This look amazing - love the wood and that table is genius. I saw one girl did this and made a corner cabinet just to the right of the entrance that was a great use of space.
I have followed your build, and it has inspired me to revive my old Rockwood popup. I think I would like a bunk over the dinette area using piping and a sling. I would also like a free standing table, that could go outside. I don't need the sink, just the counter top. I have ideas. Now just need my husband to come on board.
Nice job, my best friend from MMI in Orlando did the same thing, after he got out of the Army he decided to go to school, He used pallet wood for his outside siding and then just burned it to bring out the grain of the wood and then stained it, Then sprayfoamed the insulation and used paneling that his brother gave him from his living room when they took it off and put drywall up then painted it. He has a loft bed, he bought a cheap long dresser and modified it so he could put a small refrigerater in one side, he doesn't have a sink in his, he just uses paper plates and plastic utinsiles and throws it in the fire pit when he was done, he took an old metal microwave cart that he got from a flea market and cleaned it up added some metal to the legs to make it sit up higher and repainted it, he has a microwave, a crockpot and 9 function air fryer to cook food. He stayed at State Parks and National Parks in and around Orlando for like $6 a day and they have bathrooms and showers. I don't remember what it cost him to build but I know it was well under $1000, after we graduated he became a a traveling tech for BMW and still lives in it today, when he gets moved by BMW he just attaches it to his S10 Blazer and takes off to wherever they send him next. One question, where are you going to sleep?
I have the old pop up. I can do the conversion. We are asking how it pulls down the road. I would hate to put Tim and money into a camper that sits in my driveway. Great job by the way and looks amazing. Please answer if possible.
This camper has turned out very nice. FYI, about the table leg hold down. Install a magnet at the leg end. Make it strong enough to hold in the vertical position, but fall down when table going horizonal.
This video came up on my algorithm. Haven’t seen your progress in a while. The magnet idea is a good one. You can get the kind that go on the storage bays on larger campers that hold the doors up. It’s amazing the amount of hold those things have. Really looks great!
Watching this series reminds me of a lot of the pattern in projects _I_ take on: ingenuous idea, careful designing, organized planning, solid start, steady progress, dogged perseverance, meticulous detailing, excruciating side-track on futile aesthetic endeavors and just before I get the project to full completion for unveiling my masterpiece............. I move on to a new project.
I have wanted to convert my pop-up into a trailer kinda like your doing, what i wanted to do was leave it with the pull out bedroom part but build the walls and end solid at the front end so it is retracted in when towing put pulled out when using.
Quality build. I Typically shy away from any criticism however, I wonder about the handling going down the road? Anything taller than it is long I think would be like a big sail in the front making it want to sway. How does it do at highway speeds?
Nice Job you did ! ❤️ Looking forward to seeing it finished !!! Idea's I'm looking for too but I want mine to be less weight. Can you upgrade your tires weight capacity?, I did it on a trailer I had. Went from 250 pds. Too 500 pds. Per side...
The work looks well done but I have a few concerns. No insulation. The suspension might really struggle with all that wood weight up that high. Might be illegal and probably not insurable. Seems brutal to drive with. The last concern is why spend a few thousand dollars on a 500 dollar camper?
In the old days they used 1x2s for all trailer walls and ceilings, glued and stapled. Why do you use such heavy lumber in your build? The more weight the less fuel economy.
I am in the process of a similar build. My concern is the side walls were not originally designed to have walls built on top and to travel at highway speed. Did you add any additional anchors that run from the roof to the frame and how has it held up after traveling with it?
I only planned on towing it short distances as it’s not very aerodynamic. We did tow it a couple times and it resides at a local campground for weekend trips. It was built as a pretty strong shell and was secured to the frame in the earlier videos. Best of luck, it does get noticed!
Have you ever weighed that thing? I bet that wood made it twice its weight. Hit my local transfer station AKA dump I have taken vehicles there and weighed them. So I can weigh my vehicle. Make note of that. Then hook up the camper and go there and wait all together. Subtract the vehicle weight from that number and then you know what the camper weighs. Just a thought. I would be curious to know. The lift system on my pop-up is currently broken. And I really don't think I want to fix it because the canvas is not in the best shape.
I thought about changing the axle but never got to it. And, well, it has the aerodynamics of a shoe box so highway travel will respond accordingly. I didn't tow it far and it's residing at a local campground. At 50 mph or so I wasn't worried but kept my turns controlled.
This look amazing - love the wood and that table is genius. I saw one girl did this and made a corner cabinet just to the right of the entrance that was a great use of space.
Thanks. It was a fun project.
I have followed your build, and it has inspired me to revive my old Rockwood popup. I think I would like a bunk over the dinette area using piping and a sling. I would also like a free standing table, that could go outside. I don't need the sink, just the counter top. I have ideas. Now just need my husband to come on board.
Best of luck!
Consider the added weight on the axle and tongue! Also consider breaking the wind a little on the front.
True craftsmanship. How does it do at highway speeds?
Nice job, my best friend from MMI in Orlando did the same thing, after he got out of the Army he decided to go to school, He used pallet wood for his outside siding and then just burned it to bring out the grain of the wood and then stained it, Then sprayfoamed the insulation and used paneling that his brother gave him from his living room when they took it off and put drywall up then painted it. He has a loft bed, he bought a cheap long dresser and modified it so he could put a small refrigerater in one side, he doesn't have a sink in his, he just uses paper plates and plastic utinsiles and throws it in the fire pit when he was done, he took an old metal microwave cart that he got from a flea market and cleaned it up added some metal to the legs to make it sit up higher and repainted it, he has a microwave, a crockpot and 9 function air fryer to cook food. He stayed at State Parks and National Parks in and around Orlando for like $6 a day and they have bathrooms and showers. I don't remember what it cost him to build but I know it was well under $1000, after we graduated he became a a traveling tech for BMW and still lives in it today, when he gets moved by BMW he just attaches it to his S10 Blazer and takes off to wherever they send him next. One question, where are you going to sleep?
I have the old pop up. I can do the conversion. We are asking how it pulls down the road. I would hate to put Tim and money into a camper that sits in my driveway. Great job by the way and looks amazing. Please answer if possible.
This camper has turned out very nice. FYI, about the table leg hold down. Install a magnet at the leg end. Make it strong enough to hold in the vertical position, but fall down when table going horizonal.
Good suggestion.
This video came up on my algorithm. Haven’t seen your progress in a while. The magnet idea is a good one. You can get the kind that go on the storage bays on larger campers that hold the doors up. It’s amazing the amount of hold those things have. Really looks great!
Watching this series reminds me of a lot of the pattern in projects _I_ take on:
ingenuous idea, careful designing, organized planning, solid start, steady progress, dogged perseverance, meticulous detailing, excruciating side-track on futile aesthetic endeavors and just before I get the project to full completion for unveiling my masterpiece.............
I move on to a new project.
Yeah, that sounds rather familiar. I usually finish but then quickly move on.
Small wood stove, snowy night, scary movie and some coffee.
Cozy!
How does it handle with the weight?
Is the cabin stable on a single axel? While steady or running?
I have wanted to convert my pop-up into a trailer kinda like your doing, what i wanted to do was leave it with the pull out bedroom part but build the walls and end solid at the front end so it is retracted in when towing put pulled out when using.
Quality build. I Typically shy away from any criticism however, I wonder about the handling going down the road? Anything taller than it is long I think would be like a big sail in the front making it want to sway. How does it do at highway speeds?
Nice Job you did ! ❤️ Looking forward to seeing it finished !!! Idea's I'm looking for too but I want mine to be less weight. Can you upgrade your tires weight capacity?, I did it on a trailer I had. Went from 250 pds. Too 500 pds. Per side...
Excellent work
The work looks well done but I have a few concerns. No insulation. The suspension might really struggle with all that wood weight up that high. Might be illegal and probably not insurable. Seems brutal to drive with. The last concern is why spend a few thousand dollars on a 500 dollar camper?
Looks awesome 👍👍 great job
This is amazing!
Thanks Alyssa!
You could put a shower pan between the bench seats and a drop down shower curten from above. Hook up a shower head from the sink. Just a thought.
Have you pulled it down the road at hwy speed. How does it do. Wind resistance. Sway. ?????
I would worry that the trailer frame is not intended for that much weight
hopefully he upgraded the axel... that was my first thought as well.
Yup. No answer to those questions, I bet it fell apart by now.
In the old days they used 1x2s for all trailer walls and ceilings, glued and stapled. Why do you use such heavy lumber in your build? The more weight the less fuel economy.
I am in the process of a similar build. My concern is the side walls were not originally designed to have walls built on top and to travel at highway speed. Did you add any additional anchors that run from the roof to the frame and how has it held up after traveling with it?
I only planned on towing it short distances as it’s not very aerodynamic. We did tow it a couple times and it resides at a local campground for weekend trips. It was built as a pretty strong shell and was secured to the frame in the earlier videos. Best of luck, it does get noticed!
Do you actually tow this beast down the road?? lol I bet it fell apart by now, that frame isn't designed for this.
Nice guitar work too.
Thanks Neal. I was seriously into guitar back in high school and college 30+ years ago, need to get back to it. I've gotten very rusty.
You made it lot smaller by taking out the pop up part?
That’s Beautiful…🙌
Have you ever weighed that thing? I bet that wood made it twice its weight. Hit my local transfer station AKA dump I have taken vehicles there and weighed them. So I can weigh my vehicle. Make note of that. Then hook up the camper and go there and wait all together. Subtract the vehicle weight from that number and then you know what the camper weighs.
Just a thought. I would be curious to know.
The lift system on my pop-up is currently broken. And I really don't think I want to fix it because the canvas is not in the best shape.
What the total weight
Yes. This is important to me.
Nice house
Thanks. Came out kind of cool.
Love it!
Thanks!
Looking amazing. You did have an air-conditioning solution and now with your kitchen setup that's gone. Do you have another idea??
I'm planning on putting a small portable inside a/c unit in the corner by the door. I'll cut an air vent for it in the floor to pump out the hot air.
@@drez20001 Where's the bed? Just wondering. Looks nice otherwise.
Overall I think it was pretty cool ! What I don't like is there was no discernable bed & no toilet. Have 2 have those!
The seats around the table fold down to make a bed. For the toilet, a porta potty was just tucked in a corner.
How much does this weigh now that it is finished? Anybody know?
Looking for the video of installing the door. Could you direct me to it please
Would there be any way to have the slide out parts still but solid?
How do you convert the dinette to a bed?
That's what I kept waiting for him to show too.
What else have you done on your lil camper?
Súper ❤❤❤❤❤❤
dont know how you secured the leg of the table when it is lifted upright, you could try using a strong pair of earth magnets
What about the added weight?
Where is the bed?
How does it drive?
Haven't towed it yet.
Where is your bed
@@glennawiggins2140 The dinette table folds up and the backrests go into the area between the seats. It makes about a 6' long bed.
The question is...doesnt it pull down the road terribly long term?
I pulled it a couple times and then set it up at a local campground. It was fine at reasonable speeds for local runs.
Fun!
Beautiful
I hope no one accidentally kicks the table leg. Uh oh
Thats too much weight for that single axle
that's what I thought, it's intended to support canvas and a fibreglass top not windows, and wood framing
Where's the bed how that work
Where do you sleep
But where do u sleep?
The table seats fold down to make a bed.
What’s your cost so far?
Hi Bailey. Not really sure, haven't kept close tabs on it but I'd estimate between $1,500 and $2,000.
@@drez20001 I was wondering the same thing. I have a vintage pop up and want to do exactly this.. this is a lot less then I thought. Cool.
First
Did you change the axle to handle the new weight?
How is it in a head wind being so blocky?
I thought about changing the axle but never got to it. And, well, it has the aerodynamics of a shoe box so highway travel will respond accordingly. I didn't tow it far and it's residing at a local campground. At 50 mph or so I wasn't worried but kept my turns controlled.