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2019 Alaskan Camper 8' flatbed model on a 2001 GMC Sierra 2500HD 4x4 diesel crew cab short box with custom spring-mounted flatbed. Health issue forces sale. This truck/camper combo is awesome, but it needs a new home. The camper: 2019 Alaskan Camper. This is an 8' flatbed rear entry model...

Does anyone have any info on how well these hold up if they're taken into "off road" areas?

Let's talk awnings! From the factory Alaskan offers a Fiamma which provides cover to one side -or- the rear of the camper, depending on where you opt to have it mounted. I wanted more coverage, and was inspired by fellow Alaskan owner John who had mounted a 270* "batwing" awning on the rear of...

As I mentioned before, there was no sink in the camper when we bought it. Also, no water tank, no water pump, etc. Apparently you don't need water for a mobile-HAM station? Anyways, I opted to go with a 26 gallon tank from Barker Manufacturing. The dimensions allowed it to fit under one of...

Yes, enclosed like that is how I got it. I think that became standard from the factory on the newer models at some point.

The old/heavy lead acid batteries had to go! After doing a ton of research on lithium, I wound up going with two Chins LiFePO4 200 amp hour batteries, sourced from Amazon. I relied pretty heavily on reviews from Will Prowse and his YouTube channel when deciding which batteries to purchase, as...

Having a two post lift at our disposal, we parked the trailer under the lift first, and used the lift to pick the camper up off the trailer. Then we pulled the trailer out, disconnected it, and sat the camper down onto the truck! Overall, pretty easy/simple! Mounted it to the flatbed by...

Thank you! I am pretty pleased with the way it turned out--it was a lot of work, but worth it! Also, as far as total cost for the bed, it was well under $1,000 for everything.

I decked using aluminum composite material--light, strong, and affordable!

Once the deck portion of the flatbed build was done, I moved on to adding some storage. One of the benefits of the flatbed camper is the additional inside storage this design offers (in a regular slide in truck camper, the bed rails literally "cut in" on the amount of interior cabinets you can...

The lack of windows in the cabover section is a bit of an oddity. The previous owner ordered it that way, along with no roof vents, extra lights in the ceiling, no water tank, no dinette, etc. We wound up having to customize it pretty extensively to meet our needs, but it was a fun process!

It's an 8 footer

Now I owned a flatbed camper, but no flatbed truck--time to fix that! I did a ton of research on flatbed mounted camper systems on EP and other sites, and started penciling out some basic plans. My sons and I removed the old bed, prepped the frame, and started laying out our steel. Off with...

I was quickly outbid, which I anticipated, so I kept an eye on the proceedings, and went about the week. On the day the auction closed, I made sure I was home and available to bid my little fingers off if the need arose--and it did! My initial "I hope I can get it for this price" number was...

I have traditionally done my "expo camping" out of the back of Toyota 4x4s (Land Cruiser, LX470, and 1st gen Tacoma). I've had a 2001 GMC Sierra 2500 HD 4x4 which we used to pull a trailer with for quite a while, and I'd been considering finding/buying and stabbing in an older used slide-in...

How about fuel tank size? What type of MPG are you seeing pulling that Taco?

I'll be adding about 2k (fully loaded) to the rear of my GMT800 GMC 2500HD, via a flatbed Alaskan Camper. Seems like the GM trucks are not as common as the Ford/Dodge trucks for overland/offroad campers (likely because of the IFS) but I'm wondering if anyone has experience running a GM with...

@Brad_UT really digging the build thus far! Do you have an idea on what the dry weight of your Bison will be? Did you ever consider an Alaskan Camper when you were shopping for popup camper options?

2004 Tacoma TRD with 231k on the clock. Its the dirt bike hauler/toad for the diesel coach. Getting 35s, 4,88s, and new UCAs this month!

1. 2002 Lexus LX470 in "Old Man Tan" 2. Ryan Barrett/Big Greener 3. Have owned the "Bougie Cruiser" for three years now. This is my second 100 series (Previously had a 2000 LC) 4. 185k/204k now 5. Home-fab'd roof rack, home fab'd hidden winch mount, AHC lift 6. Family camping/overlander, and...