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    Dirtbox Overland

    I recently saw Super Pacific Campers and noticed a lot of similarities between their stuff and many Chinese produced products. I was absolutely convinced they were just importing their campers and reselling them at 3x the markup. Then I saw this piece on the Radavist...
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    DIY Hard-Side Pop-Tops

    There is another, slightly cheaper hard side RTT I discovered at OEW23. Anti Shanty's alumnium RTT. It looks crude but weighs 300lbs. Cost is about $10k.
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    Canadian Hino Ranger FT 4x4 Crewcab

    I don't know anything about Ambo boxes. - How similar are the frame width's between what the Ambo box was designed for (which I suppose is a wide variety of domestic vehicles) and the Hino? - What truck/van did it (the ambo box) come off of? - How are they typically attached and is there any...
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    SOLD. ISUZU NPR EXPEDITION CUSTOM RIG

    This is a very interesting vehicle, especially for a family like mine. Seating for everyone. Relatively short given the interior dimensions. Plenty of sleeping areas. The camper box/sleeper was really innovative. I assume it's connected via bellows? It'd be great if the new owner would chime...
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    Camper Vans with 4 Real Seats and Sleeps 4

    We're looking for a small motorhome that can comfortably sleep 4, even if it means giving up other luxuries, but one of the challenges we have is that we're just not comfortable with our kids riding around in the back of paper thin RV box. It'd be nice to have 4 real seats. The challenge is...
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    Flatbed Deck Height?

    To be fair, when campers are removed, we're typically not sliding them off the flatbed like a dump truck. We lift them and drive out from under them. With wheel arches incorporated into the camper box, you just lift it a bit further. As mentioned elsewhere, the challenges becomes in finding a...
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    Flatbed Deck Height?

    That makes sense. My thought is, if you're building a DIY Hardshell camper, building a flatbed probably isn't a ton more work. Flatbed functional requirements are pretty simple, but they get hella expensive trying to look nice. A company called Sherptek does build flatbed with wheel arches...
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    Flatbed Deck Height?

    Here's an example of a 2017 F250 with bed removed, and with a flatbed mock-up installed. As you can see, if a camper was placed directly on the frame rails, you'd be able to step up into it almost like getting into the seat of the truck. Obviously, if the sides were dead flat, you'd also...
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    Flatbed Deck Height?

    Looking at yours, the only way I could see getting any lower would be if the camper itself had fender arches to matched a "notched" bed ala: In this way, the flatbed isnt a flatbed. When most people design flatbeds, they want to put stuff over the wheels. With campers, however, we're...
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    DIY Hard-Side Pop-Tops

    Roof Top Tent. Although, in this configuration, it'd be a roof top...sleeping...capsule.
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    DIY Hard-Side Pop-Tops

    Not enough views for this thread because it's a good one. One thing I've been thinking about a lot more is just a hard-side RTT. Once the mechanism is perfected, put it on top of a box. Then start on a DIY Slide-Out. The advantage to a hard-sided RTT is that you can build something much wider...
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    Thoughts on the Truckhouse Tacoma expedition camper...

    I'll admit I haven't read all 20 pages of this thread, but I was curious what the background of the Truckhouse guys is? They are doing some high-tech stuff in Sparks, NV that we've only seen out of a few well established companies, most notably Earthroamer and Tiger are doing. At first I...
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    2020 State of the Cheap 12v Air Compressor

    Welp, the Puma is sold so that's out. I mean really, I'm thinking I'll use this maybe 4-6 times tops a year on all four tires. Again, I really don't want to carry something in the bed. I sleep back there and space is at premium. It's gotta fit in the engine bay or under a seat.
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    Hard-sided wedge style pop-up camper shell currently in development/testing in the mountains of Wyoming

    Jumping in here to say I love any new hardside popup ideas that use terms like "lightweight" and "simple". I loved what (that other hardside popup design) was onto before they decided to get into it full-time. I asked lots of questions early on when the first one was just finished...back in...
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    2020 State of the Cheap 12v Air Compressor

    I'm thinking of selling my PUMA. I've used it once or twice outside the house in the two years I've owned it. I might air down my tires 6 times a year tops. It fills floaties pretty good! Instead, I'm thinking of getting a quieter, bigger 120v unit for the garage and more of backup/emergency...
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