Good Bye Four Wheel Camper | Hello Lance Camper | Full Time Truck Camper Living
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- I had to do it. I mean who doesn’t want hot water and a toilet in their home.
Attention TH-cam police : If you are commenting about the height of the camper… I’m fully aware it’s not 15 feet high. I did not have a tape measure during the making of this video. Cheers - บันเทิง
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I don’t want to sleep outside with the bears, coyotes and human predators. That’s the whole reason for the security of the truck camper! Sleep on the roof, if necessary, but to sleep on the ground is just asking for trouble. Love your new rig!
Thanks for the comment! Cheers
Lance makes the best long lasting campers.
The one you have looks to be in pretty good shape.
I agree on the quality. 25 years old and this thing still looks amazing. I’ve inspected everything with a headlamp looking for water damage and haven’t found anything. Thanks for checking out the video.
Enjoy the camper! It’s nice to have something dry to live out of!
I completely agree. Thanks for checking out the video.
My best memories in a truck camper was a 2001 Lance 915, we took that thing everywhere and we didn't have solar. 22 years later I bought an 70 thousand dollar Northern lite. Great camper but way to much money. I miss my 22 thousand dollar Lance, so simple. Thanks for sharing, Nice camper!
Wow, $70k! I bet she’s real fancy though? I saw a fancy Arctic Fox yesterday sitting on a flatbed F450, I was impressed. What’s the water capacity on your rig?
Thanks for checking out the video!
Nice set up! I’ve lived in Colorado for most of my life and I’m over 60. I’ve owned every type of camper/RV since I was 19. My wife and I currently own a 2007 Monaco 45’ diesel pusher w/tag, 4 slides, 525 Cummins, etc. A gradual evolution over the years but I miss no longer being able to camp in the forest as you cannot get something this large into the national forest. At one time, years ago, I owned a beautiful rig of a 1990 F350 Super Cab Lariat w/460 with a 1990 11’3” Lance top of the line camper. It was pretty massive and heavy but it was loaded with every option. I loved it. That rig, I swear, got like 7 mpg with or without the camper. It was a massive gas hog. I think you’ll love your new camper! Have fun!👍
Thanks for tagging along! Hey as long as the wife is happy then you’ll be happy right? Sounds like you have some experience with many rigs. Why did you go so large on your current one?
@@AndyOnTheMountain Oh, just a natural evolution where you move up the food chain as you get older…always want the next bigger, better, fancier thing. We eventually wanted a top-of-the-line luxury, diesel, pusher, and all the bells and whistles which we got. It’s gorgeous it’s insane quality and we love it but now that the kids are grown and gone we just don’t need some thing that’s 45 feet dick. we may downsize to one of those Clasby sprinter RVs, which I think would be perfect and still allow me to go in to the national forest in smaller areas. We’ll see. Take care and have fun!👍
Great new camper, Congratulations. I've had a Lance truck camper for 5 years now and I still really, really like it.
Thanks Steve, I hear great things about them! It’s amazing that this one is 25 years old and still in great shape.
I strongly advise you STAY OFF the roof of a 26 year old camper, if it doesn't already leak you walking around the roof will crack the sealing of the stuff bolted on the roof.
Thanks for the advice. Since this video I’ve resealed all seams on the roof.
I had two Lance campers(An 8-ft; & 8-1/2-ft) that i basically lived in for almost 8-years while on the road doing field engineering. They had the same layout as yours which I quite like.
The only issues were the entry doors of both become askew, hard to close and latch eventually needing remounting, and the rear Jacks mounting area developed rot and I replaced the wood and added 3" angle iron to the entire corners for remounting the jacks. '
I steel framed a cargo box for the rear roof area with solar panel for a lid. I also had additional solar panels for 400-watts of gross power, net is less.
The equipment, fridge, heater, air, never failed on either but the inverters in both failed rather quickly.
These are mild weather campers as the undersides are not insulated so the beds in the overhead and dinette area get quite cold in freezing weather, so added 1-1/2" closed cell padding(actually yoga mats cut to fit) to those areas, including the dinette floor which provide an insulated thermal barrier for a big improvement. I added foil backed insulation to the exterior underside of the wings of the camper, and the camper sat on rubber stall panels available at a farm supply, but freezing weather combined with wind is not a situation you want to endure even with the furnace running full time...expensive!
Both of these campers had over 100,000 road miles on them and several hundred off-pavement miles. Road miles are hard on these campers so annual roof resealing is a must on a typical metal roof.
The only draw back to truck campers is the wind resistance which greatly affects MPG. And off-road, to much lean can cause contact with trees or overhanging rock. Now days I will be pulling a 14-ft purpose built trailer with high clearance independent suspension and 1,600-watts of solar and no propane equipment. Heat by a mini-split and a Marine wood stove and highly insulated. The total area of the trailer is about the same as an 8-ft. camper and the layout is nearly the same, but with a full width rear dinette and a lot more storage available.
You will enjoy the camper RV life as I did and I still sometimes miss having a truck camper.
Note; the 8'-8-1/2' campers are the sweet spot, anything bigger has weight and size issues.
Great Feedback on the truck camper. I hope to live part of the same dream to do so.
Thanks for the comment. I apparently didn’t see this one. Also great tips on the insulation, I’ll probably be doing something like that here soon. Cheers
Just subscribed. Awesome rig and great content. Looking forward to the next video.
Thanks Karl! 🙌🏽
Hey Andy!! Congrats on your new home! We tried living fulltime in a truck camper and it did not work for us. We now are working on a van for fulltime travel... What a cozy comfy little home!! Safe travels with your new home! 💙Terry and Terri
Thanks for checking out the video. Why did you choose the van over truck camper?
In the truck camper, we were constanty having to move everything around but in the van, we seem to have more room. We had s very small pop-up truck camper. ;-) @@AndyOnTheMountain
Very nice and almost identical to my 2004 Lance 815 which I have had almost 12 years now and no major issues so far.
Hey, that’s great to hear!
DOOOD! nice upgrade, again. I know campers and Lance is a hi-quality brand for drop-ins. Does it have a deadhead sticker on it as well?? hahaha.
The quality shows for something that’s 25 years old.
Oh you know I’ve got a Dead sticker waiting to be put on the rear window. ⚡️ 💀
No drive through..you'll have many many good times I love my lance 900..there well made
Do not directly connect solar panels to your battery. You need a charge controller between them. I just looked it up because I had never seen it directly.
The “Renogy suitcase 100 watt panel” has a build in charge controller in the back of it. Pretty neat little thing!
Hello From Northern Virginia, Just subscribed, we love our 2006 Lance 851, heading to Boonville this Week, safe travels to ya👍🏼🇺🇸
awesome tour thanks for showing us.
Hey, stoked to see you around these part again! Hope you’re doing well!
@@AndyOnTheMountain yeah we got private land in the desert, got a tiny dirtbike, upgraded to a 2019 ranger... in debt forever but having a great time of it hahaha
I have a truck camper too!! I enjoy my camper alot and so will you! Happy trails my friend 😀
live life to its fullest. awesome setup.
1000%
Cool video! It's really enjoyable listening to you. In comparison to your last camper it's a full on house xD
Cheers from Ukraine!
Glad you enjoyed! Cheers
That’s a really nice camper! I like it. Congratulations
Thanks so much! Cheers
Nice ! I have looked at them.
Very nice!
Thanks!
You've made a good choice. Truck campers are the way to go for mobil living. Truck campers are the most versatile. I think you'll find as those of us that live full time have found, simple is best. Slide outs are nice but are heavy and inconvenient to access the inside for minor things. It's nice to just open the door and walk in. I travel cross county in mine and have found pop-ups and slides to be more hassle than they are worth. They are fine for a weekend or a short camping trip, but for full time you need simple and easy. You'll love that camper in the long run.
Thanks for checking out the video. I couldn’t agree with you more. Simple is the way to go. Plus less things to go wrong.
A very nice, clean rig. Put in a Laveo waterless toilet and it would be perfect...
I sure love the idea of a waterless toilet but I don't like the idea of using so much waste that the Laveo provides. I actually don't use my toilet much. I use a pee bottle and only poop in a emergency.
Thanks for checking out the video.
Really nice rig !
Thanks you, very much enjoying it so far.
I love my pop-up truck camper for camping and the occasion overnight work trip but for full time a hard side like this is the way to go.
I couldn’t agree with you more!
We upgraded to a hardside from a pop up last spring and it was quite a change. No more issues with drying canvas after camping in the rain, less noise to keep us up at night, more storage, AC and the new one has electric jacks.
Sounds like no regrets! I also feel the same way with the hard side vs soft. Living in it full time it feels more livable. I’ve ask upgrade to a roof top AC unit, it was nice for summer on hot nights.
Cheers
I’m jealous of your electric jacks !
@@AndyOnTheMountain I understand the clearance thing when switching from a popup camper. We already bashed the roof top fridge vent on a low branch and broke it while boondocking. We installed a Dometic generic replacement vent that has more flexible plastic than the dometic and hopefully its more durable. The whole reason we are Truck camper enthusiasts is for off grid camping.
Very nice
The Lance 3000 is similar in floor plan to the Lance 815 which we had from 2002 to 2020 and did many mods to our rig. The wooden frame Lance were made very strong so it will hold up very well doing all kinds of off roading. Just a note when we added AC to our rig we used a window unit and installed it where the back window is, you do lost some of the ladder.
Thanks for checking out the video. So far the rig has been great. I installed a Dometic Penguin II in the old existing ceiling vent. Very happy with the unit but now I’m deciding on where/how to install roof rack for a storage box.
I would love to have a full size camper,but I'm concerned about very high winds,so I settled for pop up palomino (no complaints)except for winterizing in winter can't use the faucet for water.
Sounds like it's working out great for you! I was also concerned for a larger profile rig in high winds. So far I'm not noticing the high winds but maybe that's because my truck is a f350 with a Diesel engine . Winter is going to be interesting..
Cheers
Awesome thanks for your video
You’re welcome.
Nice rig, wouldn't mind one myself..
Lance makes some quality campers 🙌🏽
I have a Lance 825 and went with a DC to DC charger that chargers the battery from the alternator. It's worth looking into depending on your use case.
I definitely need something like this. Thanks for the comment.
A severe upgrade damn dude
I think I'd really like the dinette next to the door. More air, less claustrophobic.
We ended up taking out the table completely to free up the space and have more of a lounging area. Most of the time we enjoy it, other times we wish the table was back.
I have had good luck with ceiling little cracks on roofs on my camper. I used to clear spray flex seal, I had a roof vent that was leaking on the edge I cleaned it very thoroughly and put a whole can of flex seal around those edges and it never leaked again.
Good to know. I sure love the flex seal commercials.
That's nice camper
Thank you.
I love it.Still can't decide ,van or truck.I am retire,planning to travel and live on the road.
Paul, thanks for checking out the video. That's a personal preference but I'm enjoying my truck camper more then my van. The truck camper is way larger and feels more like a home with all the amenities you could possibly need. You can get these amenities in a van but you'll be spend way more $$. I also like have a 4x4 truck when I don't have the camper on.
We bought a lance like yours last year. Ill be interested to see how you remodel it.
Thanks for checking out the video. So far not much remodeling has been done but the ideas are turning. Cheers.
Lance is a good option, but the floor plans Host makes takes campers to the next level for full-timers.
Cool, I’ll have to check them out!
Very nice 👌.
Thanks a lot 😊
Sweeeet rig dude
Thanks, it’s definitely the upgrade I need.
As far as the previous comment about your roof, I don't think you've made a bad choice and pretty much all truck campers are pretty solid choices. Sure you may have to do a little servicing but, I think you made the right choice....
Thanks for commenting. The camper has been working out well so far. It has everything I need. I’ll be installing solar on the roof soon! Cheers
I just bought a 1995 lance squire lite 185, looks alot like yours but yours is bigger and nicer. I got a deal $3,500 no AC and it gets way over 100 here. Lance is built very well. I got some work to do on it, re caulking the roof right now what a pain. Yours looks sweet I will follow you to see what you do. Good luck, look forward to watching you maybe you can give me some Ideas...thanks.
Thanks for checking out the video. Sounds like you did get a great deal! I’ve actually re caulked mine and installed a AC unit on the roof. I’m going to post a video here in the next few weeks on the updates.
Cheers
Congratulations on your new home! I was totally with you until you said "No Air Conditioner, I dont go where it's 100 degrees". I'm a Texan, and we dont buy anything without AC. Plus, I lived in Denver area many years and my rule still applied, as Denver has MANY days in the 90's-100's. You can always add AC later, though. Nice rig, but 15-15.5' tall is about 5' taller than I'd feel safe driving. But being able to offload the camper and use the truck separately is definitely an advantage. Enjoy!
Thanks for checking out the video Deborah. I ended up adding a Donetic Penguin II since I have a dog now. It was so nice to have! Cheers
Great job on this presentation! Question: How tall are you? I noticed you can sit up in the cab-over bed area and stand in the shower. I'm 6'2 and thinking these spaces might be too cramped for me. Thank you.
Johnny, great question. I’m 5’11 and broad shoulders. The bathroom is definitely small but it works. I never shower in yet as I usually shower outside. I changed my bed out to something thinner specifically so I could sit up in bed. I use a bed from Hest which also doubles as a sleeping pad for when we want to sleep outside. It’s great! Cheers
this is cool man...
Thanks 🙏🏽
Andy, how did you luck out and find this one? It is in such great shape and looks good. Now that I am retired 61 I would like to find a Lance to kick around in. Good luck and enjoy.
Thanks for checking out the video. I found this on Craigslist but had to drive 8 hours to WY to pick her up. I felt like it was a great deal as well. You would definitely enjoy one as well! Cheers
@@AndyOnTheMountain Thank you for replying. Definitely worth the drive to find that beauty. One of these days I will find one as well. Take care.
Great vid. Does the shower situation work or does it get to be too cramped?
I haven’t showered in it yet but I imagine it’s going to be tight. The outside shower will definitely be utilized way more. Thanks for watching!
Do you often put down those legs of the camper to not put extra stress on the suspension of the car?
Not often do I use the legs. I only use it when I take the camper off the truck. The legs are manual and not auto so it takes about 10 minutes.
Don't hook solar directly to battery it can be remote control so must use inverter
Thanks for the comment. The solar panel is made by Renogy and has a charge controller installed on it so it can be connected directly to the battery. Pretty cool!
You said it was about 15 feet high, I believe it is under 13 6 , if not, watch the bridges
😁 haha good call! We don’t want any issues with bridges.
Hope you reinforced the bed mounts
What bed mounts?
I have seen the bed give out over the weight of the camper and the weight of people inside
This might sound dumb but where do you get the cable that goes from your solar panel to the battery with those clips on it? I'm new to solar don't know much about it. Thanks if someone could help me.
Great question, I got the entire kit from Renogy.com - It's the 100 watt portable suitcase. The unit is all in one including the solar panel, charge controller (which is on the back side of the panel) and alligator clips that attach to a battery. Just FYI you can't run a wire directly from the solar panel to a battery, you must have a charge controller. The portable suitcase solves that problem. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cheers
What truck are you using to hold this with? I'm thinking about getting a truck with a slide in camper.
Ford F350 w/ a turbo diesel engine. I recommend a truck that can handle the weight of your camper. Good luck
What's with those crazy steps?
I don’t really use them bc I have a bike rack on the hitch.
Before you went inside, I was going to say that you're not an authentic YT camper liver-inner unless you take that very nice camper and start tearing it apart, for a remodel. Then, alas, you go in and state that you will be tearing it apart for a remodel. There must be some kind of lethal gas, that these campers give off, that makes people who say they want the simple life of camper living, to feel that they must dis-embowel their perfectly nice camper and turn it into a huge remodel headache.. Geeze loueeze!
Must be the black water tank fumes coming up through the flooring..
You know I guess it’s kind of like buying an old home- when she’s old you want to remodel the interior and make it more of your style and nicer looking. This is home. But anyway I haven’t remodeled anything. Only installed some necessary things.
I seriously doubt the camper is 15' high unless your truck is jacked up. Many of the old tunnels are 13.5' max.
That was def a guess during the timing of filming. I haven't taken out any tunnels yet haha
Good to hear Andy. Im looking at a similar rig and if it is over 13.5 feet then Ill need to look at Alternative Routes.
My pop up "Scamper" truck camper is almost exactly 8'. This looks about 3' taller.
What do you people do for a living???? I am really curious to know.
That's a great question and obviously different for everyone. I work in healthcare as a traveler. Work hard, play harder!
The same 845. Mines an 01. What kind of truck you use?
Ford F350 turbo diesel.
How about off road capability? compared to fwc.. Why do you move from fwc to lance? I want to know main reason..
The FWC can handle off roading better but I’ve taken the Lance on some rough roads too. The down side is the Lance is taller than FWC. I will say I haven’t regretted my decision at all with having the Lance instead of FWC.
Brand and model of truck? Size of truck needed for this size camper ( 1/2 ton, 3/4 ton, 1 ton?)
The truck is a Ford F350 with turbo diesel engine and 8’ bed. 🙂
@@AndyOnTheMountain Thank you for the information and the prompt reply!
I've got a cl900..lance
Can't be 15' in height that's over the DOT maximum height of any vehicle for underpasses etc. in all 50 states. Believe the max is still 13'9". Sayin
Ya you’re definitely correct on that. It was a guess on my part and I was bit off 🤣
You better fumigate, i saw a roach!
Fumigate ✅
15 feet high?
Thanks for the reply. Ya I must have under compensated. I ended up measuring it… and it’s actually 28 feet high!
definitely not 15 feet high. the maximum legal height before requiring an over size permit to be on the road is 13 feet 6 inches. your set up is about 10 or 11 feet tall.
10:4 good buddy. I measured it yesterday 10.5'.
Nice. I was almost bang on.@@AndyOnTheMountain
@@d.j.758 hahaha right in the middle.
@@d.j.758 Apparently I’m not good with knowing my measurements while it’s in front of me.
@@AndyOnTheMountain😁
This model?
You can walk on any full size truck camper
They wouldn’t put a ladder on it then say not to use it
Right, but some campers without the ladder don’t recommend walking on the roof. That’s what the google machine told me.
Can I have your old one...
Ah, she sold! ☝🏽
I learned "rig" is the show off braggy word for "vehicle "
I call my truck with camper on it my “rig” and or my “home” and proud of my hard work to have it. 🙏🏽
Strange comment. A rig is more than merely a vehicle. And, it’s not a word used to brag, but to be accurate. Factual.
@@michelleeaton9282 Hey thanks for the comment! Weird comment indeed… This is the world of TH-cam and unfortunately I sometimes will get rude or comments from people who sound jealous. Jealousy never looks good on someone. Cheers!
After the remark about your girlfriend..probably past ..now
Your 10ft...not 15 lol
28 feet!
Hello 6 MPG! HAHA
Hey hey, close. 11.5 tho! 🤘🏽