Update
We have had our truck almost a year now and honestly haven’t done much to it. We have spent a lot of time researching materials and design ideas because we really want to do it right the first time… we don’t want to finish it and then a year later wish we had spent more time researching ideas beforehand (though I’m sure there will be things we wish we had done differently either way). But we have pretty much finalized a design idea, so we wanted to share some of our design drawings.
This is a basic look at our box. We are also still trying to figure out how to mount sea kayaks on the roof and still be able to have solar panels. Not an easy task but we are trying to get creative. We are adding super single wheels from ATW and new air ride seats from National. Our AC is Dometic and is NOT a roof AC, it is actually going to be under our bed. Our subframe will be either steel or aluminum (debating that now) and most of the interior will be made out of wood by my husband who has access to a millworks shop. Under the bed is also a storage section that extends all the way through the box, giving us a place to store longer items such as kayak paddles and possibly mountain bikes.
From this overview you can see the wet bath and the refrigerator along with one side of the booth and the bed in the back. By the booth will also be a crawl through to the cab. At the top you can see that we are trying to include as much cabinet storage as possible since we did not have room to include a closet.
Here you can see the kitchen next to the door which will include a two burner induction stove and a sink. We have chosen not to include a microwave but will be bringing a small toaster oven.
Here you can better see the storage box under the bed as well as the extension. The windows around the bed will be stationary but there will be a hatch window above the bed. The windows by the booth will also be hatches.
Our box is 16 feet with the extension for the bed, 14 ft without it. We will post more pictures once we actually start building it which should be soon. The first thing on the list is super singles and air ride seats, then we will move on to the subframe and the box. Thanks for keeping up with our build!
(david506th designed all of these pictures... thanks hun!)
