Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Our New Four Wheel Camper

Today Chris Janeway, owner of Rocky Mountain Four Wheel Campers, installed our new camper.  We are excited about the prospects.

The camper is designed to slip into the bed of our equally new pickup truck.  Like Oz, the new rig is spartan.  It has a bed, 15-gallon water tank, and, most importantly, a furnace.


Above is a video of our first load.  Chris was at the wheel this time... we figure it might take us a few attempts to become so proficient!

The unit is low profile while traveling to save on gas mileage.  This feature will also allow us to travel off road.  We hope to be able to off-load it when we stay in one place for more than a day or two.


The above short video shows how easily the top is popped.  Once the camper top is raised, the inside ceiling height is 6' 6".

I admit that naming our vehicles and rigs is a bit on the weird side… oh well!  As soon as I saw the new truck, he was dubbed “Hoss.”   As a result, David decided that the camper should be named “Little Joe.”  Of course, we recognize that these names date us back to the fifties when television pictures were black and white and one of the most popular shows was Ponderosa.  That’s okay with us…

We're having difficulty uploading, so will write more about the camper later!

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