HOMEMADE TRUCK CAMPER TOUR | Tips for a Lightweight Build On A Budget
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Meet Tobias and get a tour of his homemade truck camper mounted to a Toyota Tundra TRD Off Road. He shares tons of great tips for a budget friendly build - from "poor man's fiberglass" to cannibalizing an old truck topper for windows and other parts.
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I was a little girl in the 1950s and helped my Dad build an airplane using the same canvas technique. I can still.smell that airplane dope. Nice job.
My Dad built an experimental aircraft in the 1960. Bowers Fly Baby. I was in the 2nd to 5th grade during the build. I understand.
He’s back and better than ever. Seen all the videos on my man Tobias hopefully I see him out there this year!
Awesome build!!!!! I’d love to see how you did the frame work. This is looking like the plan for me.
I admire this. Design, execute, success. Way cool.
Drove by this setup a few weeks back. Had to flip a bitch to see it again and snap some pics. Really cool to see all the work that went into the build on a fair budget. inspiring
I knew this man was a boater within the first 10 seconds. NRS straps everywhere :)
thanks mate. Enjoyed your build and liked your ideas of how and why you did things the way you did.
13 grand all in is absolutely incredible. Congrats man, nice job. I pay $2300 a month in rent 😅
@themaskedbandito Vancouver BC
The ingenuity of people amazes me. Nice work brother, really like the wood burning stove!
Fantastically developed build and explanation! Thanks, I was learning good info every minute.
thanks to videos like this, saved me tons of money. Was gonna do a tow behind but the truck mounted IS the way to go. Thank You
Awesome build! I love that you get to stand up in it, and those windows!.. Wow, you really get to enjoy those views even while making coffee in the mornings! Great talent 👍🏼
Bless my man. Looking to start building a truck camper for my 2000 tundra. Great inspiration!
This is perfect, I love it! Thanks for sharing!
I love it. Wanting to do something similar
Great build. Enjoy.
Hands down the most informative build video yet - thanks!
Nice man! You did it again!
We just sold our bus. We live on a boat in Seattle now. My parents just made a pretty basic truck camper with a shell on screw jacks so the whole shell raises up when you camp.
james, any pics of your parents build?
Awesome rig. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Great!
Well done, function defines form and your smiles. Cheers
Really enjoyed this video. The build and tour was great , the rig you've built is awesome. Congratulations 👏
There's so much to like about this, I'm a fan of not building out a floor. I'm looking at doing a lightweight build and just using the truck bed is a great way to cut some weight out
GREAT JOB !!
Spared no expense!!
I'm at $400 with springs, shocks, and complete wood shell camper.
I'm going to fiberglass wrap the shell and live in it cause covid ...
😂
Dud thats a cool camper..I like the ample space, large windows and rear door. Very nice indeed. Very practical and well thought out build.👍
Glad you liked it!
Very similar to what I'm building, square frame bolted to the rails and not slanted/conforming to the cab. Mine won't be over the cab, and only 40" tall. I'm 5' tall so I'll just be able to stand almost completely straight up. I'm at the point of figuring out the door, thinking along the lines as what you have. My only concern is being able to open the tailgate and not trapping it shut with framing. This looks like you have no problem there, gives me confidence that I can do it 😁 Great job, love it!
That is an awesome build. Good video tour of it also. Great ideas to inspire those of us still researching.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Simple, Functional, Righteous
Looks good man. Keep on keeping on 👍👍
Cool build man!
Like the way the back door opens for sun/rain shelter. One question: mosquitos?
You could sell your plans on Etsy. I'd certainly buy them. This looks too cool!
That's rad man! Maybe meet up with ya for some whitewater kayaking this spring, driving down from Alaskan and gonna try to hit the west coast and Cali in early May with the truck house:)
Overlanders!!! Yall kill it!!!
Only at the beginning..totally cool
Amazing!
amazing, thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looks great, also looks comfortable
It does!
Nice Job... Looking at your build, I see some similarities in what I am doing. I looked at your channel but didn't see a step by step process??? Would have like to see that! How did you clamp the shell to the bed rails? Great Job Tobias
Very cool! We did ours for just under $4,000.
Hope to see you on the road one day!
Your description of what you did and what you have is great. But who's ever holding the camera concentrated on you instead of the camper.
You are correct.
You comment is nice but whoever typed it sucks.
Not really a comment if you have to add but
Maybe the camera man or girl has a crush on him 🤣🤣?
Cool build!
well done mate, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Sweet build man
I like the idea of you going wide so you can sleep sideways that saves a lot of cabin space
Great techniques and craftsmanship.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice build! Small projects like put struts for the underbed storage? Housing for controller? Love the woodwork, inset lighting, upper decking cross beamed, and solared. Quite possibility of small custom business for yourself, because you'll always have the wood grain lovers. Go for it man. Thanks for the inspiration brudda. *Aloha
Awesome job, I really enjoyed your video
Glad you enjoyed it
You've made a NICE camper...! GOOD JOB...! 👣😷
00:42 "Give ya a lil teur of wuts goin onnn"
Great job!
AMAZING BRO...
Really great job... nice
Great job bud. During the quarantine I just purged and burned much of my belongings following a divorce. Going from a 4 bedroom house to living in a warehouse and now obviously looking to build a camper.. stay single.
If not feeling the dry heat you can take a empty soup can fill it with water and put it on top of the wood stove
Thank you so much for this video ,, very well done man hope it will go well for you on your travels now :-) Mvh from Sweden :-)
Thanks for watching!
I love your camper, I like how you didn’t build a base for it to keep it light weight. Next time maybe you should use only 8 inch thick wood on the outside and cover it with a coating of polyester resin and fiberglass mat. I am building an off road camper to pull behind my jeep, and I only used 8 inch thick plywood on the outside, with polyester resin and fiberglass mat, then I coded it with bedliner. It’s very strong and light weight.
This is my plan. Got the truck but right now have a box on it and this might be my gen 2
I've wondered about pulling my truck bed off and going with a flat bed. It would be so much easier.
Saw the tour of your last setup with Phil. Interesting to see the progression. Still, a nice setup for weekending out of.
Is that video on youtube?
Down to mob
Sweet build!
Perhaps the cap... bolt on either side something that looks like a coat hook with metal ...that lifts and slides branches over top
Good job bro thanks for sharing 👍
What a hottie. You need to sell these designs. Clean simple. Great design.
Awsome build and description....I subscribed
Thanks for the sub!
Thanks in advance, Ive got a 93 f250 longbed 4x4 diesel just trying to get ideas
So sick! Partly inspired my build 🌀👍
I love your build. I’m thinking about doing something similar. I’m older and not as able. I’m curious about putting the “kitchen” over the cab and just making the dinette serve as bed too. I’d love to see how you built it from beginning to end. And what regulations did you follow if any for using on the road?
Sick!!
Very nice!
Instead of paint on the roof try using rv rubber roofing, you can paint it on and it dries into a rubber coating.
Great tip!
@@trailandsummit7621 read the label....many "products" are just acrylic paint w/fillers...NOT rubber , just overpriced and no damn good long term
@@trailandsummit7621 There is a rubber sheeting that glued to the roof and is what is used on commercial campers. A friend who has owned several style of RV's for many years, recommended it to me for my own truck camper build.
@@kcajmortsnnew1488 the ones with a silicone base like henry tropicool are rubber and work really well, last a long time and can be repaired/recoated when needed.
I like it!
Like the folding hand grips... ie steps to the roof...
Killer set up!!
Where ya store your tools?
Saw n axe?
Nice work!!!
Hit the scales!!! Better safe.. like extra gas!!!
Peace!!!
Right on!
Just got a 06' chevy express 2500 about to convert into a camper.
Some similarities to my setup. I bought a slide-in fiberglass utility shell with an overhead attic like his. It has barn doors and is built like a boat with gel coat and stainless hardware. I put a deck at bed level so I have a basement and then a queen size living area above it. The plywood deck is ripped down the middle so that I can reconfigure the interior for half or full floor. It rests on three 2x4 joists. It didn't have any windows at all so I had round portholes installed in the rear doors and a large port hole leading to the opening of the sliding window of the truck. It maintains stealth that way. I'm using clear hatch covers that screw in from the inside so if somebody tries to open them they're just going to fall inside. I can lock myself in but still be able to get out by releasing the latch bars. It was in a gen 1 Tacoma first and now it's in a 2008 Gen 2 with a v6 and 4 wheel drive. I had a huge thread on CheapRVliving.com but the photo hosting site blocked all of my pictures so the thread went from 100,000 plus views to nothing. I need to start getting it back into shape because I'm retiring next year and I want to start traveling in it. This video is giving me more ideas of what I can do with mine. 👍
That would be fun to see! Have any pics on instagram or facebook?
@@trailandsummit7621 I'll have to dig them up on my usb drives. It was a long progressive thread on CRVL in the truck camper forum. It's still there, here's the link:
www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=34023
You sir are very good looking ty for video!
Great job. I started on a pop top for my Tacoma, question for your rear door and sealing it to the truck. How did you seal the doorway and how did you seal the camper. To the truck rails.
Damn nice build
I love your build, but I’m a petite female and want an emergency escape route. I need to be able to get into drivers seat without getting out of camper. I love this so much!
They make escape windows that pop open approx 30”x22 n yes, I think every build should have one.
If your vehicle has a slide back window and you get or put a sliding glass window in your topper or whatever you may have, I'm talking a full size truck not sure bout smaller trucks, but you can open both and get from camper to truck. I'm 5ft 5 and I can get through mine with no problem. I locked my keys in my truck one time and I had to try it out and I had no problem. I seen a window today on a topper video and the window didn't only slide but you could unlatch 2 latches at top of window and the whole window lowered down and I would like to get one like that for mine. Your petite you wouldn't have no problem! Hope this helped! Have a great camping time!
why cant you just climb through the back window of the truck???
Great camper. One of the best I have seen. Should focas camera a little more on the camper. Love the high windows.
Job well done enjoy the good life
This my man stove. Yes it’s cute!
Nice!
I particularly liked your tailgate canopy, excellent for sunshade and rain cover, offering great views and bringing the outside inside.
Your ergonomic fit out has everything nicely configured and the rear kitchen and stove are well placed and make good use of space.
Excellent table/study desk/guest bed, too, and the interior wood is really lovely.
I think you've done a great job and your Travel Cabin is airy and uncluttered, with neat open storage secured with nets, and that huge underbed storage tray!
Original exterior artwork is great and I find your Travel Cabin to be elegantly simple and simply elegant. Subscribed.
Great looking camper love the art work.
Mine is same-same, but different.
Mine measures 8'2"L, 6'1"W, 59"H, the overcab storage is about 16"H x 4'L. and is in addition to the dimensions above. I have a twin foam mattress widthwise at the cab window and am building out the bed to fold up into a dinette. I'm still working on it but I'll add a mini propane stove/oven, water heater and catalytic heater. I'll add an outdoor shower, side and rear awnings, swap put the lighting to LED, add a floodlight and go fishing. G'damn 'Murica. Lol
I used the same interior wall covering. Mine swelled up and they started popping out. I have to repair it again. How is it holding up for you?
Tight. Contemplating something similar here...
That Tundra won't break a sweat at 500lbs in the box. Even my old pos half-ton chev would handle that with ease.
Knew an idiot that put a 5000-6000lb piece of oilfield equipment in his 90's Ranger box for a delivery when the company truck was down, couldn't believe it myself.
Nice job dude! The art work on the exterior is almost like cami neat concept. I had never heard of poormans fiberglass before. How effective is it to sun rain and UV etc??? What about long term how is it holding up to the weather? Thanks Great video!
Poor mans fiberglass works like fiberglass. It will hold
I have a topper and was wondering if you thought it would be possible to build and extension where the topper meets the truck bed? possibly like 2-3 feet in height so it would raise it up, the topper would sit higher. Or should I just use the windows from my topper and do a build like this. Its a high rise topper so it is very large. And how do you lock this thing down?? do you have it bolted to the bed? tie downs? thanks so much. I am definitely subscribed now. I am going to do something very similar. I'm in Colorado and also going to get the diesel heater probably no stove till later though. Great work and content.
nice built
Great Job! I hope you get to enjoy the hell out of it!
good stuff,,,!
That is very impressive….
nice camper truck!
totally dope. You gave me an idea about how to build my own. Question: How did you mount the camper to the bed?
i don't think he shared his tie down system but you can watch here for some ideas: ua-cam.com/video/XhkU3IPcIz0/v-deo.html
@@trailandsummit7621 // I love that tie down system and it makes 100% sense. Probably only need two of those spring systems, vs 4. Either both in front or both in back. Either way, I love the idea.
Rock on! peace
How did you attach the camper to your bed rails? I'm building a rig for a 2006 Tundra 4 door. Thanks for sharing this!
Excellent concept! How do you attach your camper to the truck?
How much did it cost in total ? Thanks for sharing such an amazing project !
Does Tobias have any plans created to build this? New to a camper building but would love to have a go at something like this!
I'd love to build something like this as well!
Just do a little research on basic framing then make a frame. Finish material is up to you but the easiest (and cheapest) way to cover it would be a diy "concrete canvas" as opposed to Tobias' "poor mans fiberglass".
Simple concrete canvas formula:
1 part cement mix
1 part water
1 part fine sand
1 part latex paint (has to be exterior paint with high latex content, not cheap stuff).
Mix all together in a pail and brush or roll it on your canvas in multiple coats.
After first coat it will harden like rock so make sure all your canvas (painters dropsheets work well) are in the form/shape you want.