Most campers tough enough for real backcountry travel expect a one-ton truck underneath them. The Back Country runs on a half-ton. It slides into the factory bed of the truck already sitting in your driveway, weighs 1,275 lbs dry, and comes out of the same composite panels and aluminum extrusions as OEV's biggest expedition cabins.
The Back Country 6.85' is a slide-in pop-up truck camper. No flatbed needed, nothing permanently mounted. It drops into a standard 6'0" to 6'8" truck bed, closes down to 62 inches so it clears most garage doors, and lifts to 82 inches of interior headroom at camp. One floor plan, a queen bed up front, sleeps up to four, and pricing starts at $51,445.
Expedition Build in a Half-Ton Package
The number that matters most here is 1,275 lbs dry. Comparable slide-in campers typically run 1,800 to 2,500 lbs, so the Back Country leaves you a meaningful chunk of payload for water, gear, and passengers instead of spending all of it on the camper itself.
That weight comes from what the shell is made of, not from stripping features out. Here's a full walkthrough:
Longtime OEV followers may remember this camper under an earlier name, the Camp X. The name today is Back Country.
The Same DNA as the Rest of the Lineup
This is the part worth understanding if you're comparing the Back Country against anything else on the market. It isn't a lighter, cheaper product line sitting below the flagship campers. It's the same construction, sized down.
Every OEV camper, from this slide-in through the flatbed Hudson Bay and High Country up to the chassis-mounted Summit, is built the same way:
- OEV Gen 4 Advanced Fiberglass Composite System (AFCS) floor, walls, and roof, rated R8
- Powder-coated aluminum extrusions throughout, forming the exoskeleton
- No wood anywhere in the shell or the furniture, so there's nothing to absorb moisture, rot, or delaminate
- Fire-rated four-layer soft walls on the pop-up section, rated R4
Composite flexes with the truck instead of cracking under the torsional stress of washboard and rock. Pair that with the low center of gravity you get from a slide-in sitting down in the bed rather than up on a tray, and the Back Country handles terrain that pulls conventional wood-framed campers apart.
Inside the Back Country
One floor plan, worked out properly. The queen bed sits up front over the cab with a 4-inch combination soft and medium density mattress. A C-shaped dinette runs along the side with bamboo countertops, a stainless sink under a flush-mount glass top, and a Dometic two-burner cooktop. The dinette folds down into a second sleeping surface measuring 38 by 77 inches, which is how the camper sleeps up to four.
Open, you get 82 inches of interior height, 137 inches of interior length, and a 78-inch floor width. Closed, the whole thing sits at 62 inches tall and 141 inches long. Lonseal vinyl covers the floor, a dual pane acrylic window with blind and screen brings in light, and the cushions come in four marine grade fabric colors.
The Back Country has no built-in bathroom, and that's a deliberate call at this size and weight.
- The interior includes a dedicated alcove sized for a customer-supplied portable toilet, tucked into the C-shaped dinette
- Washing up happens outside, using the Sagiv outside shower connection and the included mounting brackets for an exterior shower enclosure
- Hot water comes from the same Truma Aquago system the bigger campers use, so the outdoor shower runs hot
If a fully enclosed indoor wet bath is a requirement, the Hudson Bay is the model to look at instead.
Power, Water, and Heat
The systems are the same ones that go into the rest of the OEV lineup:
- Solar and charging: a 220W hail-proof panel with a Victron 100/50 MPPT controller and a Victron Orion XS Smart 12-50 DC/DC charger. A second panel is available as an option, for two total.
- Heat and hot water: a Truma Vario cabin air heater and Truma Aquago on-demand hot water
- Water: a 20-gallon fresh tank with a 12V pump and an LED backlit level gauge
- Power distribution: slide-out battery tray, LED interior and DOT exterior lighting, USB-A and USB-C ports, and a 12V auxiliary outlet
It runs a 3-season water system, so plan winter trips accordingly. A 2000W Xantrex Freedom XC pure sine inverter is available if you want household power on board.
What Trucks Does the Back Country Fit?
The Back Country is built for a half-ton on up. It fits factory half-ton, three-quarter-ton, and one-ton trucks running 6'0" to 6'8" beds, which covers an F-150 through an F-250 and F-350, along with the equivalent RAM and Chevrolet and GMC trucks.
Half-ton owners should still check the payload figure on the driver's door sticker before ordering. At 1,275 lbs dry, before jacks, batteries, water, and gear, the Back Country leaves real headroom on most half-tons, and plenty of margin on a three-quarter-ton or one-ton.
Can the Back Country Go on a Flatbed?
Yes. The Back Country doesn't have to live in a factory bed. It can mount on a flatbed instead, including the 8' Aluma Tray, OEV's sister company under the Lite Industries umbrella. You can see the full tray lineup at alumatray.com or on the OEV flatbed page.
A flatbed is wider than the Back Country, which leaves a gap down each side of the camper. Optional side boxes fill those gaps.
- You gain a large amount of exterior storage for recovery gear, tools, fuel, and water, all of it outside the living space
- Everything stays reachable from the ground, so you're not digging through the cabin to find a strap
- The camper is still removable, so the truck goes back to work when you need it to
Storage options carry over to the camper itself, too. A crossover storage box, a rear storage box, driver and passenger side MOLLE racks, an OEV roof rack, and folding stairs are all on the options list.
Back Country or Hudson Bay?
These two get cross-shopped often, and the honest answer is that they're built for different trucks and different trips. Both are removable. Both use the same composite shell and aluminum exoskeleton.
| Spec | Back Country 6.85' | Hudson Bay 6.75' Pop-Up |
|---|---|---|
| Mounting | Slide-in, factory bed | Flatbed required |
| Truck fit | 1/2, 3/4 and 1-ton | 3/4 and 1-ton |
| Dry weight | 1,275 lbs | 1,905 lbs |
| Closed height | 62 in | 58 in |
| Interior length | 137 in | 153 in |
| Bathroom | Portable toilet alcove, outside shower | Wet or dry bath |
| Price (USD) | From $51,445 | From $83,867 |
Want to keep your factory bed and the lightest possible setup? The Back Country. Already running a flatbed on a three-quarter-ton or one-ton and want an enclosed bathroom and more floor? The Hudson Bay 6.75' is the better fit. If you're still deciding on the format itself, the slide-in pop-up camper guide walks through the trade-offs.
Price and Build
The Back Country 6.85' starts at $51,445. That covers the standard build: the Gen 4 composite shell, Truma heat and hot water, 220W solar with Victron charging, the 20-gallon water system, the queen bed, and the C-shaped dinette.
From there you can add a king bed extension, under-bed and under-seat storage, a gurney-style upper bunk, a second solar panel, a roof rack, an off-road light bar, and the storage boxes. Propane bottles and manual Rieco jacks are dealer-supplied, so pricing on those comes from your dealer.
Configure Your Back Country
Pick your bed layout, storage, roof, and exterior options, and watch the price update as you go.
Built to Conquer. Built to Last.
The Back Country puts OEV's expedition construction on a truck most people already own, at the lightest weight and lowest entry price in the lineup. Slide it into a factory bed, or mount it on a flatbed with side boxes and haul everything you own. Build yours in the configurator, or reach out to the OEV team to talk through which setup fits your truck.