I am building a homemade truck camper, Ideas on homemade lift system
I am building a homemade truck camper, Ideas on homemade lift system
camoman |
Aug 11 2011, 12:03 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 10-August 11 Member No.: 5,581 Favorite Truck Camper(s): homemade Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: toyota tundra double cab Type of Tiedowns used: heavy duty ratchet straps Truck and Camper Setup: I own a 2006 toyota tundra double cab and I have a home made truck bed camper with a 4 foot overhang plus 1 1/2 ft storage iun the front air dam area .It is 6 ft high inside the bed to the ceiling and I use heavy duty eyelets through the framing and heavy duty ratchet straps to tie down to the truck frame. |
Hello all
I am 75% done with building a truck bed camper for my 06 tundra double cab truck. I need some ideas on a homemade lift system I can make low budget. also cant make up my mind fixed kitchen in camper or Coleman stove and a wash bucked ? camoman |
tom |
Aug 18 2011, 07:41 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 11-June 10 Member No.: 4,385 Favorite Truck Camper(s): ulta lite 1200lbs to me is not lite Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: f150 ford Type of Tiedowns used: home built to frame Truck and Camper Setup: looked for something really lite, nothing on the market. Wanted something less than half of the rated weight load for a 1/2 ton truck.Like to be realistic about weight capacities. Built a totally aluminum unit. 8 ft. box, 80 in. wide, 80 in. high. With door, windows and AC and jacks I can still left one end by hand and I'm over 60. I'm guessing at this point unit must be around 200 lbs. |
QUOTE(camoman @ Aug 11 2011, 01:03 AM) Hello all I am 75% done with building a truck bed camper for my 06 tundra double cab truck. I need some ideas on a homemade lift system I can make low budget. also cant make up my mind fixed kitchen in camper or Coleman stove and a wash bucked ? camoman Hi Camoman, I have a home built TC also. My wife and I wanted it real simple and it's works just fine for us. I have a little sink and a counter top space for the good old Coleman stove or electric hot plate. No holding tanks, just a little 6 pack cooler under the sink drain. Cooler also holds extra ice if need be. It's less weight, less money and easy to deal with. If we don't want to cook in side, pots, pans, Coleman stove, etc. are in a little chuck box under the counter top that slides out and can be set up on an out side table. We also have a little plastic pan the six pack cooler sets in to use to wash dishes out side. Real simple folk , we are! As far as jacks go I was able to find some used manual ones reasonable. I also considered buying inexpensive trailer jacks and extending the wheel post. Would like to see some pictures of you unit. Hope this helps, Happy Camping, Tom |
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