Adding an 8ft flat bed to an 05 DC Tundy

[Jb1rd]

Now that selling my Airstream is upon me I have been searching and researching like h3!! for a replacement option and found that I have been spoiled by the stand up room in my B190 and the ability to be "anywhere" and set up shop with minimal effort. I have been back and forth from RTT to Flippac to FWC style pop up and they just fall short for me. After seeing the Tunook build and drooling over the XP Campers on flat beds it got me thinking about doing a hybrid. All of the campers I have seen that are full height seem to be for 8 foot bed, I see a lot of guys just leave the tailgate down, would it be an issue to build a 7 or 7.5 foot flat bed and permanently mount the camper to it? (I do not anticipate using the truck as the DD after the conversion) What will my main concerns be? Flex, body roll, etc??? I have supremely talented welder friend with a full fab shop willing to help just need some input for the flat bed portion so we minimize guess work:Wow1:
Thanks in advance, this forum has been an awesome resource!!! Once the build is underway I will start a thread for sure! FWIW thinking Sixpac, Capri, or Bigfoot as far as the camper is concerned, the Bigfoots like the beast themselves however, seem to be hard to find in the smaller sizes!!!

 

[Mrknowitall]

A few things to consider....
There are hard side campers specifically suited to short bed trucks.
The flatbed would likely be heavier than the factory bed.
Making the bed longer won't carry the weight any better.
If you 3 point mount the flat bed, it could take up frame flex.
Any way you put a hard side camper on a Tundra DC will have you leaving the GVW far behind.
While everything on your truck is well constructed, nothing is oversize, either. Throwing airbags on won't turn it into a 3/4 ton.

 

[seanpistol]

Four wheel camper makes a flatbed specific model as well

 

[tyv12]

I've also looked at some of these options and I'm pretty sure anyone who has these type of campers on tundras and tacos are way past the legal payloads


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[Jb1rd]

The Capri I was looking at was weighing in at #1100, was thinking of using aluminum for the flat bed. I don,t want a popup if I can avoid it. Also looking at stripping down whatever I get to the basics, no permanent water/holding etc!!