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One big improvement I made over the summer was adding vinyl sheet flooring to the insulated floor platform. It makes such a big difference for cleanup, and generally just not seeing the plywood get dirtier with every trip. I also started working on main control panel for lights, battery...

Well its been a while since I've updated this thread. I did some work here and there on the camper, but mostly just trying to get out and enjoy summer. Thus far I've spent 15-20 nights in the camper, including its inaugural trip to Utah and Mammoth. It's been a super comfortable camping rig for...

Thanks! The bungee on the drip edge is an interesting idea, might have to try that. I tried duct taping some sections of medium gauge picture wire to the drip edge to stiffen it up, but that did pretty much nothing. The wires bent, and then the drip edge was just stuck in the bent position...

There's a little bit of dust that gets in around the tailgate, but I'm planning on sealing that up soon-ish with a tailgate seal. We sealed up a couple holes in the front edge of the bed (between the truck bed and cab) with aluminum ducting tape, so that eliminated entry point. Haven't done tons...

Been a while since I updated this. Last month I spent a solid week working late nights on the interior to get it ready(ish) for a big trip. So far I have an insulated floor platform, a cabinet against the back wall, and one on the passenger side wheel well. The electrical system is contained in...

Thanks! I used a lot of vinyl-based materials, but I assume you're talking about the pop up fabric. I used 18oz vinyl coated polyester. Here is the exact fabric I used. I bought the 75 inch width fabric because it allowed me to cut the fabric in half, meaning I only had to buy 6 yards instead of...

By Friday the camper was ready to be put on my truck. I estimate that it weighs ~400lbs in its current form, so I recruited several friends (6 of us in total) to lift it into position. All in all, it went fairly well. Any fewer people and it would've been pretty heavy for each of us, any more...

Then the last things to do were to cut out the window hole and attach, finish the grey vinyl on the camper sides, and build the doors. The doors definitely still need some fine tuning. They sag a little more than I thought they would, and they interfere with each other closing a bit. So...

I spent a lot of time working to get the camper ready to go on the truck this week. After fabric, I bolted on the roof latches and added the drip edge. For the drip edge I used vinyl curtain door strip. It's available in rolls from McMaster-Carr, so I used the 4" width x .06" thickness. It's...

If bending a single piece into a custom z-shape is cost effective, that might be better than two pieces. It just avoids a seam that water could get into. All in all though it looks like we've got a similar approach to this part.

The top is attached with sections of 1" flat bar cut from scrap ACM. The top edge of the fabric is folded over with paracord under the fold, then all glued down to help prevent the fabric from tearing out if the bolt holes were to ever wear through. The bottom is actually two pieces of angle...

Got quite a bit done over the weekend. More grey vinyl on some of the sides, and all of the trim was glued/taped on. We're also almost done with the popup fabric, just the final seam and a couple bolts on the top and bottom remaining. The fabric has been a tricky process, and its definitely not...

Yeah we ended up going with struts on the side to complement the lifting bars in the front/back. Lifting bars help give lateral stability, opposing struts on the side give longitudinal stability. I'm using 60lb struts, 36" extended length with a 15" stroke. 60lbs is overkill right now in the...

Got the gas struts and roof vent installed. Currently working through attaching the trim around all of the corners. I also started to wrap the camper in grey vinyl. The ACM I bought is black, and I'd prefer not to bake in an all black camper in the summer. I'm certainly not great at vinyl wrap...

I didn't do a ton of testing, but when I got the first long cabover piece attached I had someone stand on the back corner while I hung on the end. I felt comfortable with how much it flexed, probably under a quarter inch. Over the last couple weeks I disassembled and re-assembled with...

Slow progress over the last few days. I've been working out some details in the roof lifting bars, made from 3/4" EMT conduit. The long pieces making up the sides of the roof are in 2 segments, so I want an extra support in the middle there to support some of the bending stress at the joint...

Adding camber is a good idea. I've thought about it from time to time while planning the project, but just haven't really thought of a way to do it that I like. I think when I'm getting ready to put the ACM on the roof I'll experiment with shimming the middle of the roof with 1/4 or 1/2 inch...

It's not so much a plan for the big hole in the roof, but rather the beams running longitudinally in the roof will end up being the mounting point for a roof rack in the future. Thanks! Your build has been super helpful for thinking through the details. And starting off with the larger series...

Inspired largely by OVRLND campers and 97heavyweight's build thread, I've been planning a pop up camper build for a few months now. The general plan is similar to 97heavyweight's build: Aluminum extrusions for the frame (because I don't know how to weld, and don't have a great means to learn how...