Short Bed Truck Camper Diy

Low and behold this lil taco was for sale an hour and a half south on the border of georgia and north carolina.

Short bed truck camper diy. Just add up the rear of your vehicle by installing a wooden bed that will provide built in underside drawers storing all your gadgets and gears. This youtube video has all the information you need. A day and a half later owen and i became the proud new owners of the. Build this truck bed camper by spending less than 400.

It supports a wet weight of 1 827 pounds 1 8 tonnes with standard features loaded. After a quick internet search we decided that we wanted to look for a toyota tacoma with a bed camper shell. I d like it to stay light on the tires but 1000 in aluminum framing is completely out of the question. You mainly need plywood for this project.

My full custom homemade truck camper is done. How to build a lightweight truck camper. A diy truck bed camper is the best option for those travelers who don t want to pitch a tent or drive a huge trailer. I did not want to.

Follow the instructions a truck with a camper on the back does not come cheap. This camping truck will make you enjoy a lot more life adventures. How to build a truck camper from start to finish. In that case consider turning your pickup truck bed into a diy truck bed camper cabinet to enjoy a mini camper van experience.

Using the 1 2 gaps in my plastic bedliner slide the sheet of plywood into the appropriate groove and then screw the short 2 4 braces into the plywood. The short bed truck camper is compatible with most full size truck beds. Interior dimensions of 6 foot 6 inches width and a height of 6 foot 9 inches there is a decent amount of room for all your personal effects and sleeping arrangements. How to build a truck bed camper for under 400.

In this truck camper build series video i will show you the inside and the outside of my homemade truck camper. Finally measure the length of your truck bed cut a 2 2 to that length. For myself the pop up slide in camper i built for my 2003 short bed tacoma prerunner is going to be doing a lot of off roading to fossil digs and rockhounding sites. I built this truck camper in 10 days.

Here are the tools supplies needed for this project on amazon. Be sure to subscribe to see our new videos. When you re not hauling around groceries or carpentry items in the back of your truck perhaps you re taking off on a camping trip.