Alaskan Campers Launches 630 Short Bed Truck Camper – RVBusiness – Breaking RV Industry News
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt of a report by Gordon White for TruckCamperMagazine.com.
The all-new Alaskan 630 had a singular design focus; to fit inside the tailgate of standard short bed trucks. It hit that mark, and did so without losing the features and options of its larger stable mates. Shut the tailgate!
When we started Truck Camper Magazine in 2007, tailgates were dumb. They literally had zero function beyond containing whatever was in a truck bed. At that time, the nearly universal practice was to remove tailgates and put them in storage.
Today tailgates are a whole new ballgame. They’re often powered and feature USB outlets, rear view cameras, complex multi-position folding step systems, and Bluetooth stereo systems. Tailgates may not be smart, but they’re certainly not dumb anymore.
For this reason, truck camper manufacturers are increasingly catering to customers who want to keep their tailgates on while truck camping. After all, the ability to retain all of these features—plus the opportunity to lock the tailgate for camper security—has significant value.
The number one selling Alaskan Camper model has long been their 8 foot model. And one of the repeating sales points of the Alaskan 8 is the ability to shut the tailgate on a long bed 8-foot tailgate. Unfortunately, Alaskan’s short bed models did not offer this sought after feature. With every phone call to Alaskan HQ, the need for a short bed truck camper that allowed the tailgate to close became more clear.
With that goal in mind, the Alaskan team set out to design a new model that accommodated every feature and option their larger campers offered but in a short bed size. The result is the all-new Alaskan 630. It’s a full-blooded Alaskan Camper nose to tail with a floor plan that fits neatly inside the ‘shortest’ standard short beds. At long last, you can have your short bed Alaskan and shut the tailgate too.
To find out more about the new Alaskan 630, we talked to Nick Coursolle, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Alaskan Campers.
