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Scout Tuktut Light weight camper ! Possible Camper solutions for Ridgeline.

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Scout campers have just announced a light weight camper for Midsize Trucks at a starting price of $16500 . The Tuktut is made for 5 foot beds and weighs only 634lbs before options and has a center of gravity on 20 inches. It attaches to the bed using a heavy duty ratcheting system to the truck bed tie downs. I have spoken with Scout and they say it should work on a Ridgeline ! Unfortunately they have been unable to get Honda to say its ok to put a camper on the Ridgeline uni-body frame. Ford has said its ok to put on their uni-body Maverick. Is anyone from Honda on here that can verify putting a camper on the Ridgeline wont void any kind of warranty ? Its well within the Ridgeline's specs. Is there any one else besides me interested in a camper solution for the Ridgeline ?

Here is a link to scout campers
scoutcampers.com

Scout Tuktut: Off-Road Adventure

Experience ultimate freedom with Scout Truck Campers, the lightest hard wall camper at 634 lbs, perfect for Ford Maverick and Jeep Gladiator.
scoutcampers.com scoutcampers.com

Here is a pic of the Tuktut on a Ford Maverick. Surely if it works on a Maverick the Ridgeline could handle it !





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V2500
How would you install it into the bed of a Ridgeline?
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It would slide into the ridgeline bed. Scout campers use a ratcheting system that attaches to the truck beds ties down. I believe the bed tie downs are rated at 350lbs each x 4 they should be able to secure 1400lbs.
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zroger73
The owner's manual clearly states NOT to do this and no one at Honda is going to tell you otherwise.
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V2500
rjsaenz said:
It would slide into the ridgeline bed. Scout campers use a ratcheting system that attaches to the truck beds ties down. I believe the bed tie downs are rated at 350lbs each x 4 they should be able to secure 1400lbs.
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In addition to what @zroger73 said above, the Ridgeline tailgate opening isn’t a straight-shot through the rear of the bed due to the tailgate mechanism housing on the left side — it’s a bottleneck and a slide-in camper would have to be more narrow than the actual bed (unless they planned to drop it in from the top down). In addition to my addition, I never saw on their website where they even said what trucks any of their products were compatible with — they went more with the more generic “small, medium and large” truck phrasing.
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rjsaenz said:
It would slide into the ridgeline bed. Scout campers use a ratcheting system that attaches to the truck beds ties down. I believe the bed tie downs are rated at 350lbs each x 4 they should be able to secure 1400lbs.
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That is most likely the tension load rating, not how much dead weight it will “secure”. Do you know how much tension load is on the straps at 70 mph when the wind is trying to pull it out the back of the truck? What if it weighed the same but was twice as tall - same answer?
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My RTL has a max payload weight of 1509 pounds so the max payload would not be exceeded on a fully loaded Scout TukTut.
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Anaximander said:
My RTL has a max payload weight of 1509 pounds so the max payload would not be exceeded on a fully loaded Scout TukTut.
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Mmm....maybe, read the above post....
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Happy Tom
One can stay at a lot of nice places for the cost of this camper and not stress the truck or burn more gas.
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V2500
I contacted the company (Scout Campers), they replied:

“You will need to check with your Trucks dealer or manufacture about loading a Scout to make sure that it won't void any warranties in doing so.

You will also need to be cautious of your overall weights and payload capacities.”
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wrenrj1
Interesting, but loading all of those options will sure make it pricy. Might as well get a small pull behind.
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Happy Tom said:
One can stay at a lot of nice places for the cost of this camper and not stress the truck or burn more gas.
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This is my problem whenever I start looking at RV’s. The idea always seems great but even for the cost of a cheap used one I could do Air B&B or even standard hotels for as many nights as I’d get to use one.
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Never quite understood these kind of campers. To me it’s like ruining a perfectly good truck.

That said the RL is very good about handling payload. At least with my gen 1 I can attest to well overloading the bed with various materials and having no issues. Compared to every other truck I have owned, it drove closest to the way it felt empty.

Also around here, most are pretty risk adverse when it comes to things like this so I doubt you will see much support. I really can’t say I support it either, because I would never do it.

However, do I think the RL can handle it? Most likely sure. Unless the gen 2 is not as robust as the gen 1.
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