Paleo — Carolyn always wanted one of these, and I’ve done some looking-around. The smaller ones, like T&B, you can’t stand upright in and are too low-slung to haul on rugged backroads. The only one we found that looked really good was the R-Pod, which has a 4×4 lift kit and a metal frame and is super-strong and roomy inside. But we ultimately decided against any trailer because of our style of camping, which involved a lot of enjoyable exploration down public-lands roads and often up logging roads to their ends. Found some fantastic spots doing that over the years, which we’ve revisited often. And that could not have happened while hauling a trailer, which limits you to fairly good roads and prevents going down an unknown side-road where you may not be able to turn around with a trailer. While they also have disadvantages, a pop-up slide-in truck camper is, in my experience, far superior for the adventurous hunter and vacationer. Of course there are large areas of the country that have no public land and you’re stuck camping in campgrounds, and for that a trailer could be good. I have come full circle and am back to tent camping. The dogs haven’t complained about it so far.
