Recent content by pods8

FYI the shell as-is is up for grabs if anyone wants it: https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/project-foam-core-flatbed-shell-up-for-grabs.193382/

The opening above the bucket is the furnace exhaust, and then the propane compartment. Up in the front corner I have a bit of a dead zone at the front of the water tank I wanted to utilize fit most the connections in there (DC may actually go to passenger side front). The water drains were...

Had a couple high 70s sunny days and the roof handled it fine, getting more reassurances... Anyways glued the door jamb in and I'm working on shaping the door frame a bit more and will give it a thin glass layer. Door catches need a bit of massaging still and the flip walls need to be cleaned...

Mine was light grey monstaliner it got noticeably hotter than white. I had to reprint because of it.

I helped a friend redo the roof on a FWC. Stripped it down the basic aluminum frame and dropped on new thin gauge aluminum using VHB tape. It was fast and came out well. Be careful using grey color on your roof depending on what adhesive you use. It was causing structural issues with my...

Got that other project wrapped up and sanded down/repainted the grey sides of the top half white over the weekend. I miss the two tone look but hopefully this will hold up. I'll move it out of the garage later today I think and see what the sun has to say about it. Bonus I'll have...

Look at it like this: You wouldn't be "remodeling" your current one you'd mainly be using it for parts. At that point see what makes the most sense for you. Can you weld aluminum? Its going to require it. Roof: cut/extend the framing, new roof sheeting, new interior headliner, and need some...

A friend has an 80s grandby that he added brackets onto (don't know if his only has a single 1x1 in the corner or not off hand) and it holds. You mentioned fixing the broken welds already, does that mean you can weld aluminum (or have access to someone)? Could add in some tubing, obviously...

What are you trying to accomplish? If you're using the jacks for the manner intended with this camper (ie on/off the truck evenly) it doesn't need an incredible about of beefing up. These aren't meant to be used on the jacks alone. That said have you compared the framing verse construction...

Frames are generally the same from then till now I think, you're only working with 1x tubing in the wall so keep that in mind when choosing bracket material/hole locations so you actually hit the frame. Lift evenly to limit stresses, definitely don't try to climb into the camper when its jacket...

I have no idea what you have for a structure in there but assuming enough you can buy or make brackets. I made some for mine using angle similar to above but also a flat bar as well backed against the angle so I was braced into both sidewall faces. I have a pair of commercial brackets...

L-track.

Very nice work.

Wiser minds flagged that grey can actually heat up quite a bit (I knew it would get hotter but didn't realize how much), I masked off the grey with some white paper and shoved the front of the camper out into the sun at noon yesterday since it was 65F out and blue sky. I left a small patch of...

If you went with a flatbed build you have options but still snug. Go with the typical side entry door/rear dinette/front kitchen area. Have it laid out so the dinette is decently wide (maybe 48" if you have a long bed). Have the bench backs make the dinette into a bed, each one bridging the...