Cargo trailer box as camper on Tundra frame?

[woytovich]

Remove Tundra (or Tacoma?) bed, mount 5x8 (ish) cargo trailer box on frame.... modify/build into camper. Cheap, pretty "easy"....

Thoughts?

 

[woytovich]

Easy to make the top a pop-top. Add windows etc etc.

 

[woytovich]

Next would be to use a 5x10 trailer body and join it to the cab via a pass-through.

 

[Gravelette]

Payload will bite you.

 

[woytovich]

Payload will bite you.

Please elaborate.
Why would this be any worse than the slide-in campers?

 

[Gravelette]

What is the weight of an empty box and what is the payload (door sticker) of your Tundra?

 

[2025 deleted member]

Could also subtract the weight of the bed you remove

 

[2025 deleted member]

Making it look good will be tough. Those small cargo trailers are typically built like crap as well.

 

[woytovich]

What is the weight of an empty box and what is the payload (door sticker) of your Tundra?

I think the empty box would probably weigh less than the bed that had been removed.

 

[woytovich]

Making it look good will be tough. Those small cargo trailers are typically built like crap as well.

Agreed. But I think it would be an interesting challenge, and far far cheaper than most of the alternatives.

 

[woytovich]

Really just a budget, and Toyota, version of this:

 

[86scotty]

Please report back at what mile marker it blows off. I'd like to come take pictures.

 

[woytovich]

Eric: why would it fly off? Why would it be any worse than pulling the same trailer body on its original frame down the highway?

 

[tacollie]

I think using a trailer is just going to create more work than it's worth. It would be easier to build a box from scratch. You're going to have to do a lot of modification to get the wheel well to line up.

The factory truck bed is lighter than those trailer boxes. Truck beds are surprisingly light.

 

[The Artisan]

Remove Tundra (or Tacoma?) bed, mount 5x8 (ish) cargo trailer box on frame.... modify/build into camper. Cheap, pretty "easy"....

Thoughts?

I am just removing my bed and make a flatbed that mounts directly to the factory mounts then mounting home built box to the bed
Kevin