2 Bewertungen
(3.5)
Aleksey A.
5August 2025
So I'll tell you what... I was looking for a setup for a remote Alaska road trip for myself and my two sons. Did not want to drive our own RV from the mainland. Very long way to go, did not have enough time and too much gas$ to burn round trip.
Our options were to drive a smaller car and tent camp, find a truck with a cabover camper.... or not go at all. We had a rather limited budget. That is when this thing popped up as a new listing and we were able to match the dates on our itinerary.
The owner was easy to reach and communicate with and delivered/picked up the truck to/from the airport at a reasonable cost.
The truck and a camper while not new by any means served its intended purpose very well and met all our expectations. We put over 2000miles in 10 days, made it to the very end of the Dalton Hwy / Deadhorse, AK and came back. We stayed off the grid and at new location every night. Have not used hook ups and have always had a place to seat, sleep, relax, cook, use bathroom/shower and refrigerator for our food. We were lucky with the weather... 7 days were mostly sunny and dry, the last 3 days was non stop pouring rain day and night. The truck and camper were great in all conditions. Tent camping while moving every day would be a bit too much... setting up and breaking up camp every day sucks... add rain... add dirt... add mosquitoes... you get the drill. It can be done in a tent, but there are times when its best to not be in one ;)
We had a few small issues, but nothing that got us stranded. It was all part of a great adventure that me and my kids will never forget.
Once we had bad diesel in from Coldfoot and on the way back had engine loss off power and check engine light came up. The issue went away after refuel in Fairbanks and never came up in the next 600miles+ of our trip. If you plan to drive up Dalton Hwy, beware it may happen again, otherwise it should be good.
For the picky ones (I see one bad review was recently left).. this is not a 5* Hilton on wheels and you can't expect that from a 2007 truck that is priced similar to a regular rental car. This truck has some battle scars and a story to tell! If you want a new fancy shiny stuff, go with GoNorth and they will set you up with a 1-3year old truck/camper. I don't know if it will be a full 5* but it will be a 1-3 year old vehicle/camper but will also be twice+ the money AND you will probably spend more time worrying about scratching it vs. driving it.
The choice is out there. For us personally it worked great and I would rent it again.
Our options were to drive a smaller car and tent camp, find a truck with a cabover camper.... or not go at all. We had a rather limited budget. That is when this thing popped up as a new listing and we were able to match the dates on our itinerary.
The owner was easy to reach and communicate with and delivered/picked up the truck to/from the airport at a reasonable cost.
The truck and a camper while not new by any means served its intended purpose very well and met all our expectations. We put over 2000miles in 10 days, made it to the very end of the Dalton Hwy / Deadhorse, AK and came back. We stayed off the grid and at new location every night. Have not used hook ups and have always had a place to seat, sleep, relax, cook, use bathroom/shower and refrigerator for our food. We were lucky with the weather... 7 days were mostly sunny and dry, the last 3 days was non stop pouring rain day and night. The truck and camper were great in all conditions. Tent camping while moving every day would be a bit too much... setting up and breaking up camp every day sucks... add rain... add dirt... add mosquitoes... you get the drill. It can be done in a tent, but there are times when its best to not be in one ;)
We had a few small issues, but nothing that got us stranded. It was all part of a great adventure that me and my kids will never forget.
Once we had bad diesel in from Coldfoot and on the way back had engine loss off power and check engine light came up. The issue went away after refuel in Fairbanks and never came up in the next 600miles+ of our trip. If you plan to drive up Dalton Hwy, beware it may happen again, otherwise it should be good.
For the picky ones (I see one bad review was recently left).. this is not a 5* Hilton on wheels and you can't expect that from a 2007 truck that is priced similar to a regular rental car. This truck has some battle scars and a story to tell! If you want a new fancy shiny stuff, go with GoNorth and they will set you up with a 1-3year old truck/camper. I don't know if it will be a full 5* but it will be a 1-3 year old vehicle/camper but will also be twice+ the money AND you will probably spend more time worrying about scratching it vs. driving it.
The choice is out there. For us personally it worked great and I would rent it again.
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Subrena L.
2Juli 2025
This is very sketchy and the shower wouldn’t drain… the seatbelt was ripping.. the panels were coming apart and it wasn’t even very clean when we picked it up. We made sure to take photos and then the host is trying to charge us for not filling it up when we didn’t even receive it with a full tank and returned it with the same fuel we got it with.
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