DIY Camper Hatch Galley Door - How to build a Camper Galley
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- This video details how I built the back hatch or galley of our overland camper trailer. It is waterproof and holds all of our camping tools and items. It also houses all of the electronics for the camper.
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Please let me know any questions you have about the trailer build. I am happy to share my process and any tips.
Link to hurricane hinge: amzn.to/3oCVjyG
Link to gas struts for door: amzn.to/3rgzeap
Link to galley door handles: amzn.to/3L7buw0
We are building a square drop mini camper and have been discussing how to do the back door - awesome thank you
I will be posting a more detailed video in the coming months, so keep an eye out for that. Thanks for watching!
Great job brother
Thanks for watching and subscribing Dustin!
Great looking camper that something that I’d like to build with my 5x8 utility trailer. Just curious not sure if you used pressure treated wood on the bottom base to prevent wood rot and exposure from the environment wind, rain, hail or snow if the high hills.
Great question. I did not use pressure treated wood, but I did coat the bottom in Raptor Liner. Thank you for watching and subscribing to our channel! We appreciate all the support!
Move your struts to the shelf, like move them in a little.
Good idea. I’ve actually redesigned them a bit. My newest build i think is quite a bit better. Hopefully I will have a video of that soon
@@FunkeAdventures like your engineering ides, and like you making it better ideas, showing mistakes makes you great, even if they are small
Thanks!
Have you ever thought about putting flat bar on the outside as you have on the inside?
Dang. That is a very good idea! Then I could just put my weather stripping on that. I might try it out!
@@FunkeAdventures They do something similar on truck bodies here in Australia
I've been wondering how to do the backdoor as I'm designing mine, very similar to yours. Curious did you insulate the door or the "galley" wall? I know you did the floor, roof and sidewalls from your other video but didn't catch about the rear.
I insulated the galley wall. There is no insulation on the door itself.
Hi, do you have electric brakes installed on the trailer? Thanks
Hi! No electric brakes. The trailer is light enough that they aren’t really necessary. Thanks for the question!
Can you put a link for the Hinge you used I’m building my galley door just like like urs
Sure thing! amzn.to/3oCVjyG
Great video! Link for those handles?
amzn.to/3L7buw0
I have a similar trailer and just wondering how you went about building your base and making sure the bottom is watertight? Also how did you get it onto the trailer?
Rear hatch door...the door lock handles...cringe, you gotta be super mindful of your noggin and face...
At some point I plan to install a side swing open door. But this is what I’ve got for now.
@@FunkeAdventures Nice, looks like a really nice trailer, color is great, OD green? Anyways well done.
@@zzanerg the green is the “army green” color from Toyota. We’ve actually made quite a few upgrades to this camper since it was built. It is no longer green, now it has grey aluminum siding. Check it out here:
th-cam.com/video/Jnsc1BzkB5s/w-d-xo.html
Hey man, just wanted to reach out and say I really get a lot out of your videos. I am in the process of building a similar Squaredrop and you've been inspiring to my build. I just started with the TH-cam thing and I see you have been growing your channel quite a bit and doing well. Any advice for a beginner?? Also I did have a question on the rear galley door. Did you ever figure out a way to better place the gas struts?
Thanks so much for sticking around and watching my videos! TH-cam is a great place to start when planning your build. Also, the community at tnttt.com can be helpful, but it is not the easiest to navigate the site and the community can, at times, be intimidating and judgemental (just my opinion). For some reason there is a little bit of elitism in overlanding and even in the DIY overlanding community. Also, sometimes you just have to go for it and not be afraid of making mistakes. You will rarely make a mistake that is detrimental to your build. most things can be fixed in the future. At times, it might cost $50 for a mistake, which isn't cheap, but the stuff you learn along the way is well worth it.
As for the gas struts, I did figure out a better way to place them. You will see it in the upcoming videos, but to make it simple, I made my top shelf in the galley not stick out as far, so it doesn't get in the way of the strut. Then I bought a slightly different mounting plate which is stronger and doesn't stick out as much.
Thanks again for watching the videos!
You need to leinghthen the bolts to the gas struts to clear about nother 1/2 inch would do it.
Thanks for the tip!
Looks good, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Hey there. Nice build. I may copy your copy of Clint's. Do you do anything extra to waterproof where the vertical walls meet the "floor"?
Hey Mike! Thanks for watching our video and subscribing to our channel! We appreciate all of the support. I used wood glue to seal up the joint. Aside from that, I covered the seam in raptor liner. I have actually changed and updated my build a little bit. I recently rewrapped the trailer in aluminum because my raptor liner was cracking. The raptor liner was awesome, but the plywood underneath it started to crack and warp which messed with the raptor liner. I have a video detailing that process which should be out in the next couple of weeks. I also just started a new trailer build and I am documenting the whole process to hopefully give everyone a better view of how it was bulit. Keep an eye out for those videos coming up. Thanks for watching!
@@FunkeAdventures I’m currently wrapping mine in plywood and raptor liner. Should I instead wrap it in aluminum? I don’t plan on overlanding mine, just dirt roads and such. What do you think caused the plywood to fail? Thanks
I believe that the wood actually cracked from expanding and contracting in different humidities. it is just the outside ply that started to crack. The sun beating on it during the utah summer definitely didn't help. I am hoping that the aluminum will function better. I know others have used raptor liner with success. I talked to one company that uses raptor liner on their production builds. But they fiberglass the entire thing before adding the raptor liner. If I were to do it again, I would go that route.
@@FunkeAdventures thank you so much for the response. I will glass it before the raptor liner!
@@ethanc667 Greaty idea! Im pretty sure these guys do exactly that: roctrailers.com/ Let me know when you are done. I'd love to see the finished product!
Awsome build subbed liked
Thanks so much Larry! I'm hoping to post a lot more build videos in the next month or two. I am building a new camper right now and filming every step of the process. Thanks for watching and subbing.
@@FunkeAdventures I'll be keeping a look out happy adventures.
Hello, wat is the typenumber from the lift support struts? Greetings Peter from Holland
Hi Peter, Thank you for watching and subscribing. Here is a link to the exact struts that I purchased: amzn.to/3rgzeap
Hi can you tell me the type of trailer you used?
Of course! Thanks for watching by the way. This is a 5x8 utility trailer that I bought from workhorse trailers in Ogden, UT