August 2017 Super Mod Contest Winner
With 60.9-percent of the reader vote, there was a clear Medium-Mod winner for our August 2017 TCM Super Cup Mod Contest. And the winner of this month’s Mod contest is… Congratulations to Les Sage of...
View ArticleYour Everyday Rule Breaker
What happened to the most famous truck and camper rig of 2016? Mike Hallmark of Hellwig Products is driving it around as his daily driver, mobile office, and adventure vehicle. This is no museum...
View ArticleDealer Inventory For Truck Camper Canada
MARTENSVILLE, SK | 306-382-7800 | DIRECTIONS | CONTACT | WEBSITE Last Inventory Update: September 5, 2017 Always call ahead before visiting a dealership to confirm that posted truck camper inventory...
View ArticleDealer Inventory For Ketelsen RV
HIAWATHA & DESOTO, IA | 319-377-8244 | DIRECTIONS | CONTACT | WEBSITE Last Inventory Update: September 5, 2017 Always call ahead before visiting a dealership to confirm that posted truck camper...
View ArticleTruck Camper Hurricane Preparedness
Whether you’re going to hunker down or evacuate, here’s what you need to do to prepare your truck and camper for an approaching hurricane. General Hurricane Warnings For this article, we are assuming...
View ArticleTCM EXCLUSIVE: 2018 Eagle Cap 811
Adventurer Manufacturing debuts the 2018 Eagle Cap 811, a hard side, single-slide, wet bath truck camper for long or short bed trucks. With the 811, Eagle Cap is flying in some new directions. In the...
View Article2017 Gettysburg Jamboree Events
The North-East Jamboree Gettysburg Rally starts next week. It runs from Wednesday, September 13th until Sunday, September 17th at the Gettysburg Campground in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. September 13 –...
View ArticleYour Wildest Wild Animal Encounters While Truck Camping
This past holiday weekend Angela and I were invited to a small gathering of my high school friends, many of whom I had not seen in many years. One of my school friends was particularly interested in...
View Article2018 Dream Truck Survey
For our fourth semi-annual Dream Truck Survey, we are changing one important element. This year we want to know the dream truck you would actually buy if your money was on the line. If your truck...
View Article7 Reader Tips For Hurricane Preparedness
Earlier this week we published, “Truck Camper Hurricane Preparedness” for truck camper owners in the path of Hurricane Irma or future storms. We also asked readers to send in their hurricane...
View ArticleVIDEO: 2017 North-East Jamboree Lake George Report
The North-East Jamboree in Lake George ran from Wednesday, August 23rd to Sunday, August 27th. It was at the Lake George Escape Campground in New York. There were over 40 truck camper rigs at the...
View Article16 Wild, Wilder, and Wildest Wildlife Encounters
Many of us visit national and provincial parks in hopes of seeing wildlife. Wouldn’t it be amazing to see a black bear in the back country, or a moose loose in the boondocks? Yeah, that’s what we...
View ArticleHershey RV Show and Two Rallies This Week
The Hershey RV Show in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the North-East Truck Camping Jamboree in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the Midwest Truck Camper Barn Party in central Iowa all start this week. September...
View ArticleHow Truck Campers Can Volunteer For Harvey and Irma Recovery
A number of readers have expressed a strong desire to drive their truck camper rigs to Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Georgia to help Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma victims. Self-contained truck...
View ArticleBigfoot In Europe
Tricked out with an Alde hydronic heating system and EFOY fuel cell, Peter and Henny Terstall’s Bigfoot and F450 rig travels nearly full-time across Europe. Roll out the cannons! There you are in...
View ArticleIn Celebration of Larry Johns of Travel Lite RV
Larry P. Johns, 73, of New Paris, Indiana passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Johns is survived by his wife, Linda; children, Larry Paul (Anne) Johns Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, Teresa (Mark) Eads,...
View ArticleSouthland RV Now Offers Northstar
Southland RV now offers Northstar truck campers. Four 2018 Northstar pop-up campers have arrived at their dealership in Norcross, Georgia. They currently have a Northstar 600SS, TC650, and two 850SCs....
View ArticleSurvey Results: 2018 Dream Truck Survey
The fourth bi-annual Truck Camper Magazine Dream Truck Survey results are in. With over 5,000 votes and eight years of trend data, one truck make, model, and configuration rules them all. The eight...
View ArticleBehind the Shot: Part 8
For Behind the Shot Part 8, we are featuring photos and stories from Northumberland Provincial Park, the Arctic Circle, Waterton National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, White Sands National...
View ArticlePortable Lithium Power Goes Truck Camping
Truck Camper Magazine experiments with a Goal Zero Yeti 400 Lithium portable power station and weighs the impact of lithium battery technology and integrated portable power systems on the future of...
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