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New Colored Truck Camper

RobertRyan
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Would be scratching my head why this is a newsworthy item. In the latest Truck Camper magazine
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stevenal
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Solar gain! Get that thing heated up during the day so you won't need to run the furnace at night. Better yet, color the roof too. Just don't camp anywhere in the summer where there's no hookup to run your AC, and leave your animals home.
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RobertRyan
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Even Camper Trailers are far larger in the RV market here. This is Track Trailers showroom and factory. A very โ€œ Green โ€œ operation

SidecarFlip
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RobertRyan wrote:
SidecarFlip wrote:
I can see that with production units (color issues) but Four Wheel Campers are basically custom ordered units and the ones that aren't are white... I believe the same applies to Capri. All their units are built to specification.

Big issue I see (with a custom color) is paint match down the road. I read about that (on here and elsewhere) with full body paint motor homes.

Interesting so many custom builders in the US. Virtually all of the Australian ones are Custom builders, except the Millard. Then again TCโ€™s are a pretty small part of the Off Road industry


In reality they are here as well. Don't know for sure but I'd guess less than 10% of total RV sales here are TC's.
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RobertRyan
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SidecarFlip wrote:
I can see that with production units (color issues) but Four Wheel Campers are basically custom ordered units and the ones that aren't are white... I believe the same applies to Capri. All their units are built to specification.

Big issue I see (with a custom color) is paint match down the road. I read about that (on here and elsewhere) with full body paint motor homes.

Interesting so many custom builders in the US. Virtually all of the Australian ones are Custom builders, except the Millard. Then again TCโ€™s are a pretty small part of the Off Road industry

burningman
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Mine had the "ghost stripes" lol. My truck has blue pinstripes, so I threw some blue painter's tape over the camper's ghost stripes just to look better on a road trip a couple years ago. It's still on there.

Color matching a camper to the truck with striping tape is a practical solution, it's cheap and easy to change.
I kinda' scratch my head over people with something like a blue truck and a camper with brown and green stripes... I mean, that looks terrible and it's SO easy to repaint or just use striping tape and fix the stripes!
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HadEnough
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I often dream of having a nice new truck with cool paint and just vinyl wrapping a TC to match. Very easily done. Could be done at home or not too pricey at a vinyl wrap shop.

RobertRyan
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Grit Dog scratch your head over this. Tow Vehicle has done 133,000k ( 82,000miles)Couple have owned this 2011 model CrossRoads 5th Wheeler( top photo) since new. Tow Vehicle is used for Truck Campers and Expedition Vehicles here.

Frank_Mehaffey
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After purchasing a Camplite 10', which was charcoal grey with an aluminum roof, we found that the darker color was not a blessing when we were in a campsite in direct sunlight. Aluminum skin and frame conducted the heat in, more than the AC could handle. 3 coats of State-cool on the roof, a 10' awning, putting silver wrap, about 60 sq.ft. of the back wall, and changing the internal thermostat minimum on adjuster (the thermostat for the knob thermostat) allowed our AC to stay on longer. I think that a lot of AC manufacturers can say that their products are more energy efficient by having them on for a shorter time. We do like the dark color, but learned the side effects in a hurry, but you can manage.

RobertRyan
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rexlion wrote:
Lucky thing you're in Australia, Robert. In the USA we haven't been able to say the word, "Colored" for decades, it isn't PC. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Just kidding.

Thought I was being American ๐Ÿ™‚ normally Coloured in Australia l. I get your drift in the rest of the post

RobertRyan
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Grit dog wrote:
That's ok Robert. A lot of things you produce make some of us scratch our heads too! Lol

IMO, it's about time mfgs start producing TCs that aren't "camper white". There are a few, but more the merrier.
If I had the time, I'd wrap our camper to match or compliment the truck as well as cover the ghost stripes from the crusty old decals that need to come off and the oxidized front cap that's looking a little faded.
Other side of the coin, white universally doesn't clash with other colors and is the coolest color in the hot sun.

Well it is the same here. Very few US products get traction here.

RobertRyan
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SidecarFlip wrote:
I wrote a comment to Angela about it. When I bought mine I wanted to contrast my white truck with the camper, so my camper is not white, it's grey with black graphics (my truck has a black pinstripe and out farm name is in black lettering on both side doors).

My personal feeling is a red body camper is a bit obtuse but if that floats your boat, so be it.

I find white TC's to be dull, just me I guess. but red, no way. There is another custom builder out of Texas that builds them in various colors but I cannot think of the name..... Just came to me... Capri Campers.

I communicate with Angela a fair bit, she is pretty interested in what is happening here ( A Millard TC is listed on the Truck Campers magazines History site although the updated version is still be built. It had its 50th anniversary this year)
Internal view of a new producer of TCโ€™s here

rexlion
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Lucky thing you're in Australia, Robert. In the USA we haven't been able to say the word, "Colored" for decades, it isn't PC. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Just kidding.
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SidecarFlip
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I can see that with production units (color issues) but Four Wheel Campers are basically custom ordered units and the ones that aren't are white... I believe the same applies to Capri. All their units are built to specification.

Big issue I see (with a custom color) is paint match down the road. I read about that (on here and elsewhere) with full body paint motor homes.
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Grit_dog
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That's ok Robert. A lot of things you produce make some of us scratch our heads too! Lol
IMO, it's about time mfgs start producing TCs that aren't "camper white". There are a few, but more the merrier.
If I had the time, I'd wrap our camper to match or compliment the truck as well as cover the ghost stripes from the crusty old decals that need to come off and the oxidized front cap that's looking a little faded.
Other side of the coin, white universally doesn't clash with other colors and is the coolest color in the hot sun.
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