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Thanks for the input. What weight fiberglass did you use? and E glass or S glass? I'll have to have another look at what's available in the local lumberyards.

I have finally started my new build! This truck will be THE BEST... at nothing! My build platform is a 1995 Toyota T100, extended cab, 4x4, 3.4L V6, 5 speed manual trans. My wife, dog, and I have already lived out of this truck with a very basic DIY camper while traveling through Mexico and...

It's all personal preference and compromise. I'd probably go with the camper you already have if you can make it meet your needs. Leaves more money for travel and lets you gain more experience before trying to design and build your own camper. My wife, dog, and I lived out of our dIY truck...

'97... I was still driving down with my father, fishing in Los Barriles and tent camping on the east cape in the summer. He likes it HOT.? I've had my eye on that area between conception and Loreto. Maybe next trip?

Right on. I've started using online surf maps and apps like Ioverlander to help me avoid places that have "pins"... for at least part of the trip anyway.

Nice! I've spent some time down there and I think this was the most swell I've had in one month. Definitely a good trip?

The search is half the fun! I wouldn't want to take that from anyone. Hopefully you don't think I was too generous with the landmarks. I figured if you recognize any of the places, then you already know.

My wife and I spent January 2021 in Baja. Our main focus was exploring the Pacific coast for uncrowded surf and secluded camping. We found what we were looking for ? We also went whale watching for the first time in Ojo de Liebre and tried a new(to us) camping spot in Bahia Concepcion. It was an...

We tagged along with a group of Overland Bound members as they made their way down the Baja Peninsula. It was our first time trying the group/convoy type travel. We were a bit nervous since we had never met any of the participants and normally travel alone, but it was a good group of people and...

Our big trip to Panama and back to the USA is over, but we're still getting the tires dirty from time to time. We joined a group of Overland Bound members for a 10 day trip down the Baja Peninsula. It was our first time trying the whole convoy thing. This is the resulting video:

Helps a lot. Thanks for sharing you experience.

Great Build! One step I didn't see mentioned was the attachment of the camper box to the subframe. I watched the videos, but couldn't decipher how you attached the two. Did you use bolts or adhesive or both? What kind & how much? I'm trying to figure out these different little steps before I...

The tricky bit is that his camper is going to act a lot different than your topper and I believe his build (I couldn't find a build thread) is on a large military truck of some kind that will act much different than an F-truck. I was hoping to minimize some of the variables by focusing on just...

He posted in a thread about tacoma camper mounting and shared the info. https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/attaching-diy-camper-direct-to-tacoma-frame.201452/post-2606756

That's funny. I'm hoping that my entire truck with the camper (dry) comes out to 5,500 lbs. ? Unfortunately I can't do anything with my truck where I live, so will have to wait on retesting the frame flex.

OK. Now I just gotta google how many buckets of water I gotta put in there to equal 1950 lbs ?

Glad to see you chime in @IdaSHO I've read through your build a couple times. I'm planing on doing a steel subframe with a wood/XPS/fiberglass camper. A 3-point pivot seams like the way to go as far as isolating the camper from the flex. I'm just trying to get a feel for weather or not I...

I've read quite a few threads about torsional flex in truck frames and various mounting systems to help isolate campers from this flex. So my question is how much torsional flex in the camper subframe is OK and how much is too much? The best way to answer this question in my opinion would be to...

@Tank5 Any signs of stress issues in the camper or frame as a result of the subframe being welded directly to the truck frame? I have a similar idea in mind for my T100 but with a custom camper. It's hard to find other builds that have been done on similar sized trucks with boxed frames.

This was filmed in October of 2018 as part of a much larger trip through Mexico and Central America and I finally got around to editing the footage. I've seen posts on here asking about this area, so I thought there might still be some folks interested in the experience. Hope it's helpful