Do you want to start camping? A basic truck camper is an easy way to get out! This video will help you with the basics for building out your truck camper.
I have always been a minimalist in the truer sense of the word. I find when you look at these videos of "minimalist", I tend to think, hell that's too much stuff. I usually take my thick padded lounge chair that I sleep on. I have a sleeping bag for cooler nights. I carry, depending on how long I will be camping, some gallon jugs of water. I carry a cooler with ice. Again depending on how long I plan on camping. And I carry my fishing gear. I have two Gas One one burner butane stoves. If I am not cooking over a campfire then I use them. I have a soup pan and a cast iron skillet. Other than that, just my guitar. I will carry a buddy heater when it gets cold. But that's about it. The only electronics are battery powered lights to put in the truckbed. And my phone in case of emergency.
Great stuff. Appreciate your simple methods for a good camper setup. I fell down the truck camper rabbit hole and wanted to find something that would work but wasn’t a complete overhaul/permanent build. Well done!
The basic set up is plenty....a place for everything...everything in its' place...I'm about to get one set up...One bonus for me...I have an 8 foot bed. Setting up an over truck tarp/awning is invaluable, and I may add a cork mat to get the junk off the footwear...Truly like the simplicity....Thanks
One of the things that I really like about it is when you're out with just one vehicle it's nice to have things simple but to have the things you need for safety and comfort and you have done that without the frills take your mind off your enjoyment of being out.
Really enjoyed the simplicity of your set up! Will be doing a similar build for my older 2002 F-150. Comments/questions…have you thought of putting the items under your bed into a plastic container? A co2 monitor? A floor matt for dirty shoes? Anxious to follow along and see you tweets!!👍
Since that video I have added several things, but not all that you mentioned. I like the idea of being more minimalistic, but it sure is good to have comfort gear when the space is available. Thanks for watching!
Nice. Everyone has thier set up. For me, I'm re-thinking it. I have a Dodge RAM 1500 "shorty". That's the standard cab with the medium bed at 6'4" The quad cabs actually have the short box of 6' But what I'm going to do is get rid of my SnugTop with the extra 6" height, and go with one that is a full 1' higher then the cab. I should have known mine wouldn't be high enough for comfort. There's just barely sitting headroom from a bunk. As I'm gettiong older, I need more. I'm tired of having to bend over almost double to "walk" around or figthing to get my britches up. If I have to build it, so be it.
🇺🇲🇺🇦 Hey, have you ever thought to get a couple of those long arm grabby things that are used to pick up trash or used to reach items up high in your kitchen cabinets etc.,...i have four of them at home that i have upstairs , down stairs, one in my laundry room and one in my garage. I have used them to capture spiders and believe it or not i used one to capture a garden snake i relocated to a far off area. I really dont like touching snakes and i certainly wont kill a friendly one so using the grabber worked for me. So, sorry about going the long way to make my point here but what i wanted to say was that having the grabber to use inside your camper shell could be very helpful in reaching items not within arns reach. I'd carry one in the cab and one in the back. Hope this suggestion helps. 🙏☮🙏
A couple thoughts. Without bug screens when you open the side windows, you will be inviting mosquitos and meat bees right into your living space. Kareem Abdul Jabbar might be able to reach in that open window and get something in that container. I am too short to use that system of access. What do you do for water, shower and fresh food storage? I like your simple system. As soon as I find a shell I will copy it. Thx.
I literally just came across the invoice for that shell this past weekend! The description says it's the ARE CX with "side doors with vents". I have really enjoyed those windows.
