How to Load a Truck Camper | Vintage Bigfoot

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Today I show you how I load my 1986 Bigfoot Truck camper onto my 1993 Dodge w250 club cab. These old campers with hydraulic hijacker camper jacks can be a bit unstable as the truck goes up but with a bit of patience you can easily load these old campers onto your truck.
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@richyg3993 Жыл бұрын

That truck exactly with a manual gear box is my dream. Still a bad rig!!!!! 😎

@OvensGarage 11 ай бұрын

I've got one with an auto and one with a manual!

@so7055 Жыл бұрын

No thumbs but good moral support from Earl! 😂

@OvensGarage Жыл бұрын

As always

@hamptonmanufacturing3566 Жыл бұрын

Love that camper and I definitely love that truck. 😎

@OvensGarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks I appreciate it!

@pixchick55 Жыл бұрын

Great video & Earl is an excellent supervisor. Goodest boy ever.

@PNWXOverland 11 ай бұрын

Id recommend a thin rubber mat to set the camper on when in the truck. Also making a mark on those slide out connections so you know where to put them every time.

@lxxlss Жыл бұрын

very detail. thank you.

@LifeofBrianLoB Жыл бұрын

Love it man.

@OvensGarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks appreciate it!

@redrebelneck8678 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@OvensGarage Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@darrylmonat5361 Жыл бұрын

I use chains and turnbuckles for mine. I have handcranks, old school. My camper is '89 on the back of my '90 D350 dually. Love just the way it is. Takes me about an hour...🤦‍♂️

@OvensGarage Жыл бұрын

Yeah I've probably got it down to a 30min load or so...definitely not fast! haha.

@jameswbarry9576 10 ай бұрын

Hi maybe you can get some of the roll bar Styrofoam to put around the chains so you don't damage the paint

@DuddiesAdventure Жыл бұрын

Very nice setup. I can't seem to find a camper like that down here in Texas. Im looking at using a ex-military box on the back of my crew cab im working on. How high is that camper from the bottom of the bed to the top of the camper? And how top heavy is it going down the road? Great Video!

@OvensGarage Жыл бұрын

All these fibreglass Bigfoot campers were manufactured in BC, so there are quite a few around here. There's also a couple other companies like Somerset and Northern Lite that produced fibreglass truck campers. The camper is probably about just over 6ft high. I can stand up comfortably inside without hitting my head and I'm 5'11. I find the sway bar on the truck helps a ton with sway and you can hardly feel the camper on the truck. I just give myself a bit more stopping distance, otherwise truck hardly feels it.

@eddydodgeandtruck614 Жыл бұрын

thank you for this informative video. is it true that you have to have at least a 250 to be able to carry a motorhome like yours? because I have a d150 and I believe that my truck cannot support the weight of a camping cell.

@OvensGarage Жыл бұрын

Yeah I would want at least the 3/4ton 250 to carry a camper this weight or higher. This camper dry is only like 1500lbs and it still squats the truck a touch.

@glenstewart8464 11 ай бұрын

I have a 92' W250 and wondering if you know the manufacturer of the frame mounts?

@OvensGarage 11 ай бұрын

They are custom fabricated

@grndiesel Жыл бұрын

What does that camper weigh?

@OvensGarage Жыл бұрын

Never weighed it but I'd guess it's around 1500lbs

@grndiesel Жыл бұрын

@@OvensGarage Cool. So it's just enough to smooth out the ride. I have an older F250, and this channel has me thinking of options. I like the clamshell fiberglass construction because it seems less leak prone.

@OvensGarage Жыл бұрын

@David yeah they are great old campers. Not perfect but in better shape than most older campers