Snuzie Cube

[DrewsBrews]

Unfortunately the disassembly was rather destructive. So I burned that bridge for myself. In the end I don't have the time to invest that much work into this project anymore. Too many other things need attention.

I ordered a tent from Benehike, but dispite it appearing to be a California based company (and supposedly shipping form Cali) the charge went direct to a Chinese company. I received no further communication for weeks after the initial order so I had to dispute the charge.

I ended up ordering a TentBox Lite XL shipped direct from Amazon. Looks like they are a UK company and are heavily pushing the product over there. They offer other accessories like a cold weather liner that has me scratching my chin (The wife might go for that). The tent arrived today, but freezing rain this evening so I covered the box with a tarp for now. I'll mount it to some cross bars over the truck bed so we can get familiar with it this spring while building up the trailer.

I found Menards carries 1/4" UV stable HDPE in 4'x8' sheets (white or black) for a very reasonable price. 10lb lighter than an 1/2" ACX sheet. I think I'll build up a metal skeleton over the trailer frame to rivet or screw plastic sheet sections to. As long as the steel is painted there should be little issue with water ingress compared to wood products. Not ultralite construction, but the tent is only ~165lb and I have 1400lb total spring capacity to play with. I've towed aprox that weight from Cinci to Denver and back with a 1.5l so I know the worst of it. https://i.imgur.com/GEZjdZc.jpg

[DrewsBrews]

I mounted the tent over the truck bed temporarily to be sure we don't miss out on any camping oportunities for now.

It is a 6ft wide one. So at least I'll be gaining an additional foot of mattress width compared to the original camper idea. Comes with a nice n firm 2" foam mattress that stays inside when folded. Should be able to fit a topper if needed too.

One pet pieve of mine with tents is how much light they let in. Not this one.. Appears to be completely opaque on this overcast day. It is an absolute cave! Will be a hotbox in full sun though. Win some, lose some.

[S. Heisley]

The nice thing about the way this is set up is that you still have room under the tent floor and support boards to store your kitchen supplies, etc. Good thinking!

[DrewsBrews]

Testing old gear and trying out new stuff on the way to being ready for this season: https://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=76731

Had a day warm enough to pull the tent out and have the wife climb in and out. As I suspected she didn't like the height and I'd need to help her with the transition between the tent and ladder (in and out). Oah well hopefully this is temporary. On the trailer it would be only a couple feet drop.

The cross bars bow and feel bouncy with the tent on em even though it is just over half their weight rating. I plan to reinforce them with some steel square tube.