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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urbex wrote:
This isn't about proving that I can do it, or doing it better than the manufacturers. Or even any kind of "bent on doing it, come hell or high water!", lol. It's much more about considering all my options, and that after 40 years of experience on this big spinning rock, I've come to realize that there are better ways to learn than "the hard way". Though there's also a component of doing it exactly the way I want it....
You have strong point here.
I did own lot of RVs in the past and each of them had to be remodeled to some degree to fit my needs better.
Now if you plan to build TC with steel frame, that will add significant weight.
On other hand, if you start with flatbed truck, who has bigger wheel base (?), you are ahead of main TC problem who is weight distribution.
Utilizing wide floor you can put batteries and W/H right behind the cabin, where in most of factory designs are behind rear axle.
You will put most of the weight in front of rear axle and be king of the game.
