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I haven't updated this in a while, but I also haven't made much progress on the bed. I've been doing a lot of wiring on the truck lately. Made a junction under the hood for all the power leads that used to just be hooked to the battery, ran a heavy line out to the rear bumper for the winch, and...

Looks like a really awesome, really well-built rig at a fair price.. No relation, just saw it as a Facebook post and thought I'd share.. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/rvs/5737224910.html

We got the rubber coating on about a week back. It took a couple days of applying/drying, but it's about 1/8" thick and completely seals the ply inside it. It's probably a bit softer than I'd like, but it does make a nice bed floor. Things don't slide/roll and the camper sits really tight. No...

Here's my setup.. Just two Ram 7" X-grips, one on the driver's side near the door and another mounted lower near the center of the dash intended mostly for the passenger. They both make pretty good platforms for typing, especially the passenger setup. The driver's mount is close enough to the...

Worked well past my bed-time to get to my "phase one" completion goal. I've now got bedsides (mostly) fender skirting, and tailights so this thing's almost legit. Phase two will be the built in boxes and folding upper bedsides. Loading the camper up tonight for Overland Rally this weekend!

Thanks for the feedback guys. What about one of those canvas tire covers guys use on Jeeps? Would it hold up?

Hey guys, Just got a 5th Alloy 17" H2 rim so I can complete my new set of 5 285/75 r17 Toyo's. I plan to put the spare under the truck in the stock location, but the steel wheel I have under there is basically destroyed from gravel and rocks. What can I do to protect the nice Alloy wheel from...

Damn! That looks great! Wish I had seen this thread earlier, I'm building a custom bed for my truck and am using 3/4" marine ply for the decking.. Was looking for options for coating and sealing it. It sounds like a lot of these options would work just fine. I ordered this from Amazon because...

Sucks that your friends bikes were stolen, I've heard of that happening. I've never heard of a camper being taken off the truck without the entire truck being stolen, but I'm sure with enough guys and motivation it would be possible..

Got the backup lights installed in the bumper, the extra stringers welded in, and my wife's favorite part of the build so far, a slide out ladder..

Hey guys, I just got a new Viair 480C. I'd really like to mount it in the perfect spot opposite the fuel tank between the frame rails. It's just behind the cab, is close to power, will make plumbing fittings to each side easy, and won't steal storage space from anything else. The only catch is...

It fits! I'm going to add two extra stringers on the open side of the center two bed mounts, closest to the camper tie ins. I'm sure everything's strong enough, but the most likely failure I can see would be the weight of the camper pulling up on the bed and rotating the stringers that have...

Here's a link to a facebook album of mine with a whole bunch of different projects. There are some pretty good pics of the brake at the end. Just scroll through all the lame bumpers and junk.. :sombrero: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10202944368987490&type=1&l=d23990c21c

Looking for anything specific? Its 3"x0.25" angle for the clamp and bar, mounted to a chunk of 6" channel. I used some 5/8" gate hinges so it has a little adjustability and welded four 2" square tube chunks on the underside of the bar at different angles to slide pipe into as a handle. Sent...

Finally got around to fabbing up the inner-fenders. It was another thing for me to learn on this project. I've never really worked with sheet of any kind, let alone aluminum. Turns out the brake I built works as intended and that my little cordless skill saw is almost perfect for cutting this...

Didn't make any progress on this project this weekend, I had to make a surprise run to Wyoming. Tonight I'll be fabricating the plywood mounts and bolting it down. I'm thinking of covering the ply in this stuff-...

That looks awesome. Neat to see another bed with wheel wells out there.. I'm looking forward to seeing the completed product.

Please do, I'd love to see it.

I'm just going to bolt marine plywood down so it'll be easily removable. Lots of access!

Damn. Literally just started cutting on the ply I bought.. :rolleyes: Oh well, it's cheap (ish) and easy. I hadn't even thought of it getting beat up from the underside.. Guess I'll just treat it and run it for a while and see how things shake out. The wheel well's will be alloy and probably...