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Man awesome progress here. It's really starting to take shape. You've got me considering a shelving design idea for the front of the bed that will spread the load of my camper a little bit now. I never really considered how much weight the very front of the bed has to bear with such a large...

Right on, I'l send you a pm with my phone #. Would definitely be down to shoot the ******** and give you the lowdown on all of the things I would do differently next time. Thanks, I really appreciate it. Did a moose scouting trip on Saturday. Put a good 200km's of bush roads on the truck and...

Been a minute, Hit a hard drainage ditch the other day and the steering wheel was slightly crooked afterwards. This steering set up just eats up idler arms. Can't wait to sas this thing. Quick canoe fitting, had to figure out some stuff for my hdpe sliders. Due to the slightly higher...

Awesome looking build. Your attention to detail is unreal. Very curious to know what the final weight is. Any ballpark on total hours invested and cost of materials?

^Thank you. They are rated for 150lb each, w/30" stroke. Honestly sometimes you just get lucky and these are an absolute perfect fit. I designed the pop top for a 30" lift. Total stroke of luck. The way they fit in the camper is unreal, honestly couldn't have come up with a better solution...

Real quick one here, couple packages arrived, we went back and fourth on what to do for a mattress. Ended up settling on this. I was pretty skeptical for the price but this is pretty nice. It's a 4" milliard foam mattress. It's pretty comfy to lay on, no bottoming out. It's an absolutely...

Figured out our gas spring forces using this crude method. Gets me in the ballpark. Camper is officially lockable now. Took a break to check for leaks. The wifey inside watching for drips. Test went awesome, nothing leaking at all on the top box. Back to insulating. Just a couple...

Awesome build thread. Just wanted to say thanks for posting all the info about the actuators. You've definitely inspired me to stray away from gas springs and go this route!

I mounted a plate to the very front to support the cab over portion of the camper better, and potentially for gas springs as well. The intent is to bolt the lights to it, not through the sheeting. I shared the same concern about putting them up front and the 3.4 running hot but I never noticed a...

Well as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men... Yesterday was an extremely frustrating day. We tried to put both the side windows in and proceeded to mess up the placement of not one, but both of them... So they wouldn't lay perfectly flat. Glazing tape isn't the most forgiving...

We got a nice little storm followed by a rainbow. Test fitting the canoe and coming up with creative solutions for tie downs and slides for it. Finalizing the top box. Pretty stressful moment. Main gasket installed Need some tape for the windows before I can final install them. A...

Quick update, been busy. Took a quick road trip out to the coast. I can never get out over the size of the slugs. Salmon berries are out. Pretty innovative ladder to the rack! Took the scenic route home So cool to see the little baby bighorn rams Camper updates, been real...

^ Thanks I can't wait to actually try it out. Fook me that s10/van looks heavy. Holy crap I hope they regeared that thing or that little 2.8 must be just screaming. So in other very exciting news!!!! This probably won't mean anything to most, so let me explain. Here in BC, in the interior...

Thanks I really appreciate the good words. I have to say out west felt like a world away when we were contemplating moving out here. Now it's definitely home. Believe me I know what you mean. I grew up in Kingston. Even trying to find a clean rust free 2nd gen would be pretty tough. I...

^ friggin hope so lol, Nicole picked up some screen for the windows yesterday. We opted for a screen with a tighter "no-see-um" pattern. If anyone is doing this themselves; definitely by the little spline roller tool. Also a little silicone lube goes a long way. Happy to have this done...

The main gasket that will seal the boxes to one another is 2828 on this link. http://www.cleanseal.com/d-sections.html I built my upper box with a 1/2" gap all the way around the main frame. So there is a bit of play when popping the top. This 1" d section gasket will fill that gap nicely. It's...

Quick tease of things to come.

Fully bringing back an old thread here. what material did you use for your corner trim?

Just ordered 10 sheets of aluminum!!! We went for a little boot around on Sunday. This is why we love having a smaller truck. More puffballs Then something a little out of the ordinary for mid June. This was a day my laziness actually helped. So glad I never pulled the chains out of...

^Thanks guys. Twin Duro, yeah I'm not going to lie it surprised me how tall it looks on the truck popped up. Getting down to some of the nitty gritty stuff. Found the back window on friday. Got it and the back gate all put together yesterday. Pulled this out of a raider canopy. The only...