Now here’s an idea !!!

[GPW]

5’ X 8’ … the picture says everything … many possibilities …

Just “another” way of making a camper … !!!

[GPW]

Don’t have to worry about wood rot … Just Rust !!!

[GPW]

  OK … I know !!! It isn’t pretty !!! But goes with my Boat eh ??? hahahahahahahaha

[aggie79]

GPW,

I've seen a couple of similar examples here on the forum, but I can't recall their names. (There goes that memory "issue" again.) None of these, however, had a trailer with steel walls and floor though.

I guess you could go full on redneck with the design, and use the aft portion of a pickup truck for the base!

[GPW]

Oh !!! Great Idea A79 !!!
Actually we’ve been looking at a similar trailer right down the street abandoned in the woods for the past 20 years … the back of a Pickup with a camper top on … Too far gone now for a “restoration” … But I’ve “ thought “ of it many times ... Bet a trip to the junkyard would yield trailer parts in short order … a "Quickee camper” ... Although somewhat “ratty” on the outside , the inside could be finished quite nicely … Just an optional idea for someone with no building skills and a limited budget … Anything is possible here huh ???

[twisted lines]

Just an optional idea for someone with no building skills and a limited budget … Anything is possible here huh ???

You talking to me

[GPW]

Perhaps eh Twisted ‘ … Think how nice it would be to have a real Tailgate , a bumper , and built in tail lights and License plate holder … …
Having done a Number of “Kustom Van” conversions many years ago , it would be an easy matter to put a luxury interior inside … Just a PU truck cab … Easy to insulate , carpet and decorate to suit…

Would be pretty easy to go crazy and make something really Cool with a little sweat equity and not too many bucks … and you could paint it to match the TV …

We’d have to get a better Boat …

[twisted lines]

If I had only seen this before I cluttered my shop! I could have just started with the only other trailer I ever built. I guess this means I am already on two, but thinking of three!

Kinda close eh

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[GPW]

Well then , there you go !!!

[GPW]

Anybody ever try taking a pickup truck bed and removing the heavy rear suspension , and modify it to be more “trailer friendly” ? Theoretically you could install a “trailer axle “ of proper weight. Any idea what an empty Pickup bed weighs anyway … ? I see the Fiberglass camper tops are Cool looking but HEAVY ( mine sure is ) … The Aluminum ones seem pretty light especially without too many Windows. ( as shown above ^ )
The more I think about this the more practical it sounds …

Doesn’t somebody make an Aluminum PU truck bed … Ford ???

[bobhenry]

Pickup bed is about #400 I took my rust bucket one off of my 65 ford pickup so I could later install one that was in better shape. We went to the scrap steel dealer and he picked the load of steel we had on with the magnet. I probably should have told him we had unbolted the bed before driving in but the look on the crane operators face was priceless. That little 240 6 cylinder 3 on the tree would smoke tires real neat after the bed was removed

[GPW]

Thanks Bob , Funny story !!!

Found it , more pics … https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... o_ssfy_www

[Modstock]

I was interested in these at one time before getting our teardrop.

But was thinking of using one of those tops from the 90's that had a real rear door instead of the tailgate.


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[GPW]

Just sayin’ , it seems like this is a realistic "Quick and Dirty" camper style , and there’s so many ways to pop one together … I’d think depending what you can find … ( read: “Salvage” ) Door’s a really cool idea too ,but I can cook on a tailgate , and have before … sorta like a fold-down Galley so to speak … What ever you need , you can do !!! Probably pretty cheap too if you shop around …

During the week you can haul stuff around … Slide tools in > work trailer … slide camping gear in > camper trailer …. Multitasking … JUST an Idea !!!

May ( or may not ) be pretty but still beats a Tent eh ? …

[GPW]

The one in the woods … just a bit too far gone eh ??