aardvarcus
Adventurer
I used to camp all the time, but it has been a long time since I last went. I have been a long time member here, mainly interested in the useful off-roading and vehicle recovery knowledge on this site. I finally pulled the trigger on the start of a camping trailer project.
It is an all fiberglass utility bed with topper, seems to be from the 90s. It needs some work, fiberglass repairs and patching, new lights, painted, new weather-stripping, etcetera. I plan to mount it to an “off-road capable” trailer so that it can go anywhere my 1994 K2500 Suburban can go, but it is intended to be more of a base camp build. The trailer is TBD, either a custom build or repurposing an existing trailer. The box by itself is about 80” wide, 8’ long, 5’-5” high and weighs somewhere around 1000 lbs.
I am at the design phase right now, my basic concept is to build a kitchen from the passenger side compartments, other amenities on the drivers side compartments. I will build a raised sleeping platform in the center part of the trailer with storage underneath accessible from the back. There will be awnings on the sides and maybe the back. The concept is that you do all your camping outside the trailer, and only go inside to sleep, like a small hard sided tent. I want to add some additional windows to the sleeping compartment. The back of the Suburban serves as an additional sleeping compartment.
Amenities I am thinking propane for cooking, solar panel and battery for 12V electric for lights/fans/etcetera. Unsure if water is a tank or just in cans. No plans for a bathroom. Anyway, I am open for thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. I have already been looking at many build threads for ideas.
It is an all fiberglass utility bed with topper, seems to be from the 90s. It needs some work, fiberglass repairs and patching, new lights, painted, new weather-stripping, etcetera. I plan to mount it to an “off-road capable” trailer so that it can go anywhere my 1994 K2500 Suburban can go, but it is intended to be more of a base camp build. The trailer is TBD, either a custom build or repurposing an existing trailer. The box by itself is about 80” wide, 8’ long, 5’-5” high and weighs somewhere around 1000 lbs.
I am at the design phase right now, my basic concept is to build a kitchen from the passenger side compartments, other amenities on the drivers side compartments. I will build a raised sleeping platform in the center part of the trailer with storage underneath accessible from the back. There will be awnings on the sides and maybe the back. The concept is that you do all your camping outside the trailer, and only go inside to sleep, like a small hard sided tent. I want to add some additional windows to the sleeping compartment. The back of the Suburban serves as an additional sleeping compartment.
Amenities I am thinking propane for cooking, solar panel and battery for 12V electric for lights/fans/etcetera. Unsure if water is a tank or just in cans. No plans for a bathroom. Anyway, I am open for thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. I have already been looking at many build threads for ideas.
