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OK thread has been dead for a minute but I have been working on it when I have time. Made good progress on the frame, and it is finally all done and painted. I was able to mount the front bulkhead panel last night as well! Riveted it on with black flush-mount rivets. I sandwiched some...

Thanks Duke!

Totally understand man!:beer:

Curious, why don’t you like Tesla? I would agree that North America is not in a state currently to support an ICE ban. But that really isn’t my main qualm with this forum and EVs. EVs are a great solution for a lot of people, and it makes monetary sense for most people as well. This is what I...

Have you seen overlandunderbudget on Instagram/youtube? This build reminds me of his and I love it! Keep up the great work - looks awesome so far. Love the DIY community.

Got the floor panel glued/laminated together last night. Threw down about 2/3 a tube worth of liquid nail adhesive on the panel and clamped them together. Really straight forward. Cure time is 24 hours so I will mark out and drill my mounting holes tonight. After that, I will be taking a break...

Put in a bunch of work this weekend after taking almost a week off from working on this build. As many of you know, life and work gets in the way sometimes! Wifey and I assembled the extrusion this weekend and began sheeting the top and bottom halves of the wedge. I also was able to get most of...

I've though about re-routing it and putting an antenna on the side of the camper that flips up, but I think I will reserve that idea for a CB antenna or satellite antenna if I ever do that. I think I will have about a 1/2" of space between the tip of my antenna and my floor. If it rubs, I will...

Good to know - thanks for the heads up! I might just remove my stubby then and throw in a block off plate/screw. How much room is there between your stubby and your floor panel do you think? No, I do not plan to have it overhang that much, just slid the board forward some distance. I took a...

Got 4 out of 6 of the vertical posts welded in last Wednesday. The rear vertical posts were cut improperly and the angles did not match up unfortunately - so those need to be re-done. Was able to get enough welded in to test fit it free standing on my bed which was cool. As it sits, the space...

Thank you! I’ve been following your build for a bit now and admire your work; means a lot!

Makes sense since that’s a 6 foot bed. I haven’t seen exact numbers for the super crew 5’ bed so I grabbed numbers from someone who owned one for a taco. Yes, that includes canvas and the exped duo mattress. We will see the final numbers. It’s hard to get everything estimated to an exact...

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I was very pleasantly surprised! I will get a final weight for everyone once the build is completed.

Its .065” wall, so it is really light. I also sized down to 1/8” plate on the bed rails. I went steel for ease of fabrication and cost. The total camper will weigh around 300lbs fully built. My model says the frame itself accounts for 90lbs of that. That was with the 3/16 plate in the design...

Put in about 4 hours with friend last night and got the bed rails welded together, as well as the top halo. The only thing left to do on the frame is to weld in the vertical posts, the weld nuts of the gas struts, and some corner gussets/strap location. After that, I will drill all my holes and...

Yes, ye old convincer :rockon: . The trick is calibrating your arm to swing very very precisely.... Just kidding. They have a big press brake at the shop and we used that. I was going to add a picture, but I didn't get one I don't think

First day of real work aside from gathering materials and working my solid model today! Went to my friend's shop (Hot Metal Fab in Loomis, CA) and got my cut list together this morning. We cut my bed rail plates out on their plasma cutter and used their press brake to bend my mounting locations...

Borrowed a friends flatbed to pick up my siding material this week. Ended up getting (3) sheets of 3mm black 4x8 and (3) sheets of 3mm white 5x10. Turns out they don't make 5x10 sheets in 6mm for the ACM (Aluminum Composite) from what I could find, so I will just sandwich 2 3mm sheets together...

Nice, that is a great option. Being able to quickly detach the camper and use the flatbed will be mighty convenient. I have access to a flatbed trailer so that makes my life much easier, but I previously had a camper shell with a full lift back on it instead of a tailgate, and it was a PITA to...