Truck camper home build

The camper went back on the truck today. My goal for the day was to get the tie downs worked out. It went well. The levers are right up against the walls so I cut some hose scraps to act as a shield against damage to the wood sides. I didn't get pics of that but I will later.

We've got some snow coming tonight so I think it'll stay on the truck for a while. Maybe we'll get some road testing done over the next few days.

Looks awesome on the truck!!! Have you tried any ‘flexing’ positions to check clearance between the cab and camper?
Also how about a shot with the top down in driving mode.

Great work!
Chris

Edited by Bike_Mech, 02 January 2021 - 12:36 AM.

Not yet Chris. I will be driving with it on the truck in the next few days. The truck is not really set up for 4 wheeling. We do travel on BLM and forest service roads but nothing too crazy. So we hope clearance won't be an issue for us. Stay tuned though because I'll do a trip report of its maiden voyage on my winter trek to AZ.

The road test went well. No movement of the camper on the flatbed. No sway like with a full size truck camper. Braking distance was good.
The truck with camper scaled at 9080 lbs. Unloaded weight is 7630 lbs. Camper weight is 1450 lbs. I'm happy with that weight.

We've had gorgeous weather here for a few days so I took advantage of the time get this double window trimmed out.

Next the Mrs is going to stitch up some curtains for us.

The first road trip where we actually use the camper will be over easter. We'll have a 10hr round trip ride to CT. If all goes well, we're thinking about a trip out to NM.

After 6000 miles and three weeks of living in the camper, it survived. We were comfortable and dry and everything worked out great. There's a few things we want to tweak but overall were real happy with the camper.

Driving on flat land and with a tail wind we got the same mpgs as unloaded and in hilly country or with a cross wind we lost about a mpg off normal. This was a big gain from hauling the full size Lance.