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A truck with a traditional camper shell A modern LEER 122 camper shell. A camper shell (also canopy, and sometimes truck topper, pap cap, truck cap, bed cap, box cap, or simply shell) [1] is a small housing or rigid canopy used as a pickup truck or coupe utility accessory. The housing is usually made of fiberglass or aluminum, but sometimes ...
U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a United States Numbered Highway, stretching from Hesperia, California to the Canadian border in Laurier, Washington.The California portion of US 395 is a 557-mile (896 km) route which traverses from Interstate 15 (I-15) in Hesperia, north to the Oregon state line in Modoc County near Goose Lake.
1974 Dodge D200 pickup with slide-in camper. Larger North American pickup trucks are generally the best for carrying a truck camper, although many manufacturers produce units for lighter-duty European and Japanese models. The gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of a truck is the figure used to determine what size camper may be carried. The GVWR ...
A notable accident in 2003 involved a pickup truck driven by an unlicensed driver leaving the roadway and plunging into the California Aqueduct, killing four occupants of the vehicle and leaving the sole survivor quadriplegic. [2] The State of California paid a $10 million settlement to the victims' family. [3]
Through the Cajon Pass, I-15 replaced US 395 up to its present-day southern terminus at I-15 in Hesperia (Exit 141). The state legislature passed a resolution in 2008 to recognize portions of Historic US 395; by 2011, over 100 signs had been installed by private groups along the former alignment, mostly in San Diego County. [3]
The low price of Shastas made them a favorite with campers all over the United States. A 1966 Shasta travel trailer at a vintage camper trailer rally in Gillette, Wyoming Shasta Loflyte trailer, built in 1971, currently located at Lost Valley Educational Center. The "wings" on the rear sides were a visible identifier from 1958 and beyond.
The GMC Motorhome is a recreational vehicle that was manufactured by the GMC Truck & Coach Division of General Motors for model years 1973–1978 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA — as the only complete motorhome built by a major auto/truck manufacturer.
While still in California, the highway passes Boundary Peak, the highest point in Nevada. [6] US 6 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System [7] and is part of the National Highway System, [8] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration. [9]