I'm also thinking of building my own camper for my flatbed. The truck is an '89 F-450 with a 10' flatbed.
Here's a question maybe you or someone else here can answer:
A lot of times on standard campers, they have a small area that hangs off the back side of the bed and sits lower. This is usually where the door is. I would like to incorporate this design into my camper (an area that hangs off the end of the bed and sits lower to the ground so the stairs don't have to be so high). My reasoning is that I can have the door and stairs going up the center (as you look in at the back) and use the space on either side for the potable water and waste tanks. This would allow me to put the toilet directly over the top of the tank and simply have a bottom drain to which I could hook a standard RV sewage hose to.
Can anyone think of a reason why this wouldn't work or what requirements (other than DOT stop/turn/tail/reverse lights) would be necessary for this overhanging section? This would give me a 8'X12-13' main floor, plus the cab-over sleeping loft.
