Considering building camper from scratch...
Looking for opinions on building a new camper from the ground up, to bolt down to a flat bed. 99% of my camping is boondocking and involves going off road in the southwest desert, I haven't so much as...
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If you are a skilled woodworker and you just want a project, it's certainly doable.
Keep in mind weight at every step. It's really easy to build a SMALL 5000lb truck camper...much harder to get it down around 2000lb and still be strong.
Using the appliances and guts from your current truck camper (assuming they are in good shape, is a great idea as the box is fairly simple and cheap to construct. It's all the fiddly bits that quickly add up to lots of $$$$$.
Keep in mind weight at every step. It's really easy to build a SMALL 5000lb truck camper...much harder to get it down around 2000lb and still be strong.
Using the appliances and guts from your current truck camper (assuming they are in good shape, is a great idea as the box is fairly simple and cheap to construct. It's all the fiddly bits that quickly add up to lots of $$$$$.
