to prolonged off road abuse? The last thing i want is to end up at my destination and find the top won't lift up (from what i understand, there is no manual way to lift the top if the hydralic lift fails).
I'll be using a 2011 ford f350 4x4 diesel w/ 8 foot box.
thanks
-jd