Double Slide Truck Camper?

When we "met" our first truck camper with a slide out--some years ago in Canada--we knew this was some kind of innovation. Whenever would American TC builders start building slide outs? It was a simple affair, just a dinette slideout, but after having bummed around in a tiny "import truck" camper, this was like waking up in a dream.

It didn't take long for American manufacturers to "get with the program." Slide out truck campers wound up on every TC builder's menu. Now the double slide mania has begun. Northwood has rolled out its Arctic Fox 1160. Says the promotional release, "When you set foot in the 1160 you will find it hard to believe that you are standing in a truck camper and not a travel trailer!" Well, we haven't personally "set foot" in one, but the photos are impressive. It's rather hard to fathom the seeming width of this big fellow.

One slide is your standard dinette slideout, but the opposite side rolls the entire wall side out in the galley, including an eight cubic foot refrigerator. Want to add some options? How about a gas fireplace? Two televisions? In ceiling a/c ducts? While the 1160 is obviously not your "hunter special" it may be just the ticket for the high-end crowd who craves to get really into the back country and yet take their civilization with them.

With a list price of $40,300 and a scale weight of 4,535 pounds, you'll have to crunch a lot of numbers to decide whether or not to "move up" to this big rig. Meantime, visit the Arctic Fox web site.