Gooseneck Camper Build
This is a thread to help others if they have an interest or are actually slipping over to the 'Dark Side". Mine is for going to Moab and Colorado riding dirt biker and such. Maybe a crawler later i...
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A couple messages about the brackets. I used the below as a pattern for what I made. Mine is almost like this except instead of welding it I used high strength bolts to bolt it together. I will photograph mine. I got the metal from a salvage yard and cut them with a chop saw and used my drill press to drill the hole. I have a small Lincoln flux welder but was concerned about getting depth penetration on the steel. So I went with drilling and bolting together. It worked great, gave me a total of 118 inches between the jacks.
Then just basics of pedestal construction. I have redone it since getting it home and it is much lower and longer. I worked great to get the GN Camper home. The camper sits on the marine grade carpet, not the 2x6s just laying on top. I took those off when I got down there and screwed them to the side to prevent lateral movement of the camper (Where the 2x4s are in the photo.) I used the 2x6s t go higher up for the trip home. Now I have 2x12s to really provide stronger side to side security. The internal part of the pedestal is double joists 16" on center. I had one of my son's who is an Engineer review my plans I made.
Then just basics of pedestal construction. I have redone it since getting it home and it is much lower and longer. I worked great to get the GN Camper home. The camper sits on the marine grade carpet, not the 2x6s just laying on top. I took those off when I got down there and screwed them to the side to prevent lateral movement of the camper (Where the 2x4s are in the photo.) I used the 2x6s t go higher up for the trip home. Now I have 2x12s to really provide stronger side to side security. The internal part of the pedestal is double joists 16" on center. I had one of my son's who is an Engineer review my plans I made.
