So here's a thought for an ultimate easy build, but my thought process is this.
Aluminum high boy work truck shells can be had on Craigslist all day long on the cheap. Not quite standing room for me, but I know my BIL has a similair truck my 5' wife can stand up in his camper shell. Need to find the brand name. I beielve the ones with the twin swinging doors can have one of the doors reinforced for, and a small 5K BTU Window AC unit installed.
Add reinforcing material around the upper sides, and back wall. You want to brace it to hold an awning.
Add a bed rug to the truck bed to help insulate where you can the truck bed..
Using Liquid Nails for Projects, glue on foam board insualtion, preferrably the kind with radiant barrier, to the inside of the truck cap. Then trim out using "rat fur" type carpeting, the stuff folks cover subwoofer boxes in, and adhere it with 3M Super 77 spray adhesive. Might be best to do this away from the actual truck and bedrug...
I have seen videos of guys that basically outfit an F150 6.5ft bed truck with a standard Queen size "Roller" bed frame on basically steel pipe and pipe flange risers to get the bottom of the frame up to clear storage for totes and a port o potty.
Use 3/4" plywood cut to size as a solid platform on the roller frame, Cut and hinge so maybe the area between the cap and wheel wells can be opened up. Drill and bolt the rest of it down to the roller frame. In my case, notch out an access port to allow routing of 12V power port wires. Create a small foam and PMF cabinet immediately below with dividers that keep everything stable, and place in the 4 AquaTainers. Design / build lightweight, low power multi source pump system for this.
Clamp the roller frame rails to the truck bedrails with some rubber isolators to stop any lateral wiggling. Get one of those 10" Gel Memory Foam mattresses from Walmart delivered, Lop off 6" from the end if you can't find an RV short queen, and sew the cover back up. Install mattress.
Rest of gear should be able to fit under the bed, including a 5 gallon port o potty.
Design, and build a 270 degree awning, with screens and if needed shade / privacy walls. Concept is flip, roll, zip, stake. Not sure, just thinking here...
Doin this should be fairly easily doable with your average half ton standard bed truck, keep the weight down, while keeping comfort up.
Shelves could, and likely should be added for things like medical devices (CPAP), port o potty would go out in a privy tent which would be in the gear etc... Lots of options here, something you could keep at the ready to go whenever an opportunity makes itself avaialbe.
Aluminum high boy work truck shells can be had on Craigslist all day long on the cheap. Not quite standing room for me, but I know my BIL has a similair truck my 5' wife can stand up in his camper shell. Need to find the brand name. I beielve the ones with the twin swinging doors can have one of the doors reinforced for, and a small 5K BTU Window AC unit installed.
Add reinforcing material around the upper sides, and back wall. You want to brace it to hold an awning.
Add a bed rug to the truck bed to help insulate where you can the truck bed..
Using Liquid Nails for Projects, glue on foam board insualtion, preferrably the kind with radiant barrier, to the inside of the truck cap. Then trim out using "rat fur" type carpeting, the stuff folks cover subwoofer boxes in, and adhere it with 3M Super 77 spray adhesive. Might be best to do this away from the actual truck and bedrug...
I have seen videos of guys that basically outfit an F150 6.5ft bed truck with a standard Queen size "Roller" bed frame on basically steel pipe and pipe flange risers to get the bottom of the frame up to clear storage for totes and a port o potty.
Use 3/4" plywood cut to size as a solid platform on the roller frame, Cut and hinge so maybe the area between the cap and wheel wells can be opened up. Drill and bolt the rest of it down to the roller frame. In my case, notch out an access port to allow routing of 12V power port wires. Create a small foam and PMF cabinet immediately below with dividers that keep everything stable, and place in the 4 AquaTainers. Design / build lightweight, low power multi source pump system for this.
Clamp the roller frame rails to the truck bedrails with some rubber isolators to stop any lateral wiggling. Get one of those 10" Gel Memory Foam mattresses from Walmart delivered, Lop off 6" from the end if you can't find an RV short queen, and sew the cover back up. Install mattress.
Rest of gear should be able to fit under the bed, including a 5 gallon port o potty.
Design, and build a 270 degree awning, with screens and if needed shade / privacy walls. Concept is flip, roll, zip, stake. Not sure, just thinking here...
Doin this should be fairly easily doable with your average half ton standard bed truck, keep the weight down, while keeping comfort up.
Shelves could, and likely should be added for things like medical devices (CPAP), port o potty would go out in a privy tent which would be in the gear etc... Lots of options here, something you could keep at the ready to go whenever an opportunity makes itself avaialbe.
Just givem your specs...