Pop Up Camper to Hardside Conversion - Part 21 - An Update! 

I have followed your build, and it has inspired me to revive my old Rockwood popup. I think I would like a bunk over the dinette area using piping and a sling. I would also like a free standing table, that could go outside. I don't need the sink, just the counter top. I have ideas. Now just need my husband to come on board.

Small wood stove, snowy night, scary movie and some coffee.

Nice job, my best friend from MMI in Orlando did the same thing, after he got out of the Army he decided to go to school, He used pallet wood for his outside siding and then just burned it to bring out the grain of the wood and then stained it, Then sprayfoamed the insulation and used paneling that his brother gave him from his living room when they took it off and put drywall up then painted it. He has a loft bed, he bought a cheap long dresser and modified it so he could put a small refrigerater in one side, he doesn't have a sink in his, he just uses paper plates and plastic utinsiles and throws it in the fire pit when he was done, he took an old metal microwave cart that he got from a flea market and cleaned it up added some metal to the legs to make it sit up higher and repainted it, he has a microwave, a crockpot and 9 function air fryer to cook food. He stayed at State Parks and National Parks in and around Orlando for like $6 a day and they have bathrooms and showers. I don't remember what it cost him to build but I know it was well under $1000, after we graduated he became a a traveling tech for BMW and still lives in it today, when he gets moved by BMW he just attaches it to his S10 Blazer and takes off to wherever they send him next. One question, where are you going to sleep?

True craftsmanship. How does it do at highway speeds?

Looks awesome 👍👍 great job

This camper has turned out very nice. FYI, about the table leg hold down. Install a magnet at the leg end. Make it strong enough to hold in the vertical position, but fall down when table going horizonal.

Watching this series reminds me of a lot of the pattern in projects _I_ take on: ingenuous idea, careful designing, organized planning, solid start, steady progress, dogged perseverance, meticulous detailing, excruciating side-track on futile aesthetic endeavors and just before I get the project to full completion for unveiling my masterpiece............. I move on to a new project.

Excellent work

This is amazing!

I have wanted to convert my pop-up into a trailer kinda like your doing, what i wanted to do was leave it with the pull out bedroom part but build the walls and end solid at the front end so it is retracted in when towing put pulled out when using.

Nice Job you did ! ❤️ Looking forward to seeing it finished !!! Idea's I'm looking for too but I want mine to be less weight. Can you upgrade your tires weight capacity?, I did it on a trailer I had. Went from 250 pds. Too 500 pds. Per side...

Nice guitar work too.

You could put a shower pan between the bench seats and a drop down shower curten from above. Hook up a shower head from the sink. Just a thought.

I have the old pop up. I can do the conversion. We are asking how it pulls down the road. I would hate to put Tim and money into a camper that sits in my driveway. Great job by the way and looks amazing. Please answer if possible.

That’s Beautiful…🙌

How does it handle with the weight?

Love it!

Quality build. I Typically shy away from any criticism however, I wonder about the handling going down the road? Anything taller than it is long I think would be like a big sail in the front making it want to sway. How does it do at highway speeds?

Is the cabin stable on a single axel? While steady or running?

I would worry that the trailer frame is not intended for that much weight

The work looks well done but I have a few concerns. No insulation. The suspension might really struggle with all that wood weight up that high. Might be illegal and probably not insurable. Seems brutal to drive with. The last concern is why spend a few thousand dollars on a 500 dollar camper?

Would there be any way to have the slide out parts still but solid?

Nice house

Looking amazing. You did have an air-conditioning solution and now with your kitchen setup that's gone. Do you have another idea??

Overall I think it was pretty cool ! What I don't like is there was no discernable bed & no toilet. Have 2 have those!

dont know how you secured the leg of the table when it is lifted upright, you could try using a strong pair of earth magnets

In the old days they used 1x2s for all trailer walls and ceilings, glued and stapled. Why do you use such heavy lumber in your build? The more weight the less fuel economy.

Fun!

What else have you done on your lil camper?

How much does this weigh now that it is finished? Anybody know?

Where is the bed?

Looking for the video of installing the door. Could you direct me to it please

Súper ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Beautiful

Have you pulled it down the road at hwy speed. How does it do. Wind resistance. Sway. ?????

You made it lot smaller by taking out the pop up part?

What about the added weight?

Did you change the axle to handle the new weight? How is it in a head wind being so blocky?

What the total weight

How do you convert the dinette to a bed?

Where's the bed how that work

The question is...doesnt it pull down the road terribly long term?

How does it drive?

Where do you sleep

I hope no one accidentally kicks the table leg. Uh oh

What’s your cost so far?

Thats too much weight for that single axle

But where do u sleep?

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