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Increasing the styrofoam thickness will increase stiffness and strength of the roof. If the original was 1" foam board even 1 1/2 " would make a big difference. If you can't increase the thickness you should put thicker plywood than the original on the bottom even if it means going a bit...

Werner. Want to share any info on that 3 stage pop up in your avatar pic? Is it diy or manufacture built? Thanks

Maybe too late but for stryrofoam(extruded polystyrene ) glue you can use any of the polyurethane glues (Gorilla and others) You will need to clamp though as it has some push to it. Epoxy with a filler mixed in will also work well with less clamping pesssure. A good plywood bond to stryro is...

you will need 2" ... 2 1/16" for nice sliding action up and down

If your still searching for a Northern Lite 6" 10" you can PM me.

If it’s versatility you want it’s hard to to beat a camper that fits your truck and also fits a properly sized utility trailer that has removable sides. Although mine is a custom camper that I built from the very beginning to fit both truck and trailer You could search around for the perfect...

My experience with Formular on a narrow floor camper (Northern Lite 6"10') is that it will eventually compress under the front corners of the camper. The foam board I was using was Formular C300. I then switched to a heavy duty truck mat material available at Princess Auto (Canada) which I...

Much appreciated. Very helpful Thanks

I for one would love to see the dozen or so pics you mention. Very little on the web about this type of construction that I could find

Since you mentioned mostly highway driving I would say unless you really need the lower profile of a popup for off road situations I think i would build a hardside. With the time saved in not building a pop-up incorporate those features that Jonno mentioned above. Take a look at a U-haul box...

Hi. Dog brush guy here.. Original thread here http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/improve-bond-fiberglass-epoxy-home-depot-foam-extruded-24820.html I guess it is important to test the marterials that you plan to use in any build to avoid disappoint later. When dealing with...

The Northern Lite 6' 10" fits nice on a Gen 1 tundra..weighs 1020 lbs dry (certified scale) I would not put much stock in what manufacturer says for any of them.

Since you are using 3 " foam you have a great opportunity to do a nice radius on the edges (front to sides and sides to top). Besides improving coeffient of drag your camper will have much improved crosswind stability. Just a thought. Great build by the way !

I have to agree. As someone who is going for the smooth look on my build , I didn't put enough thought into just how many square feet a person needs to get smooth. At the very least I should have put the monstaliner on the camper base ( its a slide-in ) and saved some time . Oh well at least I...

Offroad camper guy .>Quote "The very best thing you can do to improve the aerodynamics of any existing truck/camper combo is to add a CAB-TO-CAMPER PAD. This is an inflatable pad that fills this gap between the cab and cab over. Closing this gap make the wind divert to either side of the...

I'm going to use your teflon pad idea on my homebuilt . Thanks

I forgot how nice some of those old campers are. And by the way Excellent work !

Glad to see your back at it. I am also doing a fiberglass foam camper but it is a slide-in hardside. Am planning to do most of fiberglassing on the horizontal then joining the large pieces together. My goal is for a self contained camper weighing 1000 lbs dry. By the way I used your idea of...