Adventuremobile Redefined

THE HELLWIG RULE BREAKER XD.

Rules and perceptions are meant to be broken, and Hellwig did just that with its 2016 Nissan Titan XD Diesel overland build. This bright yellow truck and camper combo is known as the Hellwig “Rule Breaker XD” and was finished just in time for The SEMA Show 2016, being built in just two months. The concept was to construct the ultimate overland vehicle, which could also be used as an everyday driver. Hellwig also wanted to create a more youthful and aggressive version of the traditional truck camper build, as the full-size truck camper’s image has been squarely with an older crowd in recent years. Who says you can’t build an eyecatching, comfortable and capable camper-based overland adventuremobile?

THE CAMPER

The traditional slide-in truck camper hasn’t historically been the go-to choice for overland vehicle builds. They tend to make the vehicle too large for many off-road routes, are not built to a standard which can handle the abuses of off-road travel, and generally aren’t very lightweight, which is extremely hard on truck components in an off-road environment. On the flip side, truck campers are known to have all the creature comforts of home, can be luxuriously appointed, and represent a good value for your money. The main reason for the use of a truck camper in this application is for its ease of removal, making it easy to convert the overland truck into a daily-driven pickup. Similarly, the camper can be set up on its own as a base camp, and the truck can be used to go out and explore more challenging routes.