Has anyone built their own camper?

I would ask you how serious you are about having a TC. How much you will use it. Where will you go? The most efficient uses of a truck and a camper would be a flatbed truck. And a camper built on that platform. I have done all that you are wanting to do. How much time do you have to devote to this project? How much money? Start out by making a list. Set a budget. List materials. Subtract whole items from the list to meet the budget. Do not lower the quality of an item to fit the budget. Good things cost good money. Labor for the installation of the right item makes it all worth while. Please ask for advise before jumping into any part of the project. There are experts on this forum as well as expedition portal. Follow the advise of this experts. They have nothing to loose in helping you stop from making a misstate. On the EXPO forum a fellow started a build of a small camper. The experts would chime in to help him with the project. He rejected every attempt to guide him. In the end they all stopped helping him and the project is garbage compared to what it could have been if he listen to the true expert.