Mitsu Fuso Camper examples

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The Mitsubishi Fuso FG 4x4 is a popular choice as the chassis for an expedition camper.

Carl Hunter's expedition camper, a Bigfoot travel trailer mounted on a Fuso FG 140 4x4 chassis, is a well-known example.


Carl and his wife, Mary, decided to drive around the world in 2002. Carl designed, sourced, and constructed this vehicle in 90 days. The truck and cabin were virtually trouble-free during that 6 month, 22,000 mile journey.


Bruce Hersey mounted a 17 foot Casita trailer as a camper body. The Casita is 16 inches narrower than the Bigfoot trailer, so it doesn't extend beyond the width of the cab.


Australia's John Learoyd constructed this adventure camper. The single rear wheels are 225/100 R16 Michelin XZL. John also replaced the stock suspension with air bags and longer springs.


Kim and Don Greene designed this camper. The shell was built by Unicell in Toronto. Kim and Don are currently in Australia, after driving throughout South America and across New Zealand.

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ExPo member "TomD" purchased Darrin Fink's original AATREC camper


Australian Kym Bolton designed this pop-up camper for a trip across Asia in 2007.


ExPo member Doug Hackney designed and constructed this highly modified Fuso camper in 2007.


Expeditioncampers member "Tom" has a new camper


This is "Tom's" second Fuso camper. Here's the first, on the Prudhoe Bay haul road in 1993.

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Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski worked with Santek to design and build this camper in 2007.


Expeditioncampers member "Jeffrey" mounted an S&S camper to the flatbed on his Fuso FE. The vehicle is just slightly over 18 feet long. The electric jacks make quick work of lifting the camper off the flatbed.


Expeditioncampers member "Desert Camper" designed this camper. It was built by Callen in El Cajon, CA.


The Australian company WarriorSVB builds this custom camper


Amesz, another Australian firm, sells a custom camper on a Fuso 4x4 chassis


Amesz also has a cool shop truck with single rear wheels

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Hardy Hornberg built this camper from marine plywood


While not a camper, this vehicle could be outfitted as one


This short wheelbase FG carries a 12 foot Alaskan Camper


I have forgotten who owns this camper! Can anyone help?

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OutbacKamper provides these photos of home-brew campers in Australia





Don Greene contributed this photo


Too bad we can't purchase a crew cab version of the Fuso 4x4 in USA!

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Nathan Donaldson's of Heathen Mechanical conversions. He says they run around $85k.

[OutbacKamper]

Here's my hands down favorite:


Cheers
Mark

[Chucaro]

Mark, here is a good reading about the beast
http://www.4wdmonthly.com.au/customs_canter_p1.php
Cheers

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Heathen Mechanical worked on this truck, too



Their web page includes this text: "We can provide a light upfit or a fully self contained unit, retaining the dual wheel setup, or with a single rear wheel conversion." I sent an email asking for details.

Heathen Mechanical
1521 N. Jantzen #222
Portland Oregon 97217 USA

503-283-2250

heathenmechanical@yahoo.com

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by haven

Don Greene contributed this photo

That looks like a Chalet Travel Trailer on the bed of the truck.

It's a pretty unique design in hard-sided pop-ups. I had a neighbor in Colorado (a bow hunter) who loved his Chalet trailer.

However, it seems like an unlikely choice for a quad-cab truck. It would be pretty tight with four or five people in that camper.