Aluminum Camper Forum

Apparently all the products are being changed to include fiberglass and rubber roof, neither of which I want. The dealer I have chosen to work with (because of being helpful, honest, and responsive) told me that I can special order one of the older materials since they are using up the old stuff before switching to the new stuff.

LL on their web site has a "height off truck" that is very tall....and I wonder if that includes the distance to the ground when the jacks are all the way down. I'm trying to figure out the clearance under bridges etc I'll have with the TC loaded up, and that info has been very hard to track down.

Thanks. It does have the heavy duty towing/payload package, which I got  because I was under the impression that would allow me to put a TC on it. However, getting the extended cab probably significantly lowered the payload. I would have been better off if i had known about forums such as these and didn't just believe all the associated dealers (truck dealer, camplite info.) Now I found out that Camplite has re-designed the one I wanted, the 8.6, to be a special fit for the new 2016 aluminum F150s, and also changed the materials, which I think is a downgrade. So unless i can find a new prior-to-2016 one, I think I am SOL because this is the camper I bought the truck for. Don't want another brand for various reasons. The only other option I can think of is to get a shorter TC, the 6.8, that is designed for 6 foot bed trucks. I sure could use the extra room of the 8.6C though, which is why I got the long bed in the first place. Anybody know whether I can put a 6.8 on my long bed without complications? It would look silly but wouldn't ruin my chances of batting about the country next summer.

Thanks. The sticker inside the door says payload is 2618 pounds, which supercedes anything on the web site.
I talked to an official person at LivinLite, and he said, quote, "Everybody overloads their trucks. This isn't sales talk, it is fact."

Thanks. My truck is a 2014. I was under the impression that lift bags improve the ride but have nothing to do with the payload capacity.

It appears there is no one here, but I'll try anyway.

I bought an F150 with heavy duty payload (2600+,) long bed, 5.0 L engine, for the express purpose of getting an 8.6C Camplite TC. Now from everything I read this is not enough truck for the camper once loaded. I don't know of any TCs of this size that are lighter weight than Camplite and it appears I totally screwed myself. Getting a different truck is financially out of the question. Does anyone have any helpful insights? I am not going to get some of the options, such as AC (can't deal with a moldy AC) don't want the pretty floor (prefer aluminum) and also want the optional dinette rather than the long bench that isn't really good for anything. Only one light weight person in the truck, have always drained all the water when I move my TT. So wondering how close I will come to the limit of the truck when loaded.

If this is dangerous no matter what I do, what happens if you put a six foot bed TC on a long bed truck? Impossible? It is not the TC I want but if I put myself into dangerous territory by overloading the truck I have, well, I'll have to think of something. I am just so done with tent camping at this rather late point in my life, and there was no point in buying this much truck if I can't put a TC on it; I could have gotten a much smaller truck and just put a shell on it.

Hi! I just found out about this board from the yahoo list, which seems to be almost completely about problems with the Quicksilvers. I have been living full time in my 16DB Camplite since March of 2012, and have adjusted very well to the tiny space. I move twice a year, winters in the desert and summers at 8000 feet just 45 minutes out of town.

The picture is after a hail storm on the mountain in the summer....and no I don't tow with the Forester. I've hired people to tow me because it is such a short trip and so seldom.