hard sided pop up camper

[kacz7895]

I am looking at building a hard sided pop up camper. But cant figure out how seals when the top is raised. Any help would be appreciated

 

[URY914]

I've been thinking the same thing. Do you mean like a Alaskan, where the top slides down over the bottom half and is raised up when in use?

 

[kacz7895]

Ya i just cant wrap my head around how it seals when you raise it up

 

[xxfullsailxx]

This is what I am using:

http://precisionbrush.com/brushes-by-type

they have a brush seal with a rubber insert:

http://precisionbrush.com/metal-channel-brush-with-rubber-insert

mcmaster-carr also has a bunch of weather strip options... i think a lot of it depends on your building material & design...

 

[fireball]

I would love to build a tear drop style camper with a FWC style pop up. I think that would be awesome!

 

[Munchmeister]

I would love to build a tear drop style camper with a FWC style pop up. I think that would be awesome!

Would a Cricket work?

 

[kacz7895]

I have looked the cricket trailers I like them but the doesnt. I probably should start a new thread but here are the questions i have.
i live in colorado and would like to explore the mountains. I am not looking at going up hard core trails but trails that get me out into the mountains.
1. How high, long and width of the trailer would be ideal.
2. Ground clearance
3. Tire size




Thank you for all the comments

 

[Munchmeister]

I have looked the cricket trailers I like them but the doesnt. I probably should start a new thread but here are the questions i have.
i live in colorado and would like to explore the mountains. I am not looking at going up hard core trails but trails that get me out into the mountains.
1. How high, long and width of the trailer would be ideal.
2. Ground clearance
3. Tire size




Thank you for all the comments

This should get you to the Cricket specs:
http://crickettrailer.com/specs/

I, too, live in Colorado & am thinking seriously about the Cricket. It is not a crawler type vehicle, I'm sure & I'd guess it's longer than most T drops. But it's more livable inside, with 6'-4" height at the kitchen cabinet end. And it has a tailgate. That makes it a capable light weight toy hauler (sub 300lb Yamaha TW200 motorcycle) in the shell version. I'll use the T Dub to get me into the narly stuff. I don't want to trailer into an area I can't get out of. DAMHIK.

 

[Maninga]

Rubber strip and brush would work well for seal when roof is up, I'd suggest the rubber seal to secure top/bottom from dust.

Have 3 levels of seal on mine. Rubber strip around lower edge of the roof for when travelling to seal from dust, foam strip that meets roof and top of bottom section meet and flexible rubber strip taken from a refrigerated truck. Hasn't been fully tested for heat/cold/dust, expect to do so when traveling.