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Old Aug 28, 2017 | 07:03 AM
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Slide in camper. Pass through window?

I'm totally out of the loop on newer campers and trucks.
I remember slide in campers on trucks that had sliding rear window,
with a doughnut between truck and camper and you could crawl from cab of truck into the camper.
Is this still available these days?
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Old Aug 28, 2017 | 11:29 PM
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We had that when I was a kid,,,,not sure I could fit thru there anymore
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Old Aug 29, 2017 | 11:57 AM
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It's not for me .
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Old Aug 29, 2017 | 02:20 PM
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I have seen the style where the whole rear window is taken out and re-gasketed to the fiberglass capper, or just the inflatable "donut" that goes between the rear slider window of the truck and the slider window in the capper. I am not sure I would want too wriggle through the donut style anymore, though I had one on my '95 Dodge 2500, 20 years ago for camping with my dogs out in Colo..

I am not sure if they are still available, but try googling "truck to capper window gaskets", or the like.
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Old Aug 30, 2017 | 02:42 PM
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I remember those, and the donut. My neighbor had one. I remember it constantly squeaked if the truck was moving. Oh those were the days.
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Old Sep 1, 2017 | 09:58 AM
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I had one of those. The donut chafed the cab paint and we rarely used the feature. My current RAM rear window is one-piece and I like it. The Four Wheel pop up camper has the front slider, but its only used for ventilation these days.
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Old Sep 8, 2017 | 09:20 PM
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Yes sir almost all TC's have the window, but my 2003 Lance did not line up perfectly with the truck window, a foam doughnut mite work better than the air up one.

we never did it but I though it mite be good for the dogs to go back and forth.
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