RVing with Andrew Steele via YouTube
A slide-in pickup-bed camper was good enough for John Steinbeck, but sometimes you need a little more room. That’s what happened with this custom installation mounted atop a 2001 Ford F-550 Super Duty. Its owner remodeled it and expanded it the way most people do with their stationary homes. And that made this mega camper Internet famous.
Looking like it’s slowly eating the pickup truck it’s attached to, the camper has been an elite parking-lot spot for years. But quick glimpses are all anyone has gotten until now. Andrew Steele finally tracked down the rig and its owner for an in-depth video on his eponymous YouTube channel. As he explains in the video, Steele first saw the RV in a Costco parking lot a few years ago. After posting a short video that got over seven million views, he knew he had to find out more.
In the video, the RV’s owner Tom explains that it started out as a 12-foot Lance camper mounted on the Super Duty, which he bought from a retired Northwest Airlines pilot in 2003. He kept everything stock, using the camper and pickup for vacations but gradually spending more time in the camper following the deaths of his partner and mother. At one point he decided to spend entire winters in Florida, but didn’t want to do that in the cramped space of a 12-foot camper.
RVing with Andrew Steele via YouTube
RVing with Andrew Steele via YouTube
RVing with Andrew Steele via YouTube
RVing with Andrew Steele via YouTube
