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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Roof Top Tent. Although, in this configuration, it'd be a roof top...sleeping...capsule.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

I, like many, was enamored with Haitus campers hard-side pop-up topper for their hardside, lightweight, still-functional-as-a-daily-bed-storage-cover camper, until the prices crept up to crazy. Out in here in high-desert, winds can keep you up at night, especially if the canvas sides of your...

I use air for a lot more than just tire inflation. We go to the lake regularly and I use a compressor to fill floaties. I ride MTB, so use a compressor on the truck to reseat tubeless tires. And 9/10 when I'm on the trails with the truck I'm not airing down (although last week's trip I was...

Following up on this ages old thread: I picked up a PD1006 last year and have been using it occasionally. One thing is for sure, it's a power hog. It'll kill batteries pretty quick if they aren't being recharged while running, especially anything smaller than a big truck battery. I've also...

I had a 2nd Gen Tacoma, Jeeps, a brief stint with a Trooper, and currently I've got a 06 DC Tundra that just surpassed 200k (27k miles in my ownership) The first thing I noticed about the 1st Gen Tundra is how it is the odd child in Toyota's offroad support lineup. While there are parts for...

Interesting idea. I see a similar use case: A smaller awning that can get stored "up" when driving, but swing to a lower position when in use. I see some awnings that are mounted extremely high, and unless the sun is directly over the vehicle, they do very little.