b7bingo
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After years of saving and dreaming of full-timing in a Four Wheel Camper I saw an old pop-up truck camper in a small town ad in Alaska in 2020. $1,200. (Add another zero for a good, used FWC.) It didn't look too bad from the outside but you know the smell test happens inside. But there was no scent of mold or sign of water damage. I gave the guy $1,300. It was a steal. It was a 1990s era (or older) Roamin' Chariot.
Upon research I learned they were built one at a time by a guy in Spokane, Wa. Aluminum-framed. Not sure when he started building them but he stopped in late '90s I think.
My RC is a shell model. The original owner added a solar panel and inverter/two boat batteries. I changed nothing structurally, added no major accessaries other than a cooler style fridge that runs off solar. It's 500 pounds dry, maybe 600-some loaded for full-timing. I travel light.
15 MPG on my 2013 Nissan Frontier and I can go just about anywhere a small 4X4 pickup can go without a camper on it, thanks to the RC's smart wedge build.
I'm 3 months into my dream come true, BTW. I'm an Alaska teacher who took a year off to travel the lower 48 states -- I'm playing a round of golf in all of them, but that's another topic.
This RC Camper has been a dream home. More details and pics later...
Meanwhile, any other RC lovers out there?
Upon research I learned they were built one at a time by a guy in Spokane, Wa. Aluminum-framed. Not sure when he started building them but he stopped in late '90s I think.
My RC is a shell model. The original owner added a solar panel and inverter/two boat batteries. I changed nothing structurally, added no major accessaries other than a cooler style fridge that runs off solar. It's 500 pounds dry, maybe 600-some loaded for full-timing. I travel light.
15 MPG on my 2013 Nissan Frontier and I can go just about anywhere a small 4X4 pickup can go without a camper on it, thanks to the RC's smart wedge build.
I'm 3 months into my dream come true, BTW. I'm an Alaska teacher who took a year off to travel the lower 48 states -- I'm playing a round of golf in all of them, but that's another topic.
This RC Camper has been a dream home. More details and pics later...
Meanwhile, any other RC lovers out there?
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