Four Wheel Camper Flatbed Conversion

[teleturns]

Look forward to some updates of your progress.
Can't tell for sure from the pics, but it looks like you put the door on the passenger side? If so, why did you pick passenger side over drivers? Just curious.
Keep up the good work.
Kevin

Yeah it is on the passenger side. It seems every camper/motor home I have seen has the access door on the passenger side. I guess I am going with the trend.

[adam88]

Yeah it is on the passenger side. It seems every camper/motor home I have seen has the access door on the passenger side. I guess I am going with trend.

This trend began mostly because we drive on the right hand side in the US, so when parked on the side of a road, the door is on the sidewalk side. So you're doing more than going with the trend, you're making sense!

[krj]

Ah ha! Living in NW Montana, and traveling/camping in less populated places, I don't often factor sidewalks and on-street parking into my thinking. Non-the-less, I really like the fact that your incorporating a side entrance into a truck camper. You've given me some good ideas for my eventual (read pipe dream) build. Can't wait to see the finished product.
As far as the "making sense" part goes, I think that's relative. I don't camp/park on the sides of roads...

[teleturns]

I have been distracted with other projects (4bt swap), but I have made some progress on the camper.

The last 2 weekends the bread truck went from this

to this...my neighbors HATE me!

I also managed to start the jack brackets for the camper.



I plan to weld these brackets to the frame. They will be my jack brackets and mounting brackets.

[lostworldexpedition]

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[Gerdo]

I've started looking for a FWC for my truck. One that I have found is totally covered with hail damage. It's cheap so I'm thinking of jumping on it, stripping and gutting it and rebuild the way I want it. Seeing your thead gives me hope with my possable project. Now I just have to get my wife to see my vision.

[teleturns]

I've started looking for a FWC for my truck. One that I have found is totally covered with hail damage. It's cheap so I'm thinking of jumping on it, stripping and gutting it and rebuild the way I want it. Seeing your thead gives me hope with my possable project. Now I just have to get my wife to see my vision.

I say go for it. Reskinning a FWC would be super easy. Once you have the skin off, check for cracks in the aluminum. Above the door and on the corners are the suspect areas.

If you get it and have any questions feel free to ask. I also have a lot of the OEM stuff from my camper if you need anything.

[Gerdo]

I have my eye on two different ones. My truck is a short bed and they both are long bed models. Other than hanging out the back I don't see any reason to shy away from them (size wise).

I kinda know what will happen. I'll buy it, start to fix a few minor things and I'll find myself standing in front of a bare frame like yours.

[Bike_Mech]

This has been an awesome project to follow! I have been planning my own flatbed based camper for about two years. Do you think the wider footprint will be significantlly affected by frame twist? I hope that question was clear.

Thanks
-Chris

[teleturns]

This has been an awesome project to follow! I have been planning my own flatbed based camper for about two years. Do you think the wider footprint will be significantlly affected by frame twist? I hope that question was clear.

Thanks
-Chris

I don't intend for there to be any frame twist transferring through my flatbed. My flatbed is constructed of 2x3 rectangular tubing with an 1/8 steel diamond plate deck. If the frame twists, the flatbed and the camper will move together as one unit.

This is just a theory and hopefully I am right....