LANCE CAB OVER CAMPER

aye, captain

my buddy is selling this northstar popup. it has a toilet, indoor/outdoor shower w/ hot water, solar and everything else you'd need. he asks $6k OBO and is in point loma if you want to check it out. it is like new and you will love it, plus it's easier to drive without all the weight up top like a cabover.

;let me know and i'll put you in touch.

Mine's on the market...

...but I'd like to 'move' the whole package - it's loaded!

[Edited on 1-17-2010 by Mexray]

Don't be afraid of length or clearance for lots of great Baja offroading and boondocking.

That extra living space and cargo room will be a luxury you will love.

We've taken our 11.5ft cabover Lance and even a 25ft Minnie Winnie into places a goat wouldn't go. There are very few off-road places in Baja Sur we haven't visited. Get stuck or hung infrequently, unless the assault is planned during a Pacifico session. But that's what winches are for..fun in Baja.

Warning: resale price will drop considerably.

Mexray, talk about Cadillac camping, plus it looks pretty too.. man, beats the heck out of how we used to go...

We have a short bed Dodge with an 8' Fleetwood camper with the extended cabover. Its nice to have the bed going front to back so that you don't have to crawl over your partner to go pee in the middle of the night. We have a bathroom with shower as well as an outside shower, 2 way frig, AC, microwave, etc. We love it and have taken it many places that you have no business taking a rig like that and it has taken a fearsome beating in the process. It is starting to show its age but everything still works great. Not as heavy as a lance but not as heavy duty either. Hopefully we will get to go to all the "way out there" places before it falls apart, been to most of them, only a few left.



We have installed air bags (must have) an anti sway bar and HD shocks.......dt

[Edited on 1-17-2010 by dtbushpilot]

Capt4tuna....

....Ours is a 99 F350, V-8 gas, 4x4 single rear wheel, long bed, with a 2000 Lance model 1010 camper...

The truck had a 4 inch lift when we got it, I installed Dynatrac tapered bearing conversion hubs up front with Warn hubs, changed gears to 4.56 ratio and added Detroit Trutrac LS in the rear, Supersprings in the rear for the camper load, Rancho adjustable shocks, Garmin GPS, XMradio, and topped it off with some new 325/65R18 ProComp Xterrains and 9.5 inch wide alum wheels!...this sucker just 'floats' on beach sand!...

Camper's got lots of options, some are:...solar panels, inverter, (3) 130 AH 12 volt Dc batteriers, 3-stage converter/charger, LCD TV, XM radio in truck and camper, matching Sony stereo units in truck and camper, LED light conversions, etc., etc.

I've even built an alum dia plate box that fits in the rear, in one of those 'hitch trays' for additional storage - it functions as a small 'porch' that the folding entry ladder is attach to, worked out cool!

[Edited on 1-18-2010 by Mexray]

Here is a couple pictures of my "Baja" set-up. F350 4x4, 7.3 turbo diesel, 4 door & longbed. Camper is 11'6" Lance, has everything. Kind of like an apt. on wheels. I had overload springs added over airbags, i was told airbags will add stress on the frame over time. I've taken this offroad many times, just slow & easy. Once i get there i off load the camper, takes about 15 mins. with elec jacks. Goes back on just as easy.

I don't have experience with a camper on a short bed Captain, but I asked my chofer what he thought about our Lance Lite 8.5' camper on a 7' bed and he replied "UH uh, nope I wouldn't". That doesn't necessarily mean you couldn't, but we've had problems with campers over the years due to washboard road travel and he says he wouldn't take the chance having the unsupported area in the back.

We have the Torklift truck- frame mounted tie downs too which are much more secure than the conventional ones which tended to pull apart the corners of the campers especially in rocky conditions with lots of back and forth camper sway.

We got our Lance "Lite" (the name of the 8.5' model) new in 2001 and it has gotten a lot of use. Had it first on our F350 and now it's on a Silverado. I'm sure we'll keep it til it falls apart. It's perfect for the 2 of us. The shower compartment is tiny, but I still think it's decadent to be able to take a hot one so I'm not complaining.

These shots are from a couple of weeks ago to give you the perspective of the camper on an 8' bed. Good luck.

is someone "praying" or checking tires?

We've had our Lance camper since 2001 and have used it all over Baja. You would not believe the places we've taken our rig. Here we are in Mulege a few years ago. Bob H



Here it is all put together. Camping for free in Catavina behind the hotel.



Here we are looking for Capt Mike in Mulege.

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Originally posted by Bob and Susan is someone "praying" or checking tires?

Another important thing I remembered after reading other members posts here...Make sure you get the electric jacks!!! My new lance was over 16K with all the bells and whistles but I went cheapo on the jacks, figuring no big deal. WRONG! It took me about an hour to offload the camper by myself, running around like a monkey to each corner....what a pain. Live and learn as they say.

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Originally posted by chernefitter Another important thing I remembered after reading other members posts here...Make sure you get the electric jacks!!! My new lance was over 16K with all the bells and whistles but I went cheapo on the jacks, figuring no big deal. WRONG! It took me about an hour to offload the camper by myself, running around like a monkey to each corner....what a pain. Live and learn as they say.

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Originally posted by rts551 16K. Thats a big camper. my extended cab cabover was only 3k Quote: Originally posted by chernefitter Another important thing I remembered after reading other members posts here...Make sure you get the electric jacks!!! My new lance was over 16K with all the bells and whistles but I went cheapo on the jacks, figuring no big deal. WRONG! It took me about an hour to offload the camper by myself, running around like a monkey to each corner....what a pain. Live and learn as they say.

Camping Alternative

For the type of camping and outdoor activities my wife and I like to do in Baja we chose to go the toy hauler and truck shell route. To me the cab-over camper has alot of limitations. One is the stairway down the back to get in/out the back door. Another is limited water storage. Also its difficult to haul outdoor gear such as kayaks, boats, diving equip., fishing gear without it interfering with the living area. The picture shows our rig. The toyhauler has never had a vehicle inside. We turned the rear area into a small living room by removing one of the bench seats and adding a 2-person sofa from the house. The trailer has a front queen bed...great to get out of the wind and cold. A corner kitchen with large tinted windows. The rear ramp door opens and with the clear plastic drop down zippered door we have a large "window" overlooking the ocean or gulf. The toy hauler has two 50 gallon water tanks and a 4kW generator. It also has a 20 gallon gasoline tank in the back of the trailer to run the gen or to supply fuel for my outboard motor. We carry the kayaks on top of the truck and fishing, diving gear and a 12 foot inflatable rolled up with a 15hp outboard in the truck. We keep all of our "gear" in or on the truck and it never mixes with the living area. This way we can pull over any time and go back into the trailer to relax, eat, clean up, etc. and we are not stumbling over or having to vomit out stuff just to access the trailer living area. When we want to go to a remote area we park the trailer and load up the truck with camping gear to spend a day or two out remote and then come back to our trailer as our base camp. We don't want a 5th wheel because you lose the truck bed and shell for all the outdoor gear we bring.

Aye Matees...We found the perfect Lance for our truck. We're picking it up today.
Muchas Gracias to you all. Will post photo.