![]() Best of all, the Ute Limited aluminum flatbeds offer storage and side panels that are very easy to install and remove. You can even order one direct from a GM dealer. With Ute Limited flat beds, you can get an aluminum flat bed at a very reasonable price. One of the biggest consumer misperceptions is that flatbeds are expensive. Rex: The US market is still in the learning phase with flat bed campers. TCM: Why do you believe the domestic market is finally ready for flatbed campers? The customer can take it wherever they want to take it, hot or cold. That’s the great thing about our product. He was like a cheerleader who got exactly what he wanted. Just a little while ago I had a customer clapping his hands and jumping up and down at the insulation factor of his new camper. In the roof, we have the Celotex fitted and then overlay AstroFoil, a reflective radiant foil insulation, before we deck the roof in 5/8” lite ply plywood. We use Celotex R7 extruded foam insulation for the whole body of the American Hero. There are a lot of tall people in the United States, in fact I’m talking to one right now. The American Hero also has taller shower compartments. It has a taller side wall which allows for a larger refrigerator and more overhead storage in the cabover above the side windows. The American Hero is blown up a little bit in size with a 7’10” width and a 6’8” interior height. ![]() Is the Escape Pod 900 related to the American Hero? TCM: When we were at the Northstar factory this past June, there was an Escape Pod 900 being framed. Through our research and development, we arrived at something that’s wider than any other Northstar camper that we’ve ever produced, the American Hero. Customer call after customer call came to us asking, “Will you build us a bigger Escape Pod?” Well, I don’t have to be asked too many times. Rex: We learned rapidly that people liked the concept of the Escape Pod, but wanted a bigger version. What has Northstar learned from bringing the Escape Pod to market? TCM: Before we talk about the Northstar American Hero, let’s talk about the Escape Pod, Northstar’s first domestic flatbed camper. The following is an interview with Rex Willett, President of Northstar Campers, on the Northstar American Hero. The MSRP for the 2011 Northstar American Hero is $22,470. The camper accommodates two batteries and two twenty-pound propane tanks. The tanks in the 2011 Northstar American Hero are 30 gallons fresh, 14 gallons gray, and 5 gallons black (cassette toilet). ![]() Northstar is reporting the dry weight of the camper at 2,460 pounds without options. The interior floor length of the 2011 Northstar American Hero is 9’ and the interior height is 6’ 8”. The 2011 Northstar American Hero flatbed is a hard side, non-slide, rear wet bath truck camper. Meet the American Hero.Ģ011 Northstar American Hero Specifications Two years in the making, here’s what Rex believes you’ve been asking for. Through the recession, Rex gathered notes, drew on napkins, and made plans for what we’re debuting today. People loved the concept of a flatbed, but Americans wanted a bigger camper on a bigger truck. Recession aside, the domestic feedback Rex received on the Escape Pod was clear. If it was good enough for Oz, shouldn’t it be good enough for US? In fact, it was the run away success of the Escape Pod in Australia that spurred Rex to debut the camper here in the United States. We even featured a 2008 Escape Pod exploring the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia in our 2009 Truck Camper Magazine Calendar. Down under the Escape Pod had been a hit for many years and sold like pancakes straight through the recession. Whatever the case may be, the Escape Pod did not sell as well as Rex had hoped, at least not in the United States.Īustralia is a whole different story. Maybe the Escape Pod was ahead of it’s time. Unfortunately, the Escape Pod was making it’s debut in the middle of the worst recession any of us had ever seen. Rex brought the Escape Pod and a Colorado to the show and raised interest and eyebrows for three days straight. We were at Louisville in 2008 when this brand new concept met the RV industry. Two years ago, Northstar debuted the Escape Pod, a fully self-contained flatbed truck camper designed specifically for the Chevrolet Colorado with an aluminum Ute flatbed. Rex Willett, Vice President of Northstar Campers, would probably agree. “Wheel wells – huh, yeah! What are they good for? Absolutely nothing!” If American soul music singer Edwin Starr had been a truck camper, perhaps his #1 1970 Motown hit, ‘War’ would have had slightly different lyrics… Look out wheel wells! Here comes the Northstar American Hero flatbed camper. Northstar Campers debuts the first production full-size flatbed truck camper.
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