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Aluminum flat bed tray is nearing completion!I also had some steel plates added to the frame where the hitch attaches. The brackets that came with the hitch were horribly inadequate!

At this point I’m keeping it DRW. Mainly due to costs quickly adding up. I’m not sure it’s best for overlanding but I will be towing a Honda Pioneer 1000-5 SXS to get into the deep country areas. It reduces the wear and tear on the truck and allows for some amazing vistas!

Steel bed removed, New hitch installed, Aluminum bed being made and the camper will be supposedly finished this Wednesday.…

Got the bed perimeter and stake pockets enclosed with 1/4” aluminum

The Headache rack will have a mount for a spare tire and a 36 gallon fuel tank. These will be removable via the stake pockets at the head and around the trays perimeter. I‘m going to block off one port on the tank and move the fill and pump hole closer together. Try filling the tank or pumping...

Stake pockets are getting attached and I received the Nomadic X2 AC unit i ordered.

More camper pix

I’m also having an aluminum tray built by a local guy in north Idaho who normally builds and repairs higher end aluminum boats. All aluminum is TIG Welded. Build time is two weeks tops! Here’s his fb lpage link https://www.facebook.com/BCMWeld

Updating with photos…

I just got my finalized plans from Drew over at Bison. The footprint is basically gonna be 8 feet wide by 9 feet long with an additional 16 inch departure angle. Plus an interior height of 7’ because, after all, palatial garden variety Gnomes are really very tall. Having an aluminum bed made by...

Thanks but they won’t make a bed longer than 8’

Lee over at Labyrinth Overland suggested this company but I’m wanting to shop around. Thanks https://setoverland.com/

I currently have a 8’ x 8’ steel bed on my truck but I wanted to do something in aluminum with under the bed storage for Tools and other things. I am curious if anybody could recommend some good quality trays made for my style of truck. I’ll be mounting a Bison Overland Flatbed Shell on it...

I wonder how much the attitude has changed since I first started this thread? Not everyone that drives a sxs is a drunken maniac. I’m a wilderness photographer and fossil hunter, If going too fast, I could miss something really cool! And I don’t drink alcohol.

One good thing is if you have a blowout, the other tire will help keep you going…?Unless of course it blows out as well