working on mine. My rig 2023 Frontier 6 foot bed. I am putting in a decked drawer system, then a mattress on that. Its for sleeping. I will have a screened tent for stove and sitting in. I want to be able to back into it.
Good video. I'm looking at retirement. This looks about the size of my work truck There's a lot of good ideas here. Thanks for mentioning safety. As a kid, we camped at Yosemite in January. There was 6 of us in a truck camper. My sisters and mother passed out, I was breathing hard, the lantern we used for light was dimming. Dad could not get the candle lit. Matches kept going out. For some reason, he opened the door. The lantern got bright, Mom woke up, and I could breath. We were on the brink of suffocating from lack of oxygen. Probably CO build up too. Learned about ventilation that night.
Thank you for sharing this. I'm planning on building something like this for my truck once I get a camper shell. Always good to see things that will help me with ideas for my own custom build.
great set up. I did a 30-40 day road trip a couple years ago. I strapped my tool box up against one side and put an air mattress on it. I used the inside for storage and hitch haul for water and generator. Thing I learned on that trip was I brought way more stuff than I actually needed. Next trip, I need better lights, small fridge, and nice power supply.
I’m getting ready to build out a 7x14 cargo trailer as a camper and a travel home since I split time with family between Oklahoma and Tennessee. Some good useful information, nice job 👍
Very cool! I love truck camping and do it frequently in my old mid-size 4x4 GMC Sonoma with a lined camper shell. Cargo rack up top. I always travel solo, mostly for high mountain fly fishing getaways. My setup is nothing fancy, I built some side cabinets on both sides of the bed and my sleeping platform is a carpeted center isle just big enough for me. My rig is much smaller than yours but very cozy. And I sleep well in it. I did add an RV power inlet but also carry a portable power unit if needed. I also carry a portable canopy and do all my cooking outside. I also use the Fire Maple system for cooking. I am content with it.
And I thought my beard was long!! Ever get it caught in power tools? LOL!! Nice video, Brother. Been working on setting my camping setup. Figuring out the toilet setup at the moment.
Dude, got it sucked into and wrapped around the fan blade on a small cordless blower about two months ago. Usually it's more campfires and ovens gunnin' for me lol
I put 200 watts of solar on the top of my cap. That lets me leave the Iceco Go20 on 365 at near freezing. I travel twice a month with 3 days on the road each time, and so there's always something cold in my fridge. Of course different than your needs, I just leave everything set up in my truck as I have no real reason to empty it. It's sort of home now. One big thing I would change, but haven't gotten the Round2It yet, is to move electrical controls from near the cab back to near the tailgate. When it's dark, I want to turn the lights on without having to crawl all the way to the front. Lesson learned. Enjoyed watching your set up. Good video. Kent
Thank you, Kent. I have two different solar setups but I haven’t hooked them up yet as I’m still undecided on how I want to set the top of the cap up storage/space-wise. Your constant fridge setup is one of my goals as I travel almost weekly for at least an overnight and don’t like cleaning it out each time I come home. On your solar, are you running it to a power station or battery setup? I have an LED strip light that’s factory for my cap that I didn’t cover in the video. It’s super convenient as its switch is located at the tailgate. It went out once and your definitely right, climbing in to turn on lights is a pain.
@@whiskeydogoutdoors I have a Jackery 300 that's a nice size for portability, but with 200 Watts of solar I am able to keep a 100 Ah battery charged as well as keeping the Jackery topped off. I do need the Jackery for keeping my tablet charged. It's a Surface Pro, and it won't take a charge off of the solar charged battery or the main battery in my truck. The Jackery will take a charge from the solar of course, so I use it as kind of a pass through to charge the tablet. For that matter my cell phone prefers charging off the Jackery over the solar battery as well, but i will eventually charge. The tablet simply refuses to do so. I hope this helps your decision. It wasn't something I even considered when I built my truck/system, but it's something very important to me since I live in two places.
Nice set up . I love my camper capper , my bed is set up like yours , but thats about it . Everything is in totes and my icechest . I use a tarp to creat a canopy when set up at camp .
Your setup is well thought out minimal equipment so you and preacher can get away and spend some quality time with your best friend. Mine is a coatahola named Charly.He makes my life exciting again.
First off I gotta mention the beard, absolute ZZ-Top level awesome! Love the walk through on the camper build and simplistic sourced solutions/custom touches you did. 😎👍🏻
Got me a new MX ordered for my 2024 Ram 2500. For twenty years I’ve ran the cab height covers. Never camped as elaborate as your set up. Usually an air mattress or cot. But with these new battery generators I do want to try a little more things like you have going on. I’m really wondering about a solar generator too.
Those MX caps are nice, I’m sure you’re gonna enjoy that. I almost went that route on mine but needed a more level space for kayaks. I’m redesigning me electric back there and incorporating solar as well as a new battery setup to compliment my power stations I run now and possibly takeover the majority of my power needs. I’m collecting parts now and will have some videos on it the next month.
What do you use for your cooking set up? I'm not comfortable about cooking inside a vehicle or tent after I had a gas stove go up in flames due to a leaky O ring seal.
Great set up. Well done I wished I could find a build for my truck which has a front aux fuel tank installed The only bed I can make is putting a platform which lays on top of the tank. Thus the clearance is less and not very adequate to top ceiling in Leer topper. Need to experiment
We recently picked up a used Leer camper shell for our 8’ bed and have camped several times and love it. We use our ice chest as a step to get in and out. What do you use?
A running start and a prayer 😂. I just hop up most times if I’m in a hurry, but I have a small folding step I got from Home Depot I believe. It’s plastic and not ideal at all but works ok.
😂 Yeah the wheel wells on that 2500 don’t leave much clearance once you get the bed built over them. I’m right at 6’ too. Doesn’t bother me at all but others might wanna mid-rise. I carry gear up top and sometimes a kayak so that was a no go for me.
Great video. I'm thinking about replacing my rack and roof top tent on my power wagon with a camper shell. I was curious how tall you were, because I'm trying to decide between a cab height shell, or a mid-rise. I'm 6'3", but you seem to have ok head room when sitting on the bed.
Man, I'm 6" and while I have enough headroom, it's barely enough. And tipping back the end of a can is almost impossible without laying back. If I was to buy again I'd go with the mid. The only reason I didn't at the time was looks. I just couldn't find pics of one on a PW or a decent 2500 even. Since then (2019) I've seen one first hand and dug it. Just my .02
My cap came with an internal handle that actuates the cap door lock. I think that’s what you’re referring to? Forgive me if not and please explain a bit more.
We ran wire from the battery through a fuse and into a panel mounted to the front of the truck bed. Power station plugs in there. I saw “we” but a friend who owns Green Country 12v does all my wiring.
Hey there. I will be moving to Oklahoma in a couple of months for my job. Closer to northern OK. If you are close to there, what spots would you recommend for truck camping?
Man there’s so many. From state parks to wildlife management areas, plus we’re just minutes away from the Ozark and Ouachita Mountain ranges. What do you prefer, water, woods, improved campsites or boondocking?
Curious as to the sleeping bed size. Foam that I'm finding is 24" wide so I didn't want to take up more space with the bed but obviously want to sleep good. Underbed storage needs to be planned and compatible so did u get containers and design bed configuration around that?
Are you talking about the top platform size, or the base dimensions themselves? As to storage, I did not build to any container spec, I built to my body size and wheel well height with overall comfort being the deciding factor on width. The mattress I linked in the description will give you the rough dimensions of the top. For under bed storage organization I really only have one dedicated tub in there and don’t use a of on it. Everything else fits and doesn’t move at all.
I have a Dodge ram 1500. I want to use it for travel. My question is,my tailgate is very heavy. I want to be safe, so how can I close my truck up when I'm in it. Have any suggestions
When you say close up are you talking about closing the tailgate with you in the bed in either a tent or some type of camper shell? I just wanna make sure I’m understanding correctly because I think I can help.
I secured them to the carpeted cap via Velcro that’s glued onto the magnet with one of the gorilla glue contact adhesive products. Here in Oklahoma, pretty much everything I tried failed due to the heat and humidity, until I switched to this.
True. But I put kayaks up there and it’s already a pain and almost impossible solo at the trucks height. The MX is nice for sure, but the height really doesn’t bother me at all.
I thought I was commenting on another channel that I watch. Sorry, I wasn’t trying to be a smart-ass. Now a comment to you… Great set up. I have a similar set up and enjoy time out with my dog as well. I wish I had a topper with the extra head room though. Thanks for the videos.
Does the beard get in the way when you are using power tools? I have a ponytail and I have to be mindful of it - seems a beard would be more difficult to manage. Female so not growing a beard, just curious. Good video and great dog!
This was an awesome video man. I enjoyed watching how you setup your camping truck. I am thinking about doing the same thing to my pick up truck too. I want to use my pick bed for kayak camping trip cuz i do a lot of kayak camping. I just trying to Figure out how to carry my kayak with my truck with out a kayak trailer . Kayak trailers are very very expensive. You have a very very nice setup. I also like your flip flops 🩴man. I am a huge huge huge flip-flops 🩴 & barefooted 👣guy because I was born with very very extremely wide feet & my feet 🦶 are a sz15 6 E wide ( which is very very extremely wide feet 🦶 ) with very very chubby fat wide toes that are Evenly straight across making my foot very very Extremely wide at 6 1/2 inches wide from my big toe to my lil toe. My foot outgrow shoes , socks , & boots when I was young & Flip flops 🩴 is the only footwear that will barely and I mean barely fit on my feet 🦶 because my toes are wider than the flip flops 🩴 straps. Close toes footwear won't fit me because my toes are Evenly straight across & footwear are made for toes that are at a 45° Degrees angle & my toes are Evenly straight across so my 4/5 toes get crushed & hurt me really really bad. I really appreciate you sharing this video because i am Interested in building me one too. Good video buddy thanks you for sharing this video. P.S. I really like Your beard man . I have never seen one that long before. But it looks awesome man.
Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to comment, man. It’s funny you mention your kayak. I just sold my old one (hadn’t used it with this setup) and bought a Crescent Crew and had no way of getting it home with lol. The camper shell/cap made it way more difficult than it would have been without it for sure. I did figure it out though and my solution might just work for you too. I had planned on shooting a short video on the kayak tomorrow and posting it this Thursday so I’ll add a section on how I transport it and describe my setup. Hopefully it helps because I agree, those trailers are stupid expensive. That’s wild about your feet! I can only imagine the difficulty you have had. The flip flops I had on are my current favorites and made by a company called Gumby and are super comfortable. A good pair of flip flops makes it hard to go back to closed toe shoes. Oh and thanks for the beard props!
@@whiskeydogoutdoors Hey man how you doing ? That is awesome I can't wait to see the video man. I would love to see what you got man. Yeah man my feet 🦶 give me some problems big time man. It's very very extremely difficult to find footwear for me in a store. My flip-flops 🩴 I have to special order them for me. When my foot outgrow shoes , socks , & boots when I was 21/25 years old I loss my job because I couldn't work barefooted there & I couldn't find anything even flip-flops 🩴to wear. I had to live my life barefooted 👣 style for about 2 years. It was very very extremely hard & difficult to find footwear , & someone who would let me work barefooted 👣. It's definitely not easy trying to live my life with very very extremely wide feet 🦶 with very very chubby fat wide toes that are Evenly straight across making my foot 6 1/2 inches wide. I get stop everyday about how extremely wide my feet 🦶 are & how fat & chubby my toes are & how evenly straight across my toes are. I get call ( BIGFOOT ) because they say that my feet 🦶 look just like big foot feet 🦶 with my toenails cut evenly straight across with just a lil bit of Clear toenail showing. I have to cut my toenails Evenly straight across because my toenails base is very wide & straight across so I have to cut them like that. I will keep an eye out for your kayak video man. Really looking forward to seeing your setup.
Thanks for sharing. I like those drawers for storage. I like the way you just tossed your camping stove (neglect)..don't expect any sympathy from me when it doesn't work from abuse. Can you explain the lighting purpose..you mentioned "camping or anything else you might be doing?" What else might you be doing? 👀 😂 WE wanna know. Now I would of gave this video a 5 star review, unfortunately I can only give it a solid 3.5 you had two (2) products mentioned that pertained to fire, and you couldn't manage to come up with one firemen joke, not one?!! Maybe next time. As always, thanks for sharing great content! 👍🏼
@WhiskeyDogOutdoors, WOW! I'm surprised your channel is just now being recommended in my feed. And I'm surprised you don't have way more subscribers?! 1. GREAT VIDEO! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 2. REALLY NICE TRUCK BED SET-UP! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 3. NICE VIDEOGRAPHY & EDITING! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I'm looking forward to watching your other 42 videos, and looking forward to watching what's to come, as well. Keep up the great work! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I have also shared your channel with a few of my friends. Not sure if you've ever watched @AdventureJason_, but he's another RAM Truck owner who has his bed set-up similar to yours, as well as an off-toad trailer. He's someone you might enjoy watching?! -Sköl
Thank you! We’re a pretty young channel and I’m still figuring it all out, but I’m glad you like what you’ve seen so far! My goal is to have something up weekly and have several trips already scheduled through summer, so stay tuned! And I appreciate you telling your friends, very cool, man! Thanks for the recommendation on Adventure Jason, I just subscribed.
Good stuff. No need to apologize for the pup, being a pup.
I’m retiring in two years and this is exactly what this old man is going to travel in ..
That’s awesome! You’re gonna love it!
working on mine. My rig 2023 Frontier 6 foot bed. I am putting in a decked drawer system, then a mattress on that. Its for sleeping. I will have a screened tent for stove and sitting in. I want to be able to back into it.
@paulyosef7550 sound sweet!
Ditto
Good video. I'm looking at retirement. This looks about the size of my work truck There's a lot of good ideas here. Thanks for mentioning safety. As a kid, we camped at Yosemite in January. There was 6 of us in a truck camper. My sisters and mother passed out, I was breathing hard, the lantern we used for light was dimming. Dad could not get the candle lit. Matches kept going out. For some reason, he opened the door. The lantern got bright, Mom woke up, and I could breath. We were on the brink of suffocating from lack of oxygen. Probably CO build up too. Learned about ventilation that night.
Oh man, wow! That’s a story, glad you’re here to share it!
Thank you for sharing this. I'm planning on building something like this for my truck once I get a camper shell. Always good to see things that will help me with ideas for my own custom build.
Thank you, I'm very glad you found value in it.
Oh good lord I love your man beard.
Thank you ❤️
Love your dog. Things are always better with a dog or two.
Thank you, I couldn’t agree more.
Nice build man, simple and it works.
This is a great idea with the mat flooring, and curtains, nice to get a canopy with that side window set up, good description, good job!
Thank you!
Nice tight, clean build man! Some great ideas in this video! Thanks for making this one!
Appreciate that, thank you!
Glad you spoke about the fire safety and CO. Enjoy your time camping
Thank you.
Conduit clips are an incredible idea. I’ve been trying to figure out how I want to do my blinds now I’m going to Lowe’s to get some thanks!
I’m glad it helped!
Great truck and, you got a lot of style man! super smart with velcro too. God Bless
Thanks, man! Really appreciate that!
Give that dog a kiss! That's all he wants.
great set up. I did a 30-40 day road trip a couple years ago. I strapped my tool box up against one side and put an air mattress on it. I used the inside for storage and hitch haul for water and generator. Thing I learned on that trip was I brought way more stuff than I actually needed. Next trip, I need better lights, small fridge, and nice power supply.
Those first trips sure give a lot of lessons I’ve never gone more than 15 days, impressive.
I'm doing this with a Ford Ranger. Thanks for the video!
You’re most welcome! Good luck with your build! Post some vids!
@@whiskeydogoutdoors absolutely!
@ShaunHall-i7e 🤔🤔🤔did you. .? I did how's the build going
very well thought out , practical DIY Camper Cap 'build'!!!!!!... Cheers from Canada!
Super articulate presentation - thanks so much, and love your pooch!
Thank you!
I’m getting ready to build out a 7x14 cargo trailer as a camper and a travel home since I split time with family between Oklahoma and Tennessee. Some good useful information, nice job 👍
Thank you. Good luck with your build!
You can test your co detector by holding it near your trucks exhaust. Should go off very quickly.
Would love to have a set up like that.Love it!!
Greetings from Germany☘️
Thank you and hello!!
Killer beard, killer build and great video!! I'm working on building up a chevy 1500 z71 and your video was killer for some ideas!
Awesome to hear that, thanks! And good luck on your build!
Nice setup man! Love the organization and some nice space. You nailed it Sir
Thank you!
Really enjoyed this video. Your voice is perfect for recording.
I appreciate that, thank you!
EPIC Beard! God bless brother 🙏🙏
Thank you, man!
I find your setup extremely well thought out and worked your needs first and best thing was you went for the “budget” pricing items on some things.
Appreciate that, thank you!
Very cool! I love truck camping and do it frequently in my old mid-size 4x4 GMC Sonoma with a lined camper shell. Cargo rack up top. I always travel solo, mostly for high mountain fly fishing getaways. My setup is nothing fancy, I built some side cabinets on both sides of the bed and my sleeping platform is a carpeted center isle just big enough for me. My rig is much smaller than yours but very cozy. And I sleep well in it. I did add an RV power inlet but also carry a portable power unit if needed. I also carry a portable canopy and do all my cooking outside. I also use the Fire Maple system for cooking. I am content with it.
That's awesome! It sounds like you have a well-thought-out system for your setup.
Thank you I have 2005 dodge Dakota I have been looking for a shell for quite awhile I think I found one Great video Thank you 🙏 Love the beard
And the Oscar for best Supporting Actor goes to... Preacher the Dog! 😁😁
He’s preparing his speech now 😂
And I thought my beard was long!! Ever get it caught in power tools? LOL!! Nice video, Brother. Been working on setting my camping setup. Figuring out the toilet setup at the moment.
Dude, got it sucked into and wrapped around the fan blade on a small cordless blower about two months ago. Usually it's more campfires and ovens gunnin' for me lol
@@whiskeydogoutdoors LMAO!
That dog has a lot of personality. Make a video with you and the dog. Camping hiking beach scuba diving anything.
I agree and think you’ll find just that in most of our other content here on the channel!
@@whiskeydogoutdoors He's a great dog. One in a million.
Thank you, I certainly agree 💯!
Great video and great build out!
Thank you!
Cool setup my man .& I like your pooch.👍
Thank you!
Love the beard💪👊🔥
Thank you!
Excellent video fellow Okie. ❤
Thank you, sir!
Thats a cool setup, alot cheaper than a rv............
Thank you, absolutely.
Hi there love tire camping videos your amazing really enjoy thank you for sharing 😊❤️
I put 200 watts of solar on the top of my cap. That lets me leave the Iceco Go20 on 365 at near freezing. I travel twice a month with 3 days on the road each time, and so there's always something cold in my fridge. Of course different than your needs, I just leave everything set up in my truck as I have no real reason to empty it. It's sort of home now. One big thing I would change, but haven't gotten the Round2It yet, is to move electrical controls from near the cab back to near the tailgate. When it's dark, I want to turn the lights on without having to crawl all the way to the front. Lesson learned.
Enjoyed watching your set up. Good video.
Kent
Thank you, Kent. I have two different solar setups but I haven’t hooked them up yet as I’m still undecided on how I want to set the top of the cap up storage/space-wise. Your constant fridge setup is one of my goals as I travel almost weekly for at least an overnight and don’t like cleaning it out each time I come home. On your solar, are you running it to a power station or battery setup?
I have an LED strip light that’s factory for my cap that I didn’t cover in the video. It’s super convenient as its switch is located at the tailgate. It went out once and your definitely right, climbing in to turn on lights is a pain.
@@whiskeydogoutdoors I have a Jackery 300 that's a nice size for portability, but with 200 Watts of solar I am able to keep a 100 Ah battery charged as well as keeping the Jackery topped off. I do need the Jackery for keeping my tablet charged. It's a Surface Pro, and it won't take a charge off of the solar charged battery or the main battery in my truck. The Jackery will take a charge from the solar of course, so I use it as kind of a pass through to charge the tablet. For that matter my cell phone prefers charging off the Jackery over the solar battery as well, but i will eventually charge. The tablet simply refuses to do so. I hope this helps your decision. It wasn't something I even considered when I built my truck/system, but it's something very important to me since I live in two places.
@designsbykent it does, thank you.
Nice set up . I love my camper capper , my bed is set up like yours , but thats about it . Everything is in totes and my icechest . I use a tarp to creat a canopy when set up at camp .
Thank you. Your setup sounds very well organized.
Hey chuck love the channel awesome videos and inspiration I’m looking forward to ur next video 😎
Thank you!
Nicely done, cool set up!
Thanks!
Your setup is well thought out minimal equipment so you and preacher can get away and spend some quality time with your best friend. Mine is a coatahola named Charly.He makes my life exciting again.
Thank you. And your pup sounds awesome! Y’all enjoy your time!
I do this style camping pullin my 19ft ranger bass boat. Spend alot if time every year doin this all over MN, WI and MI. Cheap and conveneint.
I love the water and often haul a tandem kayak. You for sure have some good country up there. It's on my list for late summer next year.
Nice and simply. It’s mainly for sleeping when it comes down to it… I’d rather be driving or outside than spending time in the back of a truck.
Great video! I’m about to go back to a truck from my current 4Runner and these really help for ideas. Keep at it bud, it’s very much appreciated.
Man thank you for the kind words and encouragement! Very much appreciated! And I’m glad you found value in the video.
Enjoyed this video love the beard awesome happy camping
Thank you!
I like your set up, thanks for sharing it :) I'm hoping for similar in my Jeep. I like that your storage can easily be removed
Thank you, I’m glad you found it helpful. And good luck with your jeep!
First off I gotta mention the beard, absolute ZZ-Top level awesome! Love the walk through on the camper build and simplistic sourced solutions/custom touches you did. 😎👍🏻
😂 thanks! Appreciate the kind words!
@@whiskeydogoutdoors😮
I think I'll give up on my beard. Nice beard. Nice camper setup
Cool set up man!
Thank you!
Got me a new MX ordered for my 2024 Ram 2500. For twenty years I’ve ran the cab height covers. Never camped as elaborate as your set up. Usually an air mattress or cot. But with these new battery generators I do want to try a little more things like you have going on. I’m really wondering about a solar generator too.
Those MX caps are nice, I’m sure you’re gonna enjoy that. I almost went that route on mine but needed a more level space for kayaks. I’m redesigning me electric back there and incorporating solar as well as a new battery setup to compliment my power stations I run now and possibly takeover the majority of my power needs. I’m collecting parts now and will have some videos on it the next month.
That beard is awesome
What do you use for your cooking set up? I'm not comfortable about cooking inside a vehicle or tent after I had a gas stove go up in flames due to a leaky O ring seal.
Thanks Mr. ZZ top
lol thank you
Really nice setup
Thank you
Great set up. Well done I wished I could find a build for my truck which has a front aux fuel tank installed The only bed I can make is putting a platform which lays on top of the tank. Thus the clearance is less and not very adequate to top ceiling in Leer topper. Need to experiment
Yeah man, that’s a tough one.
Your tailpipe is a very good way to test your carbon monoxide detector
I always called them a canopy
Can u send me a link to container you used for spices and coffee stuff? Great video.
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It doesn’t look like it’s offered or available at this time. I think that’s what you’re referring to. If not, let me know.
Nice
Love it...❤
Thank you!
Nice!!! Subbed 🎉
Thank you!
We recently picked up a used Leer camper shell for our 8’ bed and have camped several times and love it. We use our ice chest as a step to get in and out. What do you use?
A running start and a prayer 😂. I just hop up most times if I’m in a hurry, but I have a small folding step I got from Home Depot I believe. It’s plastic and not ideal at all but works ok.
sweet low rider build(head clearance)
😂 Yeah the wheel wells on that 2500 don’t leave much clearance once you get the bed built over them. I’m right at 6’ too. Doesn’t bother me at all but others might wanna mid-rise. I carry gear up top and sometimes a kayak so that was a no go for me.
Great video. I'm thinking about replacing my rack and roof top tent on my power wagon with a camper shell. I was curious how tall you were, because I'm trying to decide between a cab height shell, or a mid-rise. I'm 6'3", but you seem to have ok head room when sitting on the bed.
Man, I'm 6" and while I have enough headroom, it's barely enough. And tipping back the end of a can is almost impossible without laying back. If I was to buy again I'd go with the mid. The only reason I didn't at the time was looks. I just couldn't find pics of one on a PW or a decent 2500 even. Since then (2019) I've seen one first hand and dug it. Just my .02
@@whiskeydogoutdoors good info, thank you sir.
Like your vedio, and what you said , put some gravel in your travel! 😊
Thank you!
great beard!
Thanks!
Great video! Quick question: how do you make the little turn lock on the tuck cap door, and where do you recommend getting the parts for it? Thanks!
My cap came with an internal handle that actuates the cap door lock. I think that’s what you’re referring to? Forgive me if not and please explain a bit more.
@@whiskeydogoutdoors Thanks!
You bet!
Great set up! How did you install the connector panel for your battery?
Are you referring to the pass through charging port I have in the bed for my power station?
@@whiskeydogoutdoorsYes.
We ran wire from the battery through a fuse and into a panel mounted to the front of the truck bed. Power station plugs in there. I saw “we” but a friend who owns Green Country 12v does all my wiring.
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why not use 3.0mm thick synthetic leather and cut to size? you can roll it up and bungee it up when not in use easy to wipe off and clean.
You definitely could.
How much did that ARE top set you back?
Man it was around 3k I think. I bought a Bedrug at the same time.
Is that a Blue Heeler I see?
Preacher is a Texas Heeler which is an American breed introduced in 1970 that’s half Blue Heeler and half Australian Shepherd
@@whiskeydogoutdoors I’ll have to educate myself on those. Good looking dog.
@skitkorvboogie2361 thank you
Hey there. I will be moving to Oklahoma in a couple of months for my job. Closer to northern OK. If you are close to there, what spots would you recommend for truck camping?
Man there’s so many. From state parks to wildlife management areas, plus we’re just minutes away from the Ozark and Ouachita Mountain ranges. What do you prefer, water, woods, improved campsites or boondocking?
@@whiskeydogoutdoorsI’m open to any but woods would probably have to be my preference. I’m looking forward to being able to camp there.
@@BrotherInArms6 definitely checkout the wma’s then.
@@whiskeydogoutdoors Copy that
Curious as to the sleeping bed size. Foam that I'm finding is 24" wide so I didn't want to take up more space with the bed but obviously want to sleep good. Underbed storage needs to be planned and compatible so did u get containers and design bed configuration around that?
Are you talking about the top platform size, or the base dimensions themselves? As to storage, I did not build to any container spec, I built to my body size and wheel well height with overall comfort being the deciding factor on width. The mattress I linked in the description will give you the rough dimensions of the top. For under bed storage organization I really only have one dedicated tub in there and don’t use a of on it. Everything else fits and doesn’t move at all.
Sweet subbed cheers 😂
Thank you, same to you!
I have a Dodge ram 1500. I want to use it for travel. My question is,my tailgate is very heavy. I want to be safe, so how can I close my truck up when I'm in it. Have any suggestions
When you say close up are you talking about closing the tailgate with you in the bed in either a tent or some type of camper shell? I just wanna make sure I’m understanding correctly because I think I can help.
What did you use to secure your magnets? Ive gone through a few glues but nothing has stood up to heat. Great setup!!
I secured them to the carpeted cap via Velcro that’s glued onto the magnet with one of the gorilla glue contact adhesive products. Here in Oklahoma, pretty much everything I tried failed due to the heat and humidity, until I switched to this.
Nice...
Thank you.
ARE MX Series would have given you more headroom.
True. But I put kayaks up there and it’s already a pain and almost impossible solo at the trucks height. The MX is nice for sure, but the height really doesn’t bother me at all.
Coolest beard ever
Thank you!
When will you be accepting orders?
lol
I thought I was commenting on another channel that I watch. Sorry, I wasn’t trying to be a smart-ass.
Now a comment to you… Great set up. I have a similar set up and enjoy time out with my dog as well. I wish I had a topper with the extra head room though. Thanks for the videos.
Where do you keep your spare beard?
No need for a spare. I’m so loaded with testosterone, the moment a beard hair falls out, one twice its length grows in its place.
What's up homie
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Does the beard get in the way when you are using power tools? I have a ponytail and I have to be mindful of it - seems a beard would be more difficult to manage. Female so not growing a beard, just curious. Good video and great dog!
Good lord yes! I got it sucked up into the fan of a cordless blower two months ago 😂. Fire is my biggest concern though.
@@whiskeydogoutdoors Oh, wow! Please be careful!
This was an awesome video man. I enjoyed watching how you setup your camping truck. I am thinking about doing the same thing to my pick up truck too. I want to use my pick bed for kayak camping trip cuz i do a lot of kayak camping. I just trying to Figure out how to carry my kayak with my truck with out a kayak trailer . Kayak trailers are very very expensive. You have a very very nice setup. I also like your flip flops 🩴man. I am a huge huge huge flip-flops 🩴 & barefooted 👣guy because I was born with very very extremely wide feet & my feet 🦶 are a sz15 6 E wide ( which is very very extremely wide feet 🦶 ) with very very chubby fat wide toes that are Evenly straight across making my foot very very Extremely wide at 6 1/2 inches wide from my big toe to my lil toe. My foot outgrow shoes , socks , & boots when I was young & Flip flops 🩴 is the only footwear that will barely and I mean barely fit on my feet 🦶 because my toes are wider than the flip flops 🩴 straps. Close toes footwear won't fit me because my toes are Evenly straight across & footwear are made for toes that are at a 45° Degrees angle & my toes are Evenly straight across so my 4/5 toes get crushed & hurt me really really bad. I really appreciate you sharing this video because i am Interested in building me one too. Good video buddy thanks you for sharing this video. P.S. I really like Your beard man . I have never seen one that long before. But it looks awesome man.
Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to comment, man. It’s funny you mention your kayak. I just sold my old one (hadn’t used it with this setup) and bought a Crescent Crew and had no way of getting it home with lol. The camper shell/cap made it way more difficult than it would have been without it for sure. I did figure it out though and my solution might just work for you too. I had planned on shooting a short video on the kayak tomorrow and posting it this Thursday so I’ll add a section on how I transport it and describe my setup. Hopefully it helps because I agree, those trailers are stupid expensive.
That’s wild about your feet! I can only imagine the difficulty you have had. The flip flops I had on are my current favorites and made by a company called Gumby and are super comfortable. A good pair of flip flops makes it hard to go back to closed toe shoes.
Oh and thanks for the beard props!
@@whiskeydogoutdoors Hey man how you doing ? That is awesome I can't wait to see the video man. I would love to see what you got man.
Yeah man my feet 🦶 give me some problems big time man. It's very very extremely difficult to find footwear for me in a store. My flip-flops 🩴 I have to special order them for me. When my foot outgrow shoes , socks , & boots when I was 21/25 years old I loss my job because I couldn't work barefooted there & I couldn't find anything even flip-flops 🩴to wear. I had to live my life barefooted 👣 style for about 2 years. It was very very extremely hard & difficult to find footwear , & someone who would let me work barefooted 👣. It's definitely not easy trying to live my life with very very extremely wide feet 🦶 with very very chubby fat wide toes that are Evenly straight across making my foot 6 1/2 inches wide. I get stop everyday about how extremely wide my feet 🦶 are & how fat & chubby my toes are & how evenly straight across my toes are. I get call ( BIGFOOT ) because they say that my feet 🦶 look just like big foot feet 🦶 with my toenails cut evenly straight across with just a lil bit of Clear toenail showing. I have to cut my toenails Evenly straight across because my toenails base is very wide & straight across so I have to cut them like that. I will keep an eye out for your kayak video man. Really looking forward to seeing your setup.
I would make it 2 foot taller so no crunch
The cap or??
@@whiskeydogoutdoors the cap. 2 Treated 4x4. That would give u 8 more inches
Gotcha.
Nice set up I’d love a truck like that but our truck backs are only 5ft . Which obviously unless your a hobbit is useless
that is a heck of a beard
and that's a heck of a comment, thank you!
My retirement is going to live like a vagabond in our great country
Is that a 6ft bed?
It’s 6’4”
Geez Yapper McGee
You do realize that watching, and listening, is a choice YOU made, correct? You could have turned it off the very second you became annoyed.
That beard is pretty
Why thank you.
LoL "Rub my butt, Dad."
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How long to grow that beard? I’d imagine you’ll be a totally different person when you shave 😮…thanks for all the tip.
About two years for me, but mine grows pretty fast compared to many. And yeah 😂 I definitely look different.
Thanks for sharing. I like those drawers for storage. I like the way you just tossed your camping stove (neglect)..don't expect any sympathy from me when it doesn't work from abuse. Can you explain the lighting purpose..you mentioned "camping or anything else you might be doing?" What else might you be doing? 👀 😂 WE wanna know. Now I would of gave this video a 5 star review, unfortunately I can only give it a solid 3.5 you had two (2) products mentioned that pertained to fire, and you couldn't manage to come up with one firemen joke, not one?!! Maybe next time. As always, thanks for sharing great content! 👍🏼
Dude your comments always crack me up! I’m sure lots of people read them and then have so many questions 😂
how do i get a bad ass beard like yours?
😂 genetics and patience
Great great build. I just wish your beard was more impressive.
😂 I’ll work on it but I’m fighting genetics 😂
@@whiskeydogoutdoors the guy in ZZ Top that didn’t have a beard… ironically his name is Frank Beard.
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What happen HOMIE
What? Lol
@whiskeydogoutdoors Just messing around brother I call everybody Homie. L o L
@@WilliePrior-w5w 😂 I was like I don’t know, what happened? Lol
Teach your dog not to lick you, it’s Nasty..
Enjoyed your video
😂. Thank you!
@WhiskeyDogOutdoors, WOW! I'm surprised your channel is just now being recommended in my feed. And I'm surprised you don't have way more subscribers?!
1. GREAT VIDEO! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
2. REALLY NICE TRUCK BED SET-UP! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
3. NICE VIDEOGRAPHY & EDITING! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I'm looking forward to watching your other 42 videos, and looking forward to watching what's to come, as well. Keep up the great work! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I have also shared your channel with a few of my friends.
Not sure if you've ever watched @AdventureJason_, but he's another RAM Truck owner who has his bed set-up similar to yours, as well as an off-toad trailer. He's someone you might enjoy watching?!
-Sköl
Thank you! We’re a pretty young channel and I’m still figuring it all out, but I’m glad you like what you’ve seen so far! My goal is to have something up weekly and have several trips already scheduled through summer, so stay tuned! And I appreciate you telling your friends, very cool, man!
Thanks for the recommendation on Adventure Jason, I just subscribed.
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