Hi there, I saw your vid. I've been truck camping since the mid 80's. Here's what I've learned & I'll pass them on to you. 1) Get stuff you need at a camping store for backpacking. It's small, compact, & light weight. 2)Get splash guards for your truck. It'll help keep you & your rig clean. They work. I know. 3) When parking for the night, park headlong into the wind. That way if a storm comes you won't have to worry about a side wind ripping off your camper shell. Plus, if anything comes bouncing towards the truck, since you have a slimmer profile, it might miss you. If it does hit, the front of the truck is reinforced. 4) Use bug spray on the interior doors & windows/ screens openings to help keep bugs out. Use wasp & hornet spray around & on your tires to help keep critters out. Basically, all points of contact on the ground. 5) An inch is a lot of room. Learn how to stack & get used to sand & dirt. Use floor mats to put your shoes on too 6)Air out your sleeping area every morning or often. In an enclosed space the air gets stale & it will smell like feet & assholes. I know this from being in an 80 man berthing when I was in THE NAVY! 7)Use a small fan to circulate the air in your sleeping area. This will help prevent hot & cold spots from forming & help prevent condensation & mold & mildew from forming. I hope this helps. Great vid, thanks for sharing. Drive safe. 🤠
Very well done, simple, light weight. Less is best if you want to do off roading weight it’s a fact when you are out on the rough terrain. Don’t need those fancy drawer system. 👍🏾
Sweeet !! Well thought out and executed. I've driven a variety of vehicles at various weights and on changing terrain. In my practical experience you learn that any vehicle has a " sweet spot " when it comes to gross weight and the placement and distribution all things added to it for the intended purpose. When done right, it makes the experience much safer and most enjoyable !! Great job on the video !!
Mike I thought your minimalist drawer system was well thought out and will use the concepts if not the actual plans to build one for myself, . Very professional videography also. Keep posting-I'm a fan. Gracias a la vida- Ricardo
Very nice Mike. Finding the straight sided bins is key. Also, you never know when you'll need a frisbee, right there with the First Aid Kit and the poo kit! It's true!
Super nice design and work! - thanks for sharing! I've been looking for a good anchor point to put along my 80/20 roof rack for tying off tarps and things - those climbing anchor plates looks like the just thing and they are available in stainless :)
How high above the built-in ridges of the bed/tire well would you say the L brackets fall? I'm looking at building out the back of my bed, but sleeping in it. My husband and I are small, but I think adding a mattress to this build, you definitely wouldn't be able to sit straight up.
Looks great . I have a 2018 taco with the same type of platform topper and rug but I cut my sleeper pad into three 2 foot parts and cut down the middle and secured underneath with hinges and two two foot supports that slide in in the Toyota channels. I did this so they just pop right out when I don’t need the sleeper. Breaks down in like five minutes . Now i Gotta make a slider box but I don’t want to glue anything to the bed. Maybe use plywood at the bottom too. Hmm
Great work. I'm always amazed at how much 3/4" stock is used. Even the 1/2" sides and dividers could be lightened by jigsawing or routing some cutouts in the panels. Reduce by 30% or more and should still have vertical strength.
so smart nobody thinks about the weight ... I have GFC so i can open the side so went with 1/2 plywood made boxes no bottom attached to side rails and rivinuts in bed weight is less than 70 lbs total had drawer system before over 180 lbs plus gear also with your system you can leave drawers at home when not using them ...
Thank you thank you for the outdoor ethics. There has to be some way to educate people not to be filthy and unsanitary. I am really not cool with the tp and fecal matter one sees everywhere these days.
@@AllTerrainFamily THANK YOU for the response. I've got a 2003 2 WD Pre Runner that I'm going to take out camping shortly with an even more minimalist setup (pad, sleeping bag, camp stove) just to see if I'm cut out for further adventures but really appreciate the video and build setup.
I’m really interested in canopy camping and I am glad I found this video (I am a subscriber). I clicked the link so I could have the detailed article and noticed you listed your truck as a DCLB but it looks like in the videos it is a DCSB. I’d really like to know if the measurements are for a short bed or long bed as I’m looking to do an Access Cab so I fit in the back (I’m 5’10”)
So where do you keep all the firearms necessary a good hunt. A good and safe compliment would be 2 rifles, shotgun and a handgun/holsters for each proficient to use it. Of course all the amenities that go with such firearms for those capable and trained in their usage. Whose the metal cutter? Whos processing/seasoning, weighing, wrapping, delivering the goods? Peace from Texas
Great video, really enjoyed it. I can't find the link to the complete guide for how to build one for myself.
Here you go: allterrainfam.com/minimalist-ultra-light-drawer-system-and-sleeping-platform-for-overlanding/
@@AllTerrainFamily Thank you so much! Great video and design, much better alternative than some of the products out there for sale.
Hi there, I saw your vid. I've been truck camping since the mid 80's. Here's what I've learned & I'll pass them on to you.
1) Get stuff you need at a camping store for backpacking. It's small, compact, & light weight.
2)Get splash guards for your truck. It'll help keep you & your rig clean. They work. I know.
3) When parking for the night, park headlong into the wind. That way if a storm comes you won't have to worry about a side wind ripping off your camper shell. Plus, if anything comes bouncing towards the truck, since you have a slimmer profile, it might miss you. If it does hit, the front of the truck is reinforced.
4) Use bug spray on the interior doors & windows/ screens openings to help keep bugs out. Use wasp & hornet spray around & on your tires to help keep critters out. Basically, all points of contact on the ground.
5) An inch is a lot of room. Learn how to stack & get used to sand & dirt. Use floor mats to put your shoes on too
6)Air out your sleeping area every morning or often. In an enclosed space the air gets stale & it will smell like feet & assholes. I know this from being in an 80 man berthing when I was in THE NAVY!
7)Use a small fan to circulate the air in your sleeping area. This will help prevent hot & cold spots from forming & help prevent condensation & mold & mildew from forming.
I hope this helps. Great vid, thanks for sharing. Drive safe. 🤠
Very well done, simple, light weight. Less is best if you want to do off roading weight it’s a fact when you are out on the rough terrain. Don’t need those fancy drawer system. 👍🏾
Looks awesome. Great ideas. I like the SnugTop as-well.
Love the minimalist approach to this. I might have to rethink my setup a bit...
like the idea of using bungee cords as a divider. Good work. Thank you for sharing.
Sweeet !! Well thought out and executed. I've driven a variety of vehicles at various weights and on changing terrain. In my practical
experience you learn that any vehicle has a " sweet spot " when it comes to gross weight and the placement and distribution all things
added to it for the intended purpose. When done right, it makes the experience much safer and most enjoyable !!
Great job on the video !!
This is awesome, like all true overlanding people , do what ever works for you .
Mike
I thought your minimalist drawer system was well thought out and will use the concepts if not the actual plans to build one for myself,
. Very professional videography also. Keep posting-I'm a fan. Gracias a la vida- Ricardo
Very nice Mike. Finding the straight sided bins is key. Also, you never know when you'll need a frisbee, right there with the First Aid Kit and the poo kit! It's true!
Very clean man! Your minimalist builds were very inspirational on building out out 4th Gen Runner. Trying to keep it lite and simple!
Found you by accident. You had be laughing out loud. SUBSCRIBED
I’ve been wanting to build something similar in the back of my Jeep.
Weight is definitely the enemy.
Super nice design and work! - thanks for sharing! I've been looking for a good anchor point to put along my 80/20 roof rack for tying off tarps and things - those climbing anchor plates looks like the just thing and they are available in stainless :)
You should laminate the front of the slides for better look and durability.
How high above the built-in ridges of the bed/tire well would you say the L brackets fall? I'm looking at building out the back of my bed, but sleeping in it. My husband and I are small, but I think adding a mattress to this build, you definitely wouldn't be able to sit straight up.
11 inches.
Mike you could of made the platform lower and have it sit on the wheel wells to have more head room.
Headroom isn’t a concern. Won’t be sleeping back there.
@@AllTerrainFamily Gotcha
Looks great . I have a 2018 taco with the same type of platform topper and rug but I cut my sleeper pad into three 2 foot parts and cut down the middle and secured underneath with hinges and two two foot supports that slide in in the Toyota channels. I did this so they just pop right out when I don’t need the sleeper. Breaks down in like five minutes . Now i Gotta make a slider box but I don’t want to glue anything to the bed. Maybe use plywood at the bottom too. Hmm
You can just make a lip on the drawers that fit into the grooves and they just slide on the plastic, or do a very thin sheet of wood on the base.
The bed grooves end at the edge of the bed, so that wouldn’t allow them to slide out.
Thanks for your video.
Can you tell me what glue you used to attach the slats to the bed?
Thanks
Silicone adhesive. E6000
Great work. I'm always amazed at how much 3/4" stock is used. Even the 1/2" sides and dividers could be lightened by jigsawing or routing some cutouts in the panels. Reduce by 30% or more and should still have vertical strength.
I could do that if I added more fixed dividers. I don’t think it would be strong enough with out those.
Have you had to add different leaf springs or anything because the shell and gear? Is the ride different with all the weight? Thanks
Yes, I added Icon add-a-leafs and timbren bump stops. Ride dis kinda suck, but that has been solved…
so smart nobody thinks about the weight ... I have GFC so i can open the side so went with 1/2 plywood made boxes no bottom attached to side rails and rivinuts in bed weight is less than 70 lbs total had drawer system before over 180 lbs plus gear also with your system you can leave drawers at home when not using them ...
Thank you thank you for the outdoor ethics. There has to be some way to educate people not to be filthy and unsanitary. I am really not cool with the tp and fecal matter one sees everywhere these days.
Nice build but have a question, do you sleep in the back? Looks like a short bed? Thanks!
Thanks! We do not sleep in the bed. It is a short bed. We alternate between a ground tent or a RTT on a trailer.
@@AllTerrainFamily THANK YOU for the response. I've got a 2003 2 WD Pre Runner that I'm going to take out camping shortly with an even more minimalist setup (pad, sleeping bag, camp stove) just to see if I'm cut out for further adventures but really appreciate the video and build setup.
Brilliant!!!
You look taller than 5.5’ so I’m not sure if you have tried, but do you think this could support sleeping?
It could. If you built it into a long bed.
@@AllTerrainFamily That’s the plan. Solid work by the way!
Dang it. Mine is over built! But just as simple…and CHEAP.
I’m really interested in canopy camping and I am glad I found this video (I am a subscriber). I clicked the link so I could have the detailed article and noticed you listed your truck as a DCLB but it looks like in the videos it is a DCSB. I’d really like to know if the measurements are for a short bed or long bed as I’m looking to do an Access Cab so I fit in the back (I’m 5’10”)
Yeah that was a mistake. Short bed is 5 feet.
So where do you keep all the firearms necessary a good hunt. A good and safe compliment would be 2 rifles, shotgun and a handgun/holsters for each proficient to use it. Of course all the amenities that go with such firearms for those capable and trained in their usage. Whose the metal cutter? Whos processing/seasoning, weighing, wrapping, delivering the goods?
Peace from Texas
We don’t hunt or carry fire arms.