Quick instructional video detailing how I built my DIY Truck Camper shell. Check out my other videos in this series including an overview of the camper and an electrical video. #DIY #truckcamper #diytruckcamper #truckcamperbuild
I am glad to see this video show up. I have a Toyota Tundra with an 8' bed and would like to build something similar. I would like to have a roof that pops up with tent/screen material around the back and edges so I can stand up (6'2" tall). I also am a boat builder (hobby) so have experience with epoxy. I also like the idea of making it a shell rather than creating a whole tub style which I think makes for many small unused spaces. Your modular furniture is also a great idea. I did not think about double doors but like that idea as well. Thanks, a very nice job overall.
When i built mine i used fooring for the roof. I was staying in it but had a tarp over it . A raven ate a hole in the top of it. After I replace it with the flooring . I heard a raven try to land on it . He went sliding off of it . The fooring used came from Lowe's for 50 bucks. I went with a wood grain . What gave me the ideal was i went to a rv reapair place looking for a sheet of aluminum. But its Fairbanks Alaska. It took me years to find a ledlight for the inside of the camper . Now i can . But the teck said the side panels for rv looks like flooring . Later i went to a metal roofing company. So i decided to do that . The metal on the truck would add 150 pounds. They buy it by the role . And for 3 dollars a bend i needed 7 different bends. But i had a 1986 gm heavy 3/4 ton with a 454 . So I wasn't worried about weight.
great looking build, seeing your process gives me some ideas to work with, I would lower the front edge even with cab roof than create a rise to the rear door so access would be easy on the head, thanks for putting this video together
Me too! Should hold up ok. If I had it to do over again I would make a few things lighter, and also look for a way to make the exterior parts (sides, back, top) modular for easier storage.
I love this camper. I was thinking if the back was inside the bed enough to retain the tail gate, it would be harder and more secure for anyone to get in the back. Still have your tailgate to sit in. I have been thinking of getting someone to make me a simple shell made out of wood and add a couple windows then have a friend of mine spray a bed liner over the entire thing and that is all I need for weekend outings. For now just keep dreaming.
Love it! How heavy is the top portion? And how did you attach it to the bed rails? Did you put anything where the edges of the cap meets the bed/doors to prevent dust?
Right around 2000 which includes everything from materials; lumber, epoxy, paint, electrical, etc. It also includes a Bluetti power station and two tri-fold mattresses.
Don't have an exact weight. 400 is probably a pretty good guess. If I had it to do over again I'd shed some weight in a couple of places and probably also find a way to make the shell modular so it could be stored in pieces.
@@adgaffney23 im thinking about building something similar next summer. thinking of using the " foam covered in fiberglass or "poor mans fiberglass" . lots of videos about them here on YT.
Man, I’d love if you did a huge multi part video series of each step explained like you were talking to a 5 year old lol framed like a house Is lost on me
