Such a great channel! No over excited screaming, no click bait none sense, just the perfect blend of keeping it interesting and light hearted. Keep up the great work
These are great little shows. I don't have to be specifically interested in what you are doing. They are always a good watch. Great to sit and watch over a lite snack. Like the other person said. No boring intro's, clickbait, unnecessary music, laughing, slapstick. Commercials haven't ruined your channel yet. Any chance of some more car rescue videos?
I worked in Montgomery Wards paint department in the 1970s. My boss taught me a neat trick to make old paint more usable. About 24 hours before painting turn the can upside down. Gravity will help the solids and the liquid exchange places which makes stirring it back into usable paint much easier
Whenever a Low-Buck video drops in I feel like I won the lottery... except with no money. Ok, maybe it's more like winning an argument with your brother-in-law... except with a lot less gloating. In any event it makes me happy... except with no money or gloating. Happy is good.
LBG: "I'd like to register this running, driving, completely stock Japanese truck." DMV: "Are you insane? That thing's not safe on public roads!" LBG: "OK, well how about this rusty 70 yr old 8-wheeled monstrosity with no brakes that I built in my yard?" DMV: "Well, glad to see you came to your senses Mr. Lowbuck! Here are your license plates."
Since you've got the plasma table, the easiest solution for the solar panels might be to make new, slotted, link arms. That way you can lower the whole assembly down for transit, maybe onto a couple of tabs that form a basic cradle.
I get a feeling you once worked on aircraft. Any truth to that? I'm glad you decided to do a topcoat for that primer. That Hexavalent Chromium is no joke. Nasty stuff. The camper fits the old truck so well
This is just so realistic on how you get the projects done this is my personal opinion stretching the dollar. Using the materials that you have on hand. Fixing stuff is so awesome. Your explanation is straightforward extremely well without interference of music. Thank you for your brilliant ideas. I do enjoy your projects.
Those 14 inch swiveling arms on the front and back of the solar panel rack could be cut in half and somehow hinged at another elbow joint in the middle; Then the whole rack could come down on top of the camper and held down while driving. There's even a hole where the skylight is already. That might make the solar panels fly off while driving but I'm not sure how securely they're held on currently or how fast this thing goes at top speed. If you really wanted to get fancy, the entire solar panel rack could be hinged where the solar panels fold up, and the whole rack could come down with the elbow joints at the same time and be folded up while driving, keeping the solar panels held in place. btw i have binged your entire channel in the last few weeks keep up the good work.
always enjoy your videos ... 2 things: spray foam works great as an adhesive to stick insulated foam boards up and the other is the solar panels... I was thinking 2 hinged wings that would fold down along the sides of the camper and you could have latches to hold them secured while driving .. and when camping they could have 180degrees of travel (with adjustable supports as simple as flat bar with a bunch of holes in it that go over a pin to set the angle to capture the sun) or could just be used as awnings.
I love your videos, James. I just wish they were longer! Oh well, I know you have plenty of other things to do in addition to making videos. Just keep 'em coming, please!
The whole time I was wondering about making that solar panel rack roadworthy. Sorry though, I never came up with a good solution. Seems to me that making it collapsible is the most likely, maybe with an air dam in front to deflect the wind. But even so it'll take a fancy setup to make getting it up and down a reasonable thing to do. It's so tall.....what a fantastic build, tho! So fun to watch. Just gotta admire your skill set, sir! A lot of very incredible solutions being put on display. Very nicely done.
North and west of Tucson. Hot here too with thunderstorms. I'm 72. My latest project is converting a BFA Onan generator to run on abundant cheap natural gas. Can't find a kit that fits this generator because like an automobile the carburetor is downdraft and all the kits are side draft. I made a cheesy adapter using a throttle body from an old Daewoo as a proof of concept and it worked but way to shaky for permanent. So finally I drilled a hole right through the side of the original gas carburetor and ran a gas tube into the bore right at the venturi. After a few adjustments I have this old low hours beauty delivering 59 to 61 cycles at 115 to 120 volts even as I add and remove loads. No gasoline to buy, store, pour or spill on a hot engine. I have spent pretty much 3 weeks figuring out how to do this but like you I don't quit until I'm happy.
That was indeed fun and I learned about closed-end pop rivets. Heck, I've been filling mine with silicone to keep them from leaking. So this episode was a win-win for me. Thanks for all the effort you put into these vids!
Love your work...could put an L slot into new brackets for solar frame,could then slide them to the bottom and have frame flush with roof for travelling 😊
If you drive during the day, you will charge your battery, but if you can rig a system to deploy and angle the solar panels you can maximize your solar capacity with larger array
Looks great on that truck, By the way you could have saved a lot of money by welding the plates onto the frame just by welding in the drilled holes. First you spray paint the roof then the sides. Especially in that heat. Painting in the sun not right way to go. Solar panels that wide and that high up will fly away. Why not splitting the panel frame so you have two separate rows? When driving the whole construction can lay flat on top of the roof catch non to less wind. Just styrofoam between the frame is not enough isolation. You now created a warm/cold bridge. Thus the frame needs to be isolated too. May be some sealing kit and wooden strips will help to achieve this.
I subscribed too your channel a little over a year ago and love it ! I would say this is one of my favorite builds go all the way with this one it looks GREAT !!!
Absolutely love these projects. No automechanic know how what so ever, but the I like to build things with my hands side of me really enjoys these videos you make. Good stuff, definitely having fun.
This is the best channel on UA-cam. Thanks for that! As far as your solar rack, I thought adding hinges to the two outside rows so that they fold toward the middle and protect the panels for transport, but also hail. I never thought we would get hail here in the desert, but about six months ago we got a doozy of a flash hail storm which left anything brittle, broken, cracked and sheet metal had some small dents. the hail was about nickle-sized so I'm not sure what kind of damage it would do to solar panels, but the other benefit is to be able to close them up when it gets too hot for solar...which is a thing! Each mfr has a listed usable temp range.
Battery wise you might be able to wire in a trickle charge system off the truck's power system so when you are driving the batterys are getting charged
You have just created the ultimate adventure rig right there! At least if the adventure is within driving distance at 40 MPH LOL. As for driving with the solar panels deployed, that's a tough call. On this truck at speed (low that is) I'll bet they are fine as long as you aren't getting crosswinds. Which means they're not fine because of course you're going to get crosswinds. Maybe a rack where they run long ways, and push in on a track system, one just above the other. The top one is always making power, then when stopped you could slide out the bottom one for full power. Anyway, that was a LOT of hours building that camper, but in the end you have a super strong unit that fits your needs, and the pride of "I built this"...KUDOS!
Also, I have done the silicone rivet wet dip to try and seal up rivets that I thought would cause leaking. Instead of dipping the rivet, I just put a bead on the hole and then plunged the rivet into it the bead during install. I like your paint dip trick as well.
this is a great channel man. What you are doing here, unironically you might know, is literally helping people like me and people all over the world while being entertaining. You are a gem.
Usually is you use a acetylene torch with a small welding tip, you can heat a single pin point spot to red hot and let it cool, then move to a different spot and do the same and keep moving around, the dent will shrink and pull itself out and without hammers. I learned that when I did paint and body for a living. It was an old school lead sled body repair guy that showed me. It works great. Definitely a lifesaver when you are on the clock and you don't wanna use a bunch of body fillers and hammer work. Just food for thought. I have seen guys use a Tig welder to do the same thing, after I showed them with the acetylene torch.
This channel is way up high on my TOP 10 list , just wish you would/could upload more videos frequently. I love watching this channel and get idea´s constantly. Thank you, Sir for keeping us entertained 👍
It fits the old truck surprisingly well I like it. And love the bed extension, my grandfather and me built a steel flatbed for a old wood hauling truck we had, bet the bed was close to 1500lbs when it was finished but it lasted longer than the truck and is on another truck still holding lol.
What you need for sheet metal work is temporary fasteners. Clecos. Do an internet search and you can find places selling used. When I was working on aircraft had hundreds in 4 different sizes. But since you have all those good rivets just get the size you need to fit those.
Wonderful videos. You take your time and explain everything for the newbies that have never done any fabrication. I subscribed a few minutes ago. I wanna see your new projects. Definitely gives me ideas for what to do with retirement.
Oooeh got a tip for you: Make circles when using adhesive.. the enclosed chamber acts as a vacuüm.. sticks better.. Thanks for all you lessons, you're great!
Good morning from Cape Cod ⛵ You Sir do some fantastic fabricating. That camper on that military truck looks proper 👍 thanks for sharing all your knowledge ✌️🇺🇲
I’ve always had this idea on a low profile solar rack where it’s got captured rollers on one side and a link bar on the other. And when the link swings in its arc the rollers allow for that but also keep that end low. This way the rack can lay flat and then be deployed up at an angle. The link length would set the angle. The only downside here is that you’d only be able to angle it in one direction.
For the solar panels, I would look at installing a different linkage so it could be lowered down flush to the camper roof. That would allow it to be anchored to the roof for driving, then moved up for camping. The pivot concept for power generation is excellent.
Neat little camper shell. You may be the first person in history to use one as a camper. Growing up we sometimes had one on the stepdad’s truck and I remember him putting it on ahead of a fishing trip because we had a long ride in the bed of that truck to where we were going fishing. We got in the truck while it was still dark out and he threw blankets back there and told us to sleep on the way. Then we fished all morning and into the afternoon until we had all we could transport back. It was an annual event. You have a bed which would’ve been a lot more comfortable.
That's surely the most unique and practical hard tent I've ever seen. Mobile, electrified for providing useful energy, air conditioned for comfort, vented, exterior views in every direction except down, sturdy base for platform security, waterproof with a stage one and two roof to prevent cooking in the sun and cut down noise in heavy rain. Lucky you have so much fun. This cabin is very useful and accommodating. A swing out kitchen next or something even more convenient?
Loving the design so far! You could stick another hinge section on the solo panel struts so they can then lie flat to the camper body and frankentruck's roof when driving and not in use.
Creative and a good score on the stainless rivets. On the wire side, front and back, pivots. On the other side, spring loaded pins to hold a tab to the standoffs. Then, underneath the rack, a 36" 1"×1/4" flat bar with a hole on one end and a pin on the other. Liftin the rack, pulling the flat bar and inserting the pin into the tab in the now tilted up rack, would give just under 40° tilt. The idea is kind of like unfolding just one end leg of a folding table. You sitting in the camper gave me ptsd from when I had to use a coffin sleeper Volvo, waiting on my Freightliner come in. I'm 6'4".
Perfect timing:. I finished the challenges of mowing with an antique 1973 IH Cub Cadet just befor dark and came in the house to rest when your video showed up. I'd already reached an uncomfortable level of doing things correctly befor the muffler broke off at the cylinder block (L-head) just as I was finishing mowing. I too didn't want to go over the limit and have the mowing job become less fun, so I finished the last bit of mowing with wide open exhaust right off the exhaust port. I'll get those couple of broken 1" pipe threads out of there maybe tomorrow. Your video drop was just what I needed. I got about a 10 minute nap somewhere in the middle, but rest assured (pun) I will go back and watch it again. I usually do anyway. My immediate comment is: I would make the solar array plug and play. I don't like to assemble things when I get to my campsite, and then have to pack them away again when I leave. But I'd make the mounting system strong enough to withstand a full highway wind speed plus storm wind speed just to make sure. I have a slide in camper that I was driving home from a week of camping when a tornado came up. I had to keep driving in high wind until I could hide behind a cement block wall at a bowling ally until it blew by. High-profile vehicles like a camper on a pickup truck can flip right over easily and anything attached to them will literally fly right off. OK, Thanks for the video. ben/ michigan
"An uncomfortable level of doing things correctly." THAT's why I subscribe to this channel.
Me too.
I really do have this same thought many times a day. But when you have kids and a wife things have to work and stay working
I was just about to write the same. What a quote!
@@Scott-kd4gs Me too mate, watching a bit late down here here in Aus, you might have heard me PMSL! 🤣
Same in Oz
Such a great channel! No over excited screaming, no click bait none sense, just the perfect blend of keeping it interesting and light hearted. Keep up the great work
These are great little shows. I don't have to be specifically interested in what you are doing. They are always a good watch. Great to sit and watch over a lite snack. Like the other person said. No boring intro's, clickbait, unnecessary music, laughing, slapstick. Commercials haven't ruined your channel yet. Any chance of some more car rescue videos?
My night is complete. Watching some labor on a Labor Day Weekend
True that!!
I worked in Montgomery Wards paint department in the 1970s. My boss taught me a neat trick to make old paint more usable. About 24 hours before painting turn the can upside down. Gravity will help the solids and the liquid exchange places which makes stirring it back into usable paint much easier
Completely underrated channel. I’m binge watching. Really enjoy the content and the effort put into the final edit. Great job.
Whenever a Low-Buck video drops in I feel like I won the lottery... except with no money. Ok, maybe it's more like winning an argument with your brother-in-law... except with a lot less gloating. In any event it makes me happy... except with no money or gloating. Happy is good.
😂 right 🤷♂️
Are you the problem?
@@someguy9422Are there any problems?
LBG: "I'd like to register this running, driving, completely stock Japanese truck."
DMV: "Are you insane? That thing's not safe on public roads!"
LBG: "OK, well how about this rusty 70 yr old 8-wheeled monstrosity with no brakes that I built in my yard?"
DMV: "Well, glad to see you came to your senses Mr. Lowbuck! Here are your license plates."
Since you've got the plasma table, the easiest solution for the solar panels might be to make new, slotted, link arms. That way you can lower the whole assembly down for transit, maybe onto a couple of tabs that form a basic cradle.
That's what I was thinking for a quick and efficient solution 👌🏽
I get a feeling you once worked on aircraft. Any truth to that?
I'm glad you decided to do a topcoat for that primer. That Hexavalent Chromium is no joke. Nasty stuff.
The camper fits the old truck so well
Just love your content. I learn and laugh! Thank you.
You're absolutely CRAZY!!!, but ingenious and fun. I look forward to your videos every week. 👍
Let's go, a Low Buck Garage video on a long weekend
This made my day. Low Buck Garage is just a f’n fun time. And as a famous philosopher, once said, if you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong.
I was literally about to go to bed but I have to watch this now :)
This is just so realistic on how you get the projects done this is my personal opinion stretching the dollar. Using the materials that you have on hand. Fixing stuff is so awesome. Your explanation is straightforward extremely well without interference of music. Thank you for your brilliant ideas. I do enjoy your projects.
that truck look so good with that camper, good choice.
Agreed....
Those 14 inch swiveling arms on the front and back of the solar panel rack could be cut in half and somehow hinged at another elbow joint in the middle; Then the whole rack could come down on top of the camper and held down while driving. There's even a hole where the skylight is already. That might make the solar panels fly off while driving but I'm not sure how securely they're held on currently or how fast this thing goes at top speed. If you really wanted to get fancy, the entire solar panel rack could be hinged where the solar panels fold up, and the whole rack could come down with the elbow joints at the same time and be folded up while driving, keeping the solar panels held in place.
btw i have binged your entire channel in the last few weeks keep up the good work.
always enjoy your videos ... 2 things: spray foam works great as an adhesive to stick insulated foam boards up and the other is the solar panels... I was thinking 2 hinged wings that would fold down along the sides of the camper and you could have latches to hold them secured while driving .. and when camping they could have 180degrees of travel (with adjustable supports as simple as flat bar with a bunch of holes in it that go over a pin to set the angle to capture the sun) or could just be used as awnings.
Yes!! A new Low-Buck Garage video. Your videos keep me going in this tough world. Thank you for your positivity!
30:00 I was thinking hot tub, on the veranda
I love your videos, James. I just wish they were longer! Oh well, I know you have plenty of other things to do in addition to making videos. Just keep 'em coming, please!
Been waiting all day to see this in night keep on dude we all love you
6:50 the forbidden mustard
yikes - with a dose of hexavalent chromium to boot
Great work. Love the Errstream
What a treat, was hoping you'd upload a new one this weekend. Thank you sir!
your making the world a better place. we need more like you..
The camper looks really good on there.
That's a cool camper Mate It'll go anywhere. Now you can have a snooze when you get there. Win Win I dig this channel 👍🇦🇺👍
The whole time I was wondering about making that solar panel rack roadworthy. Sorry though, I never came up with a good solution. Seems to me that making it collapsible is the most likely, maybe with an air dam in front to deflect the wind. But even so it'll take a fancy setup to make getting it up and down a reasonable thing to do. It's so tall.....what a fantastic build, tho! So fun to watch. Just gotta admire your skill set, sir! A lot of very incredible solutions being put on display. Very nicely done.
That is awesome looking already
The monologue about doing things correctly and not knowing what I'm doing made me fall out of sofa! Pure hilarious entertainment.
I love that you put that on that truck! Too cool! And again! Best fixin stuff channel on UA-cam!💯
Do really enjoy watching you build things - the frame work and skin is really nice work
It's a pleasure watching you work sir. I enjoy your channel.
Love your videos they make for an enjoyable evening's entertainment...keep on having fun!
I love your take-it-easy attitude and make do with whatever you have available. You always make it happen.
Always enjoy your videos.
Love this camper build! Enjoying all the use of old still good materials!
Hexagonal spacers! 🤣
my current fav channel. cheers from Chile 🍻
looks good
North and west of Tucson. Hot here too with thunderstorms. I'm 72. My latest project is converting a BFA Onan generator to run on abundant cheap natural gas. Can't find a kit that fits this generator because like an automobile the carburetor is downdraft and all the kits are side draft. I made a cheesy adapter using a throttle body from an old Daewoo as a proof of concept and it worked but way to shaky for permanent. So finally I drilled a hole right through the side of the original gas carburetor and ran a gas tube into the bore right at the venturi. After a few adjustments I have this old low hours beauty delivering 59 to 61 cycles at 115 to 120 volts even as I add and remove loads. No gasoline to buy, store, pour or spill on a hot engine. I have spent pretty much 3 weeks figuring out how to do this but like you I don't quit until I'm happy.
That was indeed fun and I learned about closed-end pop rivets. Heck, I've been filling mine with silicone to keep them from leaking. So this episode was a win-win for me.
Thanks for all the effort you put into these vids!
Good call on the color.
Love your work...could put an L slot into new brackets for solar frame,could then slide them to the bottom and have frame flush with roof for travelling 😊
Yes it's beautiful, ultimate overland rig
Nice work
10:19
This is honestly good advice. Is always find myself doing things better during a project the longer the project drags on.
This was one of your best videos. Bravo.
If you drive during the day, you will charge your battery, but if you can rig a system to deploy and angle the solar panels you can maximize your solar capacity with larger array
This is my favourite truck on the channel. So happy to see it get some attention.
THe good thing about this camper is that it can also double as a bunker
Looks great on that truck,
By the way you could have saved a lot of money by welding the plates onto the frame just by welding in the drilled holes.
First you spray paint the roof then the sides. Especially in that heat. Painting in the sun not right way to go.
Solar panels that wide and that high up will fly away.
Why not splitting the panel frame so you have two separate rows? When driving the whole construction can lay flat on top of the roof catch non to less wind.
Just styrofoam between the frame is not enough isolation. You now created a warm/cold bridge. Thus the frame needs to be isolated too. May be some sealing kit and wooden strips will help to achieve this.
That looks like it would be a great Burning Man vehicle.
After watching all this riveting, I think Panel-Bond would be the way to go.🙂
how do you tell a u.s. ufo, from an alien ufo.... we use rivets, they dont..
Love this channel ! Thanks for the new video tonight .
I subscribed too your channel a little over a year ago and love it ! I would say this is one of my favorite builds go all the way with this one it looks GREAT !!!
This video takes me way back when my dad converted an old 1936 Chevy school bus into a camper. It was a sight to see!😂
Absolutely love these projects. No automechanic know how what so ever, but the I like to build things with my hands side of me really enjoys these videos you make. Good stuff, definitely having fun.
I absolutely love this project, I’m truly inspired by this one
This is the best channel on UA-cam. Thanks for that!
As far as your solar rack, I thought adding hinges to the two outside rows so that they fold toward the middle and protect the panels for transport, but also hail. I never thought we would get hail here in the desert, but about six months ago we got a doozy of a flash hail storm which left anything brittle, broken, cracked and sheet metal had some small dents. the hail was about nickle-sized so I'm not sure what kind of damage it would do to solar panels, but the other benefit is to be able to close them up when it gets too hot for solar...which is a thing! Each mfr has a listed usable temp range.
Battery wise you might be able to wire in a trickle charge system off the truck's power system so when you are driving the batterys are getting charged
Just did that to my zj to charge the big lithium for the winch and inverter. Works great.
Be carful the excellent quality of your work is showing.
No problems here, just easy solutions. I like it
You have just created the ultimate adventure rig right there! At least if the adventure is within driving distance at 40 MPH LOL. As for driving with the solar panels deployed, that's a tough call. On this truck at speed (low that is) I'll bet they are fine as long as you aren't getting crosswinds. Which means they're not fine because of course you're going to get crosswinds. Maybe a rack where they run long ways, and push in on a track system, one just above the other. The top one is always making power, then when stopped you could slide out the bottom one for full power. Anyway, that was a LOT of hours building that camper, but in the end you have a super strong unit that fits your needs, and the pride of "I built this"...KUDOS!
I love the problem solving, bargain hunting, and making do! I identify with it.\
Here in Australia we would call you a bush mechanic making functional stuff out of scrap
Love the content 🇦🇺
Also, I have done the silicone rivet wet dip to try and seal up rivets that I thought would cause leaking. Instead of dipping the rivet, I just put a bead on the hole and then plunged the rivet into it the bead during install. I like your paint dip trick as well.
this is a great channel man. What you are doing here, unironically you might know, is literally helping people like me and people all over the world while being entertaining. You are a gem.
Nailed it! Rig the panels so each one folds flat against either side and deploys when parked, neat and tidy.
Usually is you use a acetylene torch with a small welding tip, you can heat a single pin point spot to red hot and let it cool, then move to a different spot and do the same and keep moving around, the dent will shrink and pull itself out and without hammers. I learned that when I did paint and body for a living. It was an old school lead sled body repair guy that showed me. It works great. Definitely a lifesaver when you are on the clock and you don't wanna use a bunch of body fillers and hammer work. Just food for thought. I have seen guys use a Tig welder to do the same thing, after I showed them with the acetylene torch.
This channel is way up high on my TOP 10 list , just wish you would/could upload more videos frequently. I love watching this channel and get idea´s constantly. Thank you, Sir for keeping us entertained 👍
It fits the old truck surprisingly well I like it. And love the bed extension, my grandfather and me built a steel flatbed for a old wood hauling truck we had, bet the bed was close to 1500lbs when it was finished but it lasted longer than the truck and is on another truck still holding lol.
Why I love this channel, no nonsense approach to build.❤ fold away solar panels great idea less drag when driving😊
What you need for sheet metal work is temporary fasteners. Clecos. Do an internet search and you can find places selling used. When I was working on aircraft had hundreds in 4 different sizes. But since you have all those good rivets just get the size you need to fit those.
Not to sound negative, but I have a sneaking suspicion he's well aware of Cleco fasteners....
Always having fun watching such great entertainment.
you earn a little something every day, and today's lesson was pulling material with the grinder. Made sense, and quite important safety. Thanks.
Thank you for the demonstration on rivets there too, very informative
Wonderful videos. You take your time and explain everything for the newbies that have never done any fabrication. I subscribed a few minutes ago. I wanna see your new projects. Definitely gives me ideas for what to do with retirement.
👍👍looks good👍👍
Oooeh got a tip for you:
Make circles when using adhesive.. the enclosed chamber acts as a vacuüm.. sticks better..
Thanks for all you lessons, you're great!
Good morning from Cape Cod ⛵ You Sir do some fantastic fabricating. That camper on that military truck looks proper 👍 thanks for sharing all your knowledge ✌️🇺🇲
Love that truck
Used zinc chromate in the Air Force, good stuff when you get it where you want it, dries quickly, too. Appreciate your content.
I’ve always had this idea on a low profile solar rack where it’s got captured rollers on one side and a link bar on the other. And when the link swings in its arc the rollers allow for that but also keep that end low. This way the rack can lay flat and then be deployed up at an angle. The link length would set the angle. The only downside here is that you’d only be able to angle it in one direction.
For the solar panels, I would look at installing a different linkage so it could be lowered down flush to the camper roof. That would allow it to be anchored to the roof for driving, then moved up for camping. The pivot concept for power generation is excellent.
Great progress on this project 👌
KROIL works amazing for rusty hinges. And well. Rusty everything. It costs a bit more. But when you use it. You'll understand why. It's worth it!👍
Neat little camper shell. You may be the first person in history to use one as a camper. Growing up we sometimes had one on the stepdad’s truck and I remember him putting it on ahead of a fishing trip because we had a long ride in the bed of that truck to where we were going fishing. We got in the truck while it was still dark out and he threw blankets back there and told us to sleep on the way. Then we fished all morning and into the afternoon until we had all we could transport back. It was an annual event. You have a bed which would’ve been a lot more comfortable.
Woo hoo! Sunday night low buck!
totally love that setup on the ol chevy!!!!!
I was hoping you'd just keep it primer for the Yellow Submarine look.
I would make the solar rack a Tri fold design so the two outside thirds fold into the middle for driving and storage
That truck camper combo is sweet....
And if the truck is slow enough, brakes are less critical, which= more (white knuckle) fun....
being able to drive with your solar panels working is a huge benefit a eight hour drive while still charging your batteries is great.
That's surely the most unique and practical hard tent I've ever seen. Mobile, electrified for providing useful energy, air conditioned for comfort, vented, exterior views in every direction except down, sturdy base for platform security, waterproof with a stage one and two roof to prevent cooking in the sun and cut down noise in heavy rain. Lucky you have so much fun. This cabin is very useful and accommodating. A swing out kitchen next or something even more convenient?
Loving the design so far! You could stick another hinge section on the solo panel struts so they can then lie flat to the camper body and frankentruck's roof when driving and not in use.
“I’ve already reached an uncomfortable level of doing things correctly”
Creative and a good score on the stainless rivets.
On the wire side, front and back, pivots. On the other side, spring loaded pins to hold a tab to the standoffs. Then, underneath the rack, a 36" 1"×1/4" flat bar with a hole on one end and a pin on the other. Liftin the rack, pulling the flat bar and inserting the pin into the tab in the now tilted up rack, would give just under 40° tilt.
The idea is kind of like unfolding just one end leg of a folding table.
You sitting in the camper gave me ptsd from when I had to use a coffin sleeper Volvo, waiting on my Freightliner come in. I'm 6'4".
Perfect timing:. I finished the challenges of mowing with an antique 1973 IH Cub Cadet just befor dark and came in the house to rest when your video showed up. I'd already reached an uncomfortable level of doing things correctly befor the muffler broke off at the cylinder block (L-head) just as I was finishing mowing. I too didn't want to go over the limit and have the mowing job become less fun, so I finished the last bit of mowing with wide open exhaust right off the exhaust port. I'll get those couple of broken 1" pipe threads out of there maybe tomorrow. Your video drop was just what I needed. I got about a 10 minute nap somewhere in the middle, but rest assured (pun) I will go back and watch it again. I usually do anyway. My immediate comment is: I would make the solar array plug and play. I don't like to assemble things when I get to my campsite, and then have to pack them away again when I leave. But I'd make the mounting system strong enough to withstand a full highway wind speed plus storm wind speed just to make sure. I have a slide in camper that I was driving home from a week of camping when a tornado came up. I had to keep driving in high wind until I could hide behind a cement block wall at a bowling ally until it blew by. High-profile vehicles like a camper on a pickup truck can flip right over easily and anything attached to them will literally fly right off. OK, Thanks for the video. ben/ michigan
The truck and camper are bad ass, and who doesnt like solar panels!