Just seeing what is out there for slide in campers for the F150. I did a little looking through here but didnt find too many threads for campers, mostly just travel trailers. I would like to haul a 16 ft aluminum boat on a trailer behind or a quad trailer depending on the season.
Any ideas/suggestions on some? It doesnt have to be max out the payload rating just something a little more comfortable to sleep in then a tent and more secure for the mass bears up here...
Oh truck will be (hopefully soon) 2011 F150 KR screw ecoboost, 157" wheelbase, max tow
cheers

 

Just make sure for even the lightest that you get the 8200lb GVW. Better would be a 250.

 

Ya I doubt we will get a camper, might just go with a canopy and build a cargo/bed space in the back box...but thought I would just look around see if there is anything that is "do-able" for a camper

 

A 1/2 ton isn't really suitable for a slide-in *and* towing a trailer. They just don't have a high enough payload rating and I'd be concerned about the weight on the rear axle.

 

I've been looking and you really need a F250 for a light weight truck campers and a F350 for the standard truck campers and a F350 dually for the heaviest.

Livin lite has some lite weight truck campers but even with these, you'll not be able to bring much and have to keep your passenger weight down.

For Crew Cab 4WD drive trucks, you simply won't have the payload unless you have a dry weight of near 600 lbs. You'll be able to get a light weight camper with a 2WD Scab 6.5' bed or Reg Cab 2WD with 6.5'.

 

There a couple here that have lower weights. Just depends on how you order your truck. Get the Max Payload and you should have 2000Lb+ weght capacity.

[URL="http://http://www.apachecamping.com/images/truck-campers/palomino/palomino_truck-campers.pdf"]

 

A Crew cab 4wd KR max payload package will have about 1600 pounds of real payload. There was someone who posted a Platinum 5.5's bed @1590x pounds from his door sticker. KR a little more, 6.5' bed a little less. 600 pounds dry is a good number, because you'll be camping, adding a bunch of things (food, cooking tools, clothes, fishing stuff) to the truck, all goes against that payload. Really not recommended for half ton trucks, even though some people do it. If you can "live with" a Lariat and 6.2L, get an F350 SRW for something like 3500 pounds of payload.

 

what about something like this: http://www.flippac.com/