would you ride in a travel trailer mounted on a flatbed truck

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I have a gmc 3500 diesel dually chassis cab that I would like to put on a 14 foot living quarters. The prices I have found for this type of custom work is super high. I would also like the option of removing the living quarters and using the truck as a flatbed. I can buy a new travel trailer that is pretty close to what I want for about $10,000. I do plan on cutting a pass through in back of the cab no matter which way I go. What do you think, would it be safe to ride in a travel trailer bolted to a flatbed?

 

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done correctly it would be more rigid than the trailer itself, less flex. the pass thru would be tricky but could be done, if you make a skid to bolt the trailer to you could suck it up on the truck like a garbage container, now that would be slick, couple rails and a couple rollers and a snatch block and a 12k lb warn winch would do it easy:beer;:beer;

 

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If you have ever seen what happens to a truck camper or a travel trailer when they roll over, you wouldn't even be thinking about letting anyone ride in what you are setting up!

Those things explode into a pile of tooth picks!

 

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Ice Cap said:

If you have ever seen what happens to a truck camper or a travel trailer when they roll over, you wouldn't even be thinking about letting anyone ride in what you are setting up!

Those things explode into a pile of tooth picks!

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Agree..

Also consider haveing a truck camper manufacture build you a camper. contact www.campersbylitecraft.com i have owned 2.

 

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Does a motorhome handle a rollover that much better?

 

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Motorhomes handle a roll over quite a bit better than a truck camper or travel trailer.

 

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Motorhomes do not stand up much if any better than do trailers. 20 some odd years of cutting people out of wrecks to back up my opinion.
There is a guy who comes up every years with a semi that has a big trailer conversion on it and it looks pretty good.
Why do you not want to put a flatbed on it and get a slide off camper ready made and cheaper?

 

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My flatbed will be 12 or 14 foot long, never saw a truck camper made for anything but 8 foot bed.

Nice truck campers are pretty high priced also if you go Lance or Bigfoot that work in winter.

But I am thinking about going with a truck camper and putting a 4 foot sleeper attached to the cab which would leave an 8 foot bed.