Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
- Truck Camper- a camper shell unit that is affixed to the bed or chassis of a pickup truck.
- Folding Camper-also known as a pop-up, a light-weight unit with sides that collapse for towing and storage. Suitable for towing by many vehicles.
- Travel Trailer- also known as a caravan, a unit with rigid sides designed to be towed by some larger vehicles with a bumper or frame hitch.
- Teardrop Trailer-a compact, lightweight travel trailer that resembles a teardrop
- Hybrid Trailer-a blend between a travel trailer and a folding (tent) trailer. One type has rigid sides and pull-out tent sections (usually beds) while another type’s top section of walls and its roof can be lowered over its bottom section to reduce its height for towing.
- 5th Wheel Trailer-designed to be towed by a pickup or medium duty truck equipped with a special hitch called a fifth wheel coupling.
- Park Model-This is a standard travel trailer that is not self contained. It is designed for park camping only, and while it is easily moved from site to site, as a normal trailer is (this is NOT a “mobile home”) it is not capable of “dry camping” as it does not have any water storage tanks; it must be used with hookups.
- Toter-home - an uncommon term indicating a motor home built around a semi truck chassis (such as a Freight liner). This type of motor home allows the pulling of large and heavy trailers.
- Toy Hauler-a motor home, 5th wheel or travel trailer, it is designed to be part living space, and part garage for storing things such as motorcycles and ATV’s.
- Class A-constructed on either a commercial truck chassis, a specially designed motor vehicle chassis, or a commercial bus chassis.
- Class B-built using a conventional van, to which either a raised roof has been added or had the back replaced by a low-profile body (compared to a Class C).
- Class C - built on a truck chassis with an attached cab section, which is usually van based, but may also be pickup truck based or even large truck (freightliner) based. They are characterized by a distinctive cab-over bunk.
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