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Love this! Currently researching building a truck camper build of my own and this had great info! I am curious though, how did you weatherproof it?

Enjoyed your video, thanks for posting 👍

Might do this to my lowered Toyota truck. My trailer got stolen and wrecked.

Hi Mike. Alfred here. Just wanted you to know that I like the job you did. Excellent job. Your camper build inspired me to build one of my own. So I did. I built a wood frame with 2" foam insulation, put 1/2-inch plywood on the outside and then I wrapped the entire thing with aluminum. I drive 2006 Toyota Tacoma crew cab 6ft box. If you care to see let me know. Love the name you picked for it 'Maxi pad'.

So many great points to help me out. Thank you.

The maxi pad 😂😂😂 good one

Thank you for this awesome video brother you got a new subscriber! 2 questions, how much would you say material and all cost, other question does it way down on your tank, taking up fuel quicker?

The" Maxie pad" that's funny. Great job ! Nice truck cap.

Poplar wood is considered a hardwood

Do you have a build thread online or more pictures of your design drawings?

I like the port holes. When the weather is bad you can 'batten down the hatches'. ;-) I dream about builds. It's a good past-time! I need to save up for a van and many years of travel with a decent rig, but I've look at full size vans but recently at the small vans or what some call micro-van. I think I can make it work. One thing is how to store propane for a van, and many RVs and such have a compartment that is sealed from interior but with a door, and vents on the door, to the outside. If I plan on using propane quite a bit for years then it would pay in the long run to do propane storage the safest way.

Man I hate those flim flam nay sayers.

It's really nice, Mike! ❤-Renee K. Taylor, Kamloops, BC, Canada (Apr. 6/24.)

(Non-urgent re: Food for thought.)(Attention: Mike.) Dear sir: Hello! How are you today? Thank you for putting this video together! I enjoyed it. In addition, I'm not a Builder, live in British Columbia, Canada, and have a "Custom U-Build Truck Camperette-" concept I'd like to do. If possible, I'd like my (very squat, fully-enclosed, Sleeping-Compartment only-) Camperette to resemble your Camper somewhat, but instead to have a Log-Cabin's (Cedar,) "One-Half Round Log" and "D-Log Shell-" construction (at least on the two sides, to cut down on a Log-Cabin's typical heaviness,) be able to get in under a typical (sliding-open, 7-feet high) Garage-Door Opening at a house (when it's within a Truck-Bed and without striking the Garage-Door,) be removable, and have House- and RV Adaptable/Convertible Electrical-Powering (so it's versatile as to where it can draw power from, such as from inside a Garage at someone's house (120V, 60Hz (CAN),) or from a Powering-Station at a Campground or RV-Park, in BC.) To flesh out: As far as I know, in BC, as long as a (powered?) structure is less than: 10-feet long x 10-feet wide x (?) feet high, then its Owner doesn't need a permit for parking the structure anywhere in the province. (I believe that if I've got my Camperette, while it's within a Truck-Bed, inside a (heated and rented?) Garage at someone's house, then people can't complain, mostly because it's concealed (?)) Incidentally, my understanding about Log-Cabins (on property) is that, despite their evident drawbacks of being vulnerable to thieves if isolated out in the woods, having a relatively shorter life-expectancy compared to other kinds of homes, and needing constant upkeep and weather-proofing, they can't be beat when it comes to having (negligible) Moisture- and Heat Loss-issues, no matter what time of year it is. (I sure hope I've got that right! :) Finally, it seems one should treat a home, which has Wooden Exterior-Cladding, with (expensive) Natural Cedar-Oil Finish, whenever possible. (At least I don't want to put in Water-Lines (Plumbing, Sewage,) where most of the problems come from, or additional sources of Powering! Yay!) Please keep in touch, anyone, and I hope this treatise can be helpful to others! 🤩-Renee K. Taylor, Kamloops, BC, Canada (ameardx@yahoo.ca)(Apr. 5/24.)

Solid vid man seriously well done ✅

What the hell is 3/5ths plywood?

So I'm basically trying to build something VERY similar but on a bigger truck. I wanted to sleep E-W and was thinking with my current width across my rails being 72" I could use 2x6 for bottom peace along the rails and set 2x2 on the outside so I keep the interior space?? Would this work you think?

Prety col camper. I would like to kwow what type of varnish or paint did you use, Thank you

Bruh! Popular is not a hardwood!!😂 and he had the mask crew helping him 😂😂😂😂

😂😂😂😂 Heavy use of double entondra's, huh??

how is it attached to the truck thanks

Thank you Sir

Nice work!

The Max E Pad. That's awesome! Nice job!

Great vid and great information

Thank you for filming this project- I am going to Alaska and considering building my own camper- haven’t much experience in carpentry, hopefully it will turn out ok

Note to the wise, Your truck Will eventually crack if you don't have proper support, Need to transfer the weight To the bottom floor of the bed.

Awesome, great built.

Why not use 2x2 cedar? Lightweight and bug resistant. Otherwise love your build. Would diagonal supports increase strength?

Dude you rule. Pure genius

I was down with everything until the bungs! using thin plywood, drilling the screws deeper lessons the structural integrity if the connections! Terrible idea for some aesthetic bullshit

Nice build. Great tips. Just subd.

Love this framing guide. I wanted the build one of my own and kept thinking I needed to use something like aluminum tubing and channel for weight reasons, because I knew typical 2x4 pine would be too heavy for my purposes. I'm not a carpenter, so the though of using a 2x2 hardwood as the basis of framing hadn't even crossed my mind.

Is it possible to make one of these out of pallet wood

Nice build, and although I don't mind it on the interior, the exterior wood is impractical, unnecessary, heavy, costly, but most of all ... ugly.

Noice! But on the real, excellent tips and explanation. Thank you.

I dint see anything in that wood material thats anywhere near a 1k

Really like your camper, about to build one myself . I have done carpentry work for years so it shouldn't be a big problem ; I Hope 😅.Looks as though you gave yours some thought before you started, Looks great !! Let me suggest you use something other than Cool Seal or other sealer on your roof , wWhy not try truck bed liner ? It's waterproof and will stick good to the wood roof . Just a suggestion, keep up the good videos 👍.

Nice video man, thanks for the post/ mini lesson for everyone. Nice solid box!

Lol you can tell this guy is not a Carpenter, popular is not a hard wood,its a soft wood,its not gonna last!

Cool if Metal like can make a Runaway type of Prison: to quickly take enemy and "run off". This is nice exploration and adventure too. The seriousness here should be level like they will want to break it, it looks nicer life if other places. I feel like wanting to biz this too, i ever think of if alot of scrap cars to make into truck, then now this too, "upgrade choice?" Kind of business. Wow.

hi great vid! i have a huge question for me! if i build something like this, could i potentially use the extra space from the popped rear door/flap of the bed? and extend the build to it? or is there anything wrong with that? a tipp would be so cool!

Not sure if someone asked this yet or not. But I was wondering if you added any type of insulation or wood stain/sealer. It looks bare

Popler a hard wood lol ya right bud

Thanks for the inspiration to build a truck camper. Just started my project you had some great ideas.

Strength and light weight are so important. Good Job.

What the power system you using for lights and stuff

That's really cool ! Nice !

The most important was in the inside u didn't show well I was

That is a great video, thank you for sharing it,, I really learned a lot from it,, thank you