You see truck campers everywhere. Lance is the big one for big trucks. For
little trucks or people who want gas milage, get a slide in pop up camper.
I have a Palomino Bronco B-800. Weight is about 1100# for a cab over with
queen size bed. They make them for the mini-pickups. Lightest is Fourwheel
Popup camper out of woodland Calif. They will even connect you up with
someone selling a used unit. Mine is from
http://www.palominorv.com/ftc.shtml
There are several other manufacturers. The camper is only about 8" high
above the cab when traveling. I do notice a milage hit, but not that much.
But I do drive a 2004 Duramax diesel Chevy.
Get a set of trailering mirrors at the local Wal-mart, autoparts store,
Canadian Tire, etc. They hang on the window sill and then a bungee goes to
the bottom to the door. Remove when not trailering.
Bill


"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 01:30:15 +0000, Tony Thomas wrote:

Mirrors will definetly help but everyone I know that has ever done
tandem
towing disconnects before backing (back only one unit at a time).

He he...

I've noticed that what we do for camping almost seems unique in North
America: we have "slide-in" campers that fit on the back of pickup trucks.
You see them EVERYWHERE in BC and the American "pacific northwest", but
rarely anywhere else.

The "camper" I'm referring to sits in the truckbed - it's not a separate
trailer. The problem with it is that it's wider than the truck (or the
boat!).

Here's what a "big one" looks like:
http://www.virtualproperties.ca/j1058/

and this is more what I have in mind:
http://cargobody.com/camper.htm

Lloyd

I agree with Will on this. I found the OP completely unintelligible. In
fact I find the explanation unintelligible.
TS
"Will Sill" wrote in message
...
I see where Jim contributed:

I pull a small center console behind a van. I find that if I put the
pole mounted steaming light in, I can maneuver the trailer by watching
the light.

SInce that was unintelligible to me, an rv'er and not a boater, I
responded with "Huh?" and a recommenbdation to sober up.

Now he says:
The question was, "How do you back a trailer when you can't see it?"

My reply was that my "all around light" is on a removable pole. If I
put the light in place, I can see where the trailer is.

Hard to understand?

Yes, it was impossible for some of us who were not familiar with your
lingo. And you did NOT call it an "all around light", leaving many in
the dark. Pun intended. Not only that, the information was of no value
to the OP, who does NOT have a van but plans to get a truck camper.
Most of THEM completely block vision through the middle.

He needs the correct MIRRORS, not a steaming light.

Sorry if you felt insulted, but when you cross-post to a NG frequented
by readers who know little or nothing of the buzzwords for your
aquatic hobby, you'll get a lot of "Huh?".

Will Sill

Will Sill wrote:
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Sorry if you felt insulted, but when you cross-post to a NG frequented
by readers who know little or nothing of the buzzwords for your
aquatic hobby, you'll get a lot of "Huh?".

Will Sill

Give it up Will, you just look dumber the more you write. OP
posted to both groups and his response made sense to those
with brains.
HD in FL enjoying the sunshine

Tom Shaw wrote:
I agree with Will on this. I found the OP completely unintelligible. In
fact I find the explanation unintelligible.
TS
snipped

OP posted to both groups. Didn't take a brain surgeon to
figure out what the response referred to. In other words it
doesn't matter whether either of you understood, I'm sure
the OP did.
HD in FL enjoying the sun

Oh...I didn't realize it was a medical matter.
TS
"HD in NY" wrote in message
...
Tom Shaw wrote:
I agree with Will on this. I found the OP completely unintelligible.
In
fact I find the explanation unintelligible.
TS
snipped

OP posted to both groups. Didn't take a brain surgeon to
figure out what the response referred to. In other words it
doesn't matter whether either of you understood, I'm sure
the OP did.
HD in FL enjoying the sun