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Added more foam insulation to the inside and began with fiberglassing the corners. I also added the side pieces that extend out over the truck box sides. Outside width on this thing is going to be 7'. That'll allow me to clear the truck box sides without the use of jack extensions and it...

Here's some more. Finally putting down some epoxy. Using 2 layers of 6oz, 4" fibreglass tape on each side of the butt joints and the outside corner joints. Screws used to hold the pieces together are removed and the holes plugged with dowels and epoxy. At this point in the build I decided...

Yes sir, was an utter pain in the ******

So fitting these pieces together you can kind of see the shape of the camper that will fit inside the box of the truck. At this stage everything was just fit together and the only screws used were on the bottom sheet of plywood where it needed to be wider than the 4' width they come in. I also...

Yes, exactly. I also felt that it would help with forces pulling on the camper at specific locations, like where the jacks mount. This way a 1/2" piece of plywood would have to tear in half rather than just split at a seam for the joint to fail. I apologize for the speed of posting these...

The first two pictures show how the notches are going to be cut in the plywood to fit panels together. Construction is marine grade plywood bonded to 1" foam board. Everything is going to be 'puzzle pieced' together and bonded with epoxy and fiberglass. The skin and all interior cabinets will...

I decided to build my own camper after not being able to find exactly what I wanted within the budget that my bank account was happy with. I had a Winnebago trailer for a couple of years and would use it for hunting, fishing and dirt biking trips. Many of which were down roughish gravel roads...

Maybe so. It seems that if a direct LED headlight swap is a viable option, we lack a knowledgable vendor able to demonstrate quality results. There are many vehicles driving around where I live with blindingly bright LED replacement bulbs. I actually prefer the guys that use their light bars...

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I had similar issues; needed a truck bed but also a rack to carry kayaks. I went with the Thule exsporter, actually bought the same rack a second time after the first truck sold with the rack attached. Leave it down unless I had long items and it served as a good bar to tie things too, think...

These are the ones I purchased, I believe they are H13. Unfortunately, the new superdutys are quad beam lights meaning that there are 4 high beams and four low beams so now I've got 2 sets of these collecting dust. I didn't go with the cheapest thing out there and I didn't want the fan cooled...

I did go from halogen to LED on my superduty. Waste of money. I bought ones that could be indexed within the housing, they throw light everywhere. There is no 'aiming' them. There was no cut off line anymore and I was being highbeamed during the day. They lasted 1 week before I went back to...

Think about the spare tire too. Not sure about that specific year, but you should be close to being able to fit a 35" in the stock location under the bed. With 37"s you'll have to find somewhere else to put it.

That temperature display is awesome, mind if I ask who makes that? Are the sensors wireless? The goal of the post was to save me money,not make me spend more! I have designed the battery box size to hold 2 - 6v deep cycle batteries so as long as the lithiums fit the same foot print I'll be...

Thanks! The usage information is really helpful. I am limited for space on my roof, 200watts easily, but more than that and things start getting crowded and shady. I am not really interested in buying and carrying a generator specifically to charge the batteries. Also, I don't really have...

Haha, yeah I hear you on the costs. I have a growing pile of reciepts but I am sure I am going to double the budget if I want to build it the way I really want it. I went from a 1/2 ton to a 1 ton and don't worry about payload as much. Now I need to win the lottery so I don't have to worry...

Hey, thanks for all the replies! Sounds like I've got to ad a little more info. I used to own a 2016 winnebago micro minnie, it was a decent trailer but I camp at the end of a lot of dirt roads and was finding the overall length of the trailer and my truck at almost 40ft was cumbersome on...

That trailer looks great for only spending $800! I am way over that already and I've just got a shell which is still missing a roof. I knew that going into it though. I am up in Dawson Creek, BC.

Amazing bike. I had an '04 in blue. Just a fire up and go anywhere bike, put on 56,000kms in 3 years. It was my first road bike and I still miss it. Funny story, about five years after I sold it I was filling up at a gas station in North Vancouver and heard a bike pull into the pumps...

Somebody convince me these fancy windows and lithium battery banks are worth the price. If money wasn't an issue I would have just bought an earthroamer. I decided to build a camper since I wanted something specific and I like building and learning about things. I started out with ideas which...