Although units are transportable, they are usually used as a cottage or as a vacation or retirement home. Equipped much the same as a conventional travel trailer. Usually, but not always, the forward section serves as the primary sleeping area. The unit is designed to be towed by a truck equipped with fifth-wheel towing capability. Manufactured as a lightweight unit with collapsible sidewalls.
Sidewalls can be of either canvas or hard-wall construction.
These relatively lightweight units, when set up, can provide full kitchen, dining, bathroom, and sleeping facilities. A slide-on camper is loaded onto, or affixed to, the chassis of a pickup truck. Many have kitchen and bathroom facilities plus many of the amenities found on more expensive units. The second major type of recreational vehicle is the motorhome. This vehicle is built on, or is part of, a self-propelled chassis.