DIY Truck Camper Tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
- Join me as I give you a tour of my homemade camper build on the back of an old holden rodeo.
Feel free to ask me any questions about the build, happy to help anyone else excited to build cool stuff.
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Looks great. Lots of folks would be interested in a video on just those lift panels, me included! They look strong but lightweight with the drilled holes. Nice work!
Cheers! I’ll take that on board and make a more detailed vid of what when into making them work! Was definitely the most tricky part of the build.
Very well done!
Pretty sick mate
sick camper, love the lift mechanism and the drilled look of it.
Cheers from Canada
Cheers! ✌️
Very sweet!! Never considered building my own camper top but now I am considering it after seeing yours
Awesome, I’m stoked to hear that! It’s overwhelming at the start but just problem solve as you go. Baby steps ✌️
Nice setup ❤❤❤
@@fabriziomanfredi5206 Thankyou! 💙
Really appreciated the tour and shared fabrication, and design details
Thanks to “both” !
Awesome build thank you for sharing
Dan, this is really sweet! I love smaller vehicle platform builds.
Cheers, hope your build is going good!
Yew!! Functional and practical - dig the layout 👊
Awesome build mate very impressive
Well done! Thank you for posting this!
Awesome build ! I'm here to more adventures ! Cheers !
Great job
Awesome build man!
Just finished my cabover and couple months ago, I’ve already been wanting to build another. So fun.
Cheers! Just had a look at your channel, interesting build, never seen one like it! Congrats
That's a greatset-up guys. I have got an old trusty rodeo aswell I use it on all my prospecting trips
very well done!.... I like the roof raising system... have been conceptualizing something very similar; so your approach is helping me think through and refine. Thank you!
Cheers Tony, good luck with your build. I'll be releasing a video in the next few days with some more construction details.
I live in San Diego, California. I wish I was in Australia 🇦🇺, so you could build a camper like that on my toyota tacoma! Great job!
Dope setup
epic mate!
Great job on the van and the video Dan
Cheers Sam, couldn’t have made it as nice without Len!
i like it, great build! built not bought it definitely the best in my opinion!
Nice job, thanks for posting.
Beautiful Experience
Thanks for sharing
Nice video love from Pakistan
You drilled holes into your "folding support" to save some weight, have you not thought about doing the same to those roof beams/supports? They look to be about 12 or 14 CM wide by 3 or 4 CM thick, I'm sure you could lose a significant amount of weight that way!
Hey! Yeah I did consider that, however was just a bit over drilling holes haha. Drafting up the plans and getting everything CNC'd would be the way to go. The roof beams are 12mm thick ply, excluding two at the front which are 24mm.
Well done sir! Could you provide some information on how you attached the canvas walls to the camper?
Cool, thanks.
so inspiring !
VERY NICE JOB / THANKS FOR SHARING
Smart with everything you need and good head room. Practicality is what we all want to achieve and it seems you have nailed it. Are you OK with the width?
Hey cheers dude, yeah the width has been fine for us. Although might go wider for the next build so it’s possible to sleep side on rather than length ways.
Congratulations!
Looks great!
Did you ever had any problems with water getting into the camper??
Hey mate! Cheers! Yeah I had some troubles around the windows, not enough sikaflex (waterproofing silcone). Otherwise everything else held up fine.
One of the best diy truck campers I've seen. I'm curious about how you did the cantilever on the over cab portion.
Cheers! I’m making another video that will include some details of the construction and lift mechanism. Will release it in the next few days 🙏
It's a good idea to coat all edges with epoxy so it there are any leaks around windows, the plywood doesn't start to rot. Let the epoxy soak into the edges. You might even want to thin the epoxy a bit to let it soak in.
Hey! I’ve sold the car now but if I were to build one again I’d 100% be taking your advice 🙏
@@dansbuilds What are you future plans? Another vehicle?
@@CHIMBOPDOTCOM good question 🙏. I just brought an old caravan and going to renovate that and make some videos of the build. Also want to build a sauna in the future. Stay tuned!
so cool
Very nice build. I'm in the process of building one for my Tacoma. I have one question, how long is the strut that you use? Can't find one that is longer than 36". Thanks!
Hey mate, thanks! I used a gas strut that was 36" from memory, so that should work fine. Good luck on your build!
@@dansbuilds Thanks for your fast reply. I've been watching your video over and over. I'm also thinking about using 1 inch foam for the roof to save some weights. What's your thoughts on this? BTW do you remember how much pounds the struts are? Thanks again mate.
@@user-zf2rw8ms8c yeah I’m sure that could work too! Whatever materials feel more comfortable to work with 👍🙏
@@dansbuilds Hi mate! Here I am again. Do you remember how much lbs were the gas struts that you used?
Thanks!
@@user-zf2rw8ms8c sorry mate can’t remember!
If you weigh your roof and /4 you should get a rough idea what you need. Better to over engineer it I reckon!
Nice work mate.
What's the "dry" weight?
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How is the canvas attached to the body?
Never weighed it but me and 4 friends managed to lift it on by hand. So guessing roughly 350kg.
The canvas is attached with the ‘poor mans fiberglass’ method. Essentially painters drop cloth and PVA glue. Then finished with house paint 👌.
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v nice
Tooah
@mav I thought this was you at first!
Do you still know for how much kg the gas struts are rated for?
…and if you would replace it, which ones would you choose?
I can't recall the exact amount... I just measured the weight of the roof then divided by 4 (the number of struts)
Then you just get the gas strut suited to that weight. Be sure to take into account any solar/other roof storage in the weight calculation.. I forgot to do this haha
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What was your cost on the build? Nice work!
Cheers Mike 🙏, roughly $4000 Australian dollars, most expensive bit was getting the canvas made up
nice work. how tid you make the canvas?
Got the canvas made by someone, canvas work isn't my strong suit!
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I have a question about the tent canvas, how did you attach it to the lid and the ledge of the camper.
Hey mate I used screws with a plastic washer. As metal sometimes makes canvas perish quicker if it corrodes