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post Aug 10 2016, 10:39 AM
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Favorite Truck Camper(s): North Star
Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: F-250 CrewCab, 8'bed, 6.2 ltr, w/camper package
Type of Tiedowns used: None
Truck and Camper Setup: I don't have either yet but will withing the next month. Pretty much set on the truck but still looking at campers but tending towards North Stars.



Well sometimes life throws you curve balls and one has just gotten thrown at the wife and me. Because of an unexpected and unanticipated family crisis we must sell our unused 2016 Arctic Fox 1140 truck camper. We cannot in good conscience take off for weeks or months at a time with the family situation as it stands now. Our plans of crisscrossing the Canadian provinces, hitting the Alcan Highway to Alaska and exploring Alaska, then coming back and going in search of America have now been put on hold for the foreseeable future.

We bought this camper on June 24th 2016 from Truck Camper Warehouse in West Chesterfield, NH. We stayed in it one night at the warehouse, on one of their campsites, as they like you to do to familiarize yourself with the camper and how everything works. Next day we drove it home to West Springfield, a 60 mile trip, and dropped it on the cement slab we had put in this spring so we would have a dedicated place to put the camper. We spent the next week or so shopping to get all the accouterments to outfit the camper for short and long hauls. I am talking everything like toasters, coffeepots, camp chairs, silverware, plates, sheets, pillows and on and on. This baby was loaded and ready to go.

The day before we were supposed to take it on its first break-in/learn trip up to Lake Ontario, the turd hit the turbines, (as we say in the Air Force) with the family situation. There is a sizable sum of money tied up in the camper and the 2016 Chevy Silverado Duramax Crew Cab dually diesel with 8’ bed. Because there is no change anticipated with the family situation for at least the next few years we feel it best that we try and sell it rather than have it just sitting on the cement slab for a few years therefore we are trying to sell the camper, at a little loss.

It is a beautiful camper with the slide out for the dinette and cooking area. Plenty roomy and well-built with dark cherry cabinets and an aluminum framed super structure to prevent rot.

It has all the standard feature as shown in the link to the web site and on the attached picture. It has the FOX VALUE PACKAGE shown in the same. For additional options it has:

EZ open handle
AM/FM/CD/DVDPLAYER
22” 110/12V LED TV
Thermal pane windows
Fox Landing (these are the nice step that fold out at an angle so you are not stepping on your trailer hitch when exiting the camper.
It has a wet bath
11K BTU Air Conditioner
3 burner cook top
Microwave oven
Slide-out topper
Rear motorized awning

We also equipped it with dealer installed:

2 Trojan AGM G27 batteries
Back up camera.
Additional aluminum step
Honda 2000i generator
Aluminum Torque Lift Tiedowns with Fast Gun restraints.
Hitch extension with wiring so we could also pull our boat.

This is about as well equipped truck camper as you will find. You will need to do nothing but change out the tie-downs for your truck, load her up and drive her away. Existing tie downs are for a 2016 Chevy 3500 dually. This camper fully loaded will require a truck with an 8’ bed GVW of around 13,000-14,000 pounds. I was told you can get away with a single rear wheel vehicle with the addition of Stabil loads and suspension air bags but I would not suggest it. It’s in better shape now than when we bought with the wax job that took three days to finish.

Total we paid for this camper which has only seen a 60 mile ride home was $40,000. We have probably added $500 dollars’ worth of stuff equipping it. I am asking $38,000.
I can only find the NADA value for a 2015 1140 Arctic Fox equipped similar to ours (ours has a few more options). Link below.

http://www.nadaguides.com/RVs/2015/A...6545187/Values

This is the link to the Northwood Mfg. site for the Arctic Fox 1140 truck camper.

http://northwoodmfg.com/truck-camper...f-camper-1140/

The camper is located in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

I might consider selling the tuck and camper as a whole package. I don’t need this big a truck as I will not have the camper. I am having a little trouble getting a used truck value on it because it is a 2016 but if someone is interested we can talk.

2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab, 8’bed, Duramax Diesel, dual rear wheels, 14000lb GVW, 4,700lb payload package. It has just about every option available except the rear seat DVD player. It has less than 7,000 miles on it. On the recent trip to Florida it got 22MPG highway unloaded. Average mileage overall all is 16 MPG. That isn’t bad for a big truck like this. Again I am just considering selling the truck because I like it so darn much.

I can be reached at garysue@comcast.net or 413-737-9669

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