Recent content by boxcar1

Some have asked if I have a fallow up build. Well yes I do. Im prepping for the gen 2 build as we speak. It will be a 10 foot floor plan with a side entry and full bath. Grand kids...... The current rig was designed to sleep only 2. The next will be a bit bigger. Thanks for watching. I will...

Thought id check back in. Sorry for the absence. Been busy. Projects, projects , projects.... Speaking of witch. Your camper came out great. Glad to see you using it. Congrats.

A hell of a good boat hauler.

My scratch built Ford F-250 gasser with light weight flat bed camper. This thing has proved itself bomb proof.

dfrank. I will document the current build at a later time. This one is epic. I am in the process of designing the platform as we speak. The current camper weighs in at just over 1000 lbs wet

Sorry it took me so long to respond...... Out playing..... The wood was screwed to the steel chassis with #8 stainless steel pan head tech screws

Mine slide out from under the camper on rollers. Then the stairs are supported by the hitch. I ended up with free floating self storing stairs.

Wow . The snow you get! Thanks for the kind words . I have been busy with other projects and don't get back here much any more. I will check back more often. Interested to see what you come up with. If you need help let me know.

Nice job on the build. Good choice of materials.....

I feel, and have plenty of miles with hard sides and pick up trucks to qualify my opinion, that 90 % of the cross wind problems listed by many responders of this thread are due to improper set ups . If the truck is properly set up for the haul you should never have a problem .Grossly overloaded...

Hey Randy. Sounds familiar. I like your slide out idea on the genny. Sounds like a good one to me. Insulate the box with 1" ridged insulation . I run a Yamaha 1500 in the same manner. Works well. As to the sealant. I used SCS 1000 on all of my lap joints during my build. It's what Boing uses on...

You need a long bed. An 8' camper works fine by itself on a short bed. A short bed designed camper works better. The problem you have is the Jeep. If you run a standard 8' camper on a short bed you need a hitch extension. As long as you limit the tongue weight ( flat tow the Jeep ) the truck...

I wouldn't know. This rig is running a 302, 4:27 gears and a 4 speed. And yes it does get up and go.

Zoiks, what pos are you driving? Brakes are consumable like tires, and you can change those yourself. Outside of that, what company has t cases and diffs that fail before 100000 without major service? And even if they did, how would a 5000/10000 dollar repair lead to scrapping a 150000 dollar...

Zybane . Everyone's definition of an expedition vehicle is different. But I think at the very top is large water carrying capacity. Most lightweight truck campers like yours have only 20-40 gal water tanks. That would eliminate it from consideration at the very onset. Wow! I have always thought...