1990 4Wheel Pop-up Camper


 I sold this camper in July of 2001 as I had storage issues.

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Camper; Folded-State

In its folded-state, the cab-over portion of the camper is 8" high.   Wind resistance is drastically reduced compared to non-popups.  The dry weight is 735 pounds, which makes it the lightest pop-up on the market.  The frame is made of aluminum and will not experience dry-rot like older wood framed campers.

 

Camper; Popped-Up

4Wheel Campers use a unique system to pop the top.  Two mechanical connections lift the top, which is absolutely fail-proof.  Other manufacturers use a crank mechanism that utilizes many small plastic gears that seem prone to damage, particularly if you carry weight on the roof of the camper.  

The top is lifted by releasing six outside levers, then pushing on the two interior levers described above.  It takes less than one minute to lift the top.

 

Camper; Interior

The interior contains a 3-way Dometic refrigerator (12V, 110V or propane), a two-burner gas range, a stainless steel sink with an electric water pump, an AC-powered hot water heater (custom-not offered by the factory), outside shower, porta-pottie, and two roof vents.  Storage is located under the couch.  The cab-over bed pulls over the gas range to form a queen-sized bed.  

All the pop-up campers I looked at used the "Happy-Jack Anchor System" to mount the camper to the truck.  This requires bolting a bracket between the cab & bed on the truck (which, coincidentally cannot be done on a Toyota due to the tight tolerances between the cab & bed), and an additional bracket permanently bolted to either the rear bumper or the side of the bed. This 1990 model originally required drilling four holes in the bottom of the bed so the camper could be bolted through the floor of the pickup bed.  Not liking either system,  I modified this camper to attach to the truck like the 2001 4Wheel Campers--there are four eyelets mounted in each corner of the camper.  Using four turn-buckles, I attached one end to the factory bed hooks and the other to the eyelets on the camper.  Trucks with post-holes in the bed can use rubber-expanding eyelets that, when tightened, wedge themselves in the postholes and allow attachment to the camper eyelets.  

 

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