h2o4unow wrote:
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.
you can mount lights on the camper near the bottom so that is non-issue really.. if you build it I would be sure to use full length floor "joists" for strength to mount the step box to and be sure to mount as much of your weight to the front of camper..batteries/furnance and so on..
if your truck is 14,000lbs gvw you could even use 2x4 joist for strength..
Jfet nice nice jack mounts..and i bet you'll miss your shop on the road i would :C
