My bad. I guess they must be lying in their marketing literature “Everyone associated with Four Wheel Campers is grateful that the company developed a pop-up design and standardized on welded aluminum frames.” https://fourwheelcampers.com/company/our-story-the-history-of-pop-up-truck-campers/
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I would suggest reviewing the construction techniques of the many manufacturers of truck campers online. The times of plywood stapling have been replaced by many of the companies in business now. FWC as an example does not "just use a piece of 3/4 plywood stapled to the sides of the base...
When I was looking hard at an EC FX one concern was the stories I’ve read about insurance coverage. Found plenty - at crazy high rates. Then on a lark I tried Good Sam’s. Provided the VIN and viola! The best quote among at least 7-8 companies.
The timing ended up being wrong on the EC...
“I have recently been offered a career opportunity that take us to the east coast for the next 2-5 years, and we cannot bear the idea of this rig sitting in storage for such an extended period of time,”
“Prior to hitting the road full-time... my wife and I lost our oldest child and I had to...
Enjoying your narrative. We were in NZ just before you apparently, arriving on 8/12. The public gardens in Hamilton were a treat and your photos of this location and others up north brought back some wonderful memories of our trip. Can’t wait to see what you’ve written about parts south!
Okay, I respect that. Unfortunately I value my personal time as equal to my employment time from a financial perspective of cost associated with a purchase. Round trip for me is in excess of eight hours. Ouch.
If you change your mind, let me know.
GLWS.
Nice install. Something I’d like to accomplish on my RAM one of these days. Including the slide in ?
Concur with the comments about the accordion steps. With the $$, effort and clean install of the bumper, spare and box, there wasn’t another solution I guess you liked?
BTW, where in TX are...
I would love to build my own as well. No welding experience unfortunately. I am rolling on a ‘15 2500 ctd MegaCab. Have some designs in mind; needs to accommodate Ramboxes, a James Baroud Grand Raid XXL RTT. Thinking I want it to be higher than the roofline so as to extend over it with a small...
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