Usually people will build a box on the back of those of it doesn't come with one already. This is the first one I've seen where someone just plops a camper trailer onto the frame.
I got here because I watched a 2 parts video of a guy raising and welding and connecting all the electricals of his R-pod to the chassis of his truck. I watched his videos just to see how someone would mount a travel trailer on his truck. Really cool.
And oh, I forgot to mention I watched two other videos with one truck having a Clipper 16fb travel trailer on his chassis and the other couple mounted a Hi-Lo 22T on their truck. The Hi-Lo was cool because it's a hard sided popup trailer. So on travel mode, his trailer/coach is lower than his cab for better gas mileage.
This guy doesn't wanna be on camera, but he's got tags on both of his very unique vehicles and a matching vanity plate? That was really clever to put the AC under the solar. Because it absorbs UV radiation, the surface below is quite cool.
I can imagine some PFC ripping through whatever training site in offroad, while the Sgt is screaming bloody murder. That truck probably has some stories to tell hahaha
This truck is nice.....would have looked even better if the camper was mounted in reverse so that the curved part is on the back and the flat part behind the cab....great creation... watching from Ndola Zambia 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲
Definitely would have looked better that way - but the rear ends aren't designed to have 60mph rain blasted into them so this was probably the better choice.
Great build! This is exactly the kind of setup that I'm looking for. I would want lots and lots of water storage.. that has always been a challenge for me when camping off-grid. My toy hauler holds 100 gallons of fresh, and its only got a 40 gallon black and grey tank. I would want to find a way to have much, much more storage capacity than the typical RV. Gotta be a way to make that happen
They usually have the 3116 cat engine. They are decent motors but they tend to leak engine oil from a plate u see the turbo. The gasket costs around 60-70 bucks but it’s a bitch taking the turbo and tubes off to access the plate.
I'd like to get one of these and do exactly that. Lift it off like a truck bed camper and put a flatbed or dump bed back on it. Can't justify it for camping alone, but if I could plow and haul with it the other 350 days a year, it would totally be worth it.
You will have to do another video of it when it's finished and add a few clips of the first video and show what was added amd changed. I will definitely look forward to a video like that.
Those finder wheels need stabilize more.& more durability standards.& regular use purposes to buddy. Just make some long notched plates for pins to go through for locking safety pins.& factory specs standards upgrades.
Those are sweet rigs. I watch vancity vanlife and livin the van life its cool seeing people do that. I enjoy all the adventures all of yall "camping/vehicle home/outdoors etc" folks have love all yalls content! Im down in OK visiting a friend did some fishing. I caught a can lol. oh well its all about the adventure. So when you getting the heavy duty RV?! lol One great rig for offroad though! See ya next time cheers!
Awesome build!!! Not to be a nit picker….It would have been nice if the wheel well sat in its proper place verses setting so far back. I guess he would have lost the spare tire location. It’s nice too that he owns a shop to buy everything wholesale. Those biiiiggg tires aren’t cheap.
I saw a 30 foot formerly 3 axle 5th wheel camping trailer mounted onto a long frame Peterbuilt 18 wheeler 37 YEARS AGO. So this idea is far from new. Incidentally it didn't have half the camping trailer hanging off the back and it road well since it wasn't a cab over truck with the front seats on top of the front axle. Very poor ride. The only improvement that old rig needed was a camping trailer with slide outs which were not available then.
Cant get past the look of a pull behind camper just sitting on a trick frame. Would have turned it around to follow body lines better and fill in the old wheel well
Hey man check out Springfield southdakota rec area. Pretty sweet little town and my grandparents would probably feed you a couple time a week they love travelers. Fish the bottom road
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Is the camper level? Very interesting project! And can those wheels slide to be centered over their wells? Isn't the wheel well clearance needed? Can you get it weighed at an interstate highway weigh station? There is something about that weight distribution that is bothering me... structurally the camper was built to sustain the stresses across the existing weight bearing structures, and redistributing the load that extensively could bring some very unanticipated results. Anyone else having the same concerns? You might want to not only weigh it but get the weight borne per axel.
Not a concern at all. Normally everything aft of the rear spring mount is hanging in the breeze anyway. Just looks off because it's so high in the air. That camper went from being supported by a flimsy frame and a couple of light duty axles, to being bolted to a very sturdy chassis on the front half. The beds that normally come on those trucks don't have wheel wells, just flat, not a lot of suspension travel on these things. Though the clearance does look a little tight.
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7:02 That’s the problem !....Not hand built!.... Factory lite weight cheap construction! What I do is buy R.V.’s components New and Used and build with Reinforced Metal construction ! They are not a Pavement Princess trailer on a Overlander Truck ! keep up the good work and innovating! Cheers from Baja Califorina Sur 👍
With a chassis like that it is a shame he couldn't afford a luxury 5th wheel with like 7 slides on it and man you could have the best of both words, without towing!
Should have used an M1088 if it was going to be that long. That ass hanging out there has completely killed the vehicle’s departure angle with regards to any off road adventures. It will get ripped off in short order.
