Skiers Lodge - Build Thread

Swedeski

Adventurer
The entire fall flew by and I havn't checked in here in awhile. No big improvements but I have addressed a possible issue. I noticed snow pile up last winter against the camper wall. Right at the transition to the truck bed (since the truck bed is wider). Snow is water, and moist is never a good thing in constructions.
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The solution.
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A bunch of caulk.
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And done!
 

Bakes5

New member
Great build and adventures. I am a huge fan of truck camping and probably spend 20 nights a year in the back of mine with a regular topper n it.

Where in Sweden are you? I lived there for 2 years about 20 yrs ago. Good times. If you ever come out to Colorado let us know.
 

Swedeski

Adventurer
Great build and adventures. I am a huge fan of truck camping and probably spend 20 nights a year in the back of mine with a regular topper n it.

Where in Sweden are you? I lived there for 2 years about 20 yrs ago. Good times. If you ever come out to Colorado let us know.
Thanx.
Hey that's great! The simplicity of just pulling off the beaten path and have your camp ready is awesome.

I live close to Mora which is basically in the middle of Sweden.
 

GoinBoardin

Observer
Inspiring! You made a daunting task seem quite surmountable! Well done. That was really very helpful, answered many of the questions I had in mentally designing my own version of a custom camper.

How's this recent winter been in Sweden?
 

Swedeski

Adventurer
Inspiring! You made a daunting task seem quite surmountable! Well done. That was really very helpful, answered many of the questions I had in mentally designing my own version of a custom camper.

How's this recent winter been in Sweden?
Thank you.
That's whats so great about this forum. I got a ton of ideas from here before starting my own build.

Havn't updated neither the camper nor this thread in awhile.
Me and my wife have spent the winter in a small mountain town 2.5 hours drive from where we usually live. I've been working as a ski instructor at the local hill and done some electrical maintenance.
The winter has been cold but a little less snow then usually.
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Putting up new floodlights 32 feet off the ground in...
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yaaaay (minus 11.2 F)!

But just now I got some camperwork done. Tore out the old bed and the subfloor. Cleaned the interior and gave the walls a second coat of paint.
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Changed the framework for the bed. I'm using 2x4's now so I'm skipping the support struts that was going perpendicular from the bed down to the subfloor.
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This way it will be easier storing stuff under the bed.
Making cut-outs in the 2x4's so I'm not loosing any headspace above the bed.
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Finally I put a plywood sheet as a bottom on the framework. The plan is to make a lid in the bed so that you could store stuff inside the bed. Stuff that you might not need every day and is no more then 4 inches tall (whatever that might be).

Except from skiing at work we been skiing at our free time.[emoji3]
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This is from last week in Norway. The pic lies a bit though. Bad weather and a sketchy snowpack turned us around most of the times.
 

Swedeski

Adventurer
That snow looks so inviting: driving into work this evening it was 102F/39C...
Oouuuchhh, I think I would have a hard time handle that kind of heat!

Got some stuff done. Rerouted the wiring, added a usb socket and "cleaned" it up a little bit.
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Finished the bed and hooked up a stationary 230 V socket to the inverter. Thought about rewiering the on-button/switch for the inverter so it's more easily accessible but then I procastinated that project.
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Lid in place.
 

Swedeski

Adventurer
Some more improvements.
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Finishing the backwall which was just temporarely done before. Made the last couple of insulation pieces and glued and screwed plywood to it.
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The inside of the window has been looking like this.
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Made a window trim and a fold down shelf/table.
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Not big enough for preparing an entire meal maybe. But a couple of brews and a small stove will fit. Might come in handy on a rainy day.
 

Swedeski

Adventurer
More progress.
The setup has been really simple with just a bed and all storage in bins underneath. Getting some shelves done.
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Over the entrance.
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And a smaller one on the opposite side of the window.
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Will serve as a storage shelf for fishing rods in the summer. So they don't get banged up by other equipment or bins.
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Still some painting left.
 

ZMagic97

Explorer
I'm really enjoying the progress: this build looks more and more fun each time I check in.

Also, great beer choice! :ylsmoke:
 

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