Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Invisible Truck Camper? Company Says You Can Use Your Inside Rearview Mirror

Alright, so it's a teaser--what truck camper can you see through when its on your truck bed? We haven't found one, but the Quicksilver is an interesting approach to truck camping. Think in terms of a "pop up trailer" on your truck bed.

Built by Livin' Light Recreational Vehicles out of (where else?) Goshen, Indiana, the Quicksilver truck camper is mostly aluminum and composite based, making it light enough to throw away the corner jacks: It's said two folks can lift even the largest Quicksilver onto a full size pickup truck bed. It'll probably still require the same two folks to lift the smallest onto a suitable compact trucks, say a Ford Ranger. Since specs indicate the camper scales in at 440 pounds, our money says have an ambulance on stand-by the first time you try and slide it in the truck bed with two.

How many sardines can you pack in Quicksilver? Livin' Light says you can sleep up to four, and when not otherwise engaged in snoozing, occupants can sit down to a meal or a game of cards at the dinette table, or warm themselves by an electric heater. The heater isn't included, but the place to plug it in, is.

Obviously built to fill a niche, the Quicksilver may be just the thing for young "have pickup, will travel" family. You can find out more about this new character by visiting the company website. And about those "see through" issues? With the camper set in "go" position, it's said to sit low enough, that yes, you really can see through the rear view mirror.

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