Another camper top sleeping platform design!
10-29-2006, 01:40 PM
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Another camper top sleeping platform design!
Yeah, I know this has been covered but I thought I would share anyway! I've seen this design built before so I gave it a shot saturday morning and went camping over the weekend. It works awesome! It took me about an hour to build and the total cost was about $60 bucks from Lowes. I had the fouton mattress already. I built it out of 2x10's, a combo of nails and wood scews and 2 peices of 4x8x3/4" plywood. Let me know if anybody has any specific questions about it. Enjoy!
I purchased a small fan/light from Walmart that wedged perfectly in the camper window for proper circulation with the door closed. It was very worth $8 bucks and worked like a charm! Ready to snooze!
The cheap fouton mattress that I had folded in half so I didn't have to set all my gear and coolers on top of it while in transit.
Roadtrip, here we come!
I purchased a small fan/light from Walmart that wedged perfectly in the camper window for proper circulation with the door closed. It was very worth $8 bucks and worked like a charm! Ready to snooze!
The cheap fouton mattress that I had folded in half so I didn't have to set all my gear and coolers on top of it while in transit.
Roadtrip, here we come!
10-30-2006, 05:24 AM
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Sweet! I have a set up just like that. I have slightly different support underneath the plywood though. I made a big wooden "H" and it sometimes falls apart while driving up super bumpy roads. I keep fixing it, but should probably make something a little more sturdy.
Could you care to show what's going on under the plywood? Do you just have the 3 2x10's nailed straight to the plywood or is there some kind of cross support?
Could you care to show what's going on under the plywood? Do you just have the 3 2x10's nailed straight to the plywood or is there some kind of cross support?
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10-30-2006, 09:50 AM
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no not $60 Iwish! more like $300 plus labor and wood for rebuild, waterproofer,misc hardwear,,, sooo total rebuild price like $500 still beats the original $1500.
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10-30-2006, 11:27 AM
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regarding your under platform design, are all of those compartments pretty much wasted space or do you have an easy way to access them (w/o pulling out the futon)?
10-30-2006, 05:17 PM
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I used to have a 95 pickup that i made a deck in with hinges and lids not quite as cool as BajaTaco but stil super functional. Though ˟˟˟˟ was sometimes hard to get too but it was worth while with the topper in place it was ideal.
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wmflyfisher, were you happy with the headroom? I had a platform similar to that but it was too close to the roof. No where to hang out in bad weather.
My solution was to have a half length shelf in the front of the bed. During transit we would pile the sleepin bags, etc up on the shelf. At night we'd stretch the mattresses/bags out and throw the extra gear in the cab. Then we could sit in the back of the bed and have a "table" to cook on, play cards, etc and store things on. Slept with our legs under the shelf.
I've been through a bunch of different designs over the years in different rigs, wish I had pictures. Best was a full size chevy with high rise topper. You could build a small condo in that thing.
My solution was to have a half length shelf in the front of the bed. During transit we would pile the sleepin bags, etc up on the shelf. At night we'd stretch the mattresses/bags out and throw the extra gear in the cab. Then we could sit in the back of the bed and have a "table" to cook on, play cards, etc and store things on. Slept with our legs under the shelf.
I've been through a bunch of different designs over the years in different rigs, wish I had pictures. Best was a full size chevy with high rise topper. You could build a small condo in that thing.
02-02-2007, 10:34 AM
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wmflyfisher, were you happy with the headroom? I had a platform similar to that but it was too close to the roof. No where to hang out in bad weather.
My solution was to have a half length shelf in the front of the bed. During transit we would pile the sleepin bags, etc up on the shelf. At night we'd stretch the mattresses/bags out and throw the extra gear in the cab. Then we could sit in the back of the bed and have a "table" to cook on, play cards, etc and store things on. Slept with our legs under the shelf.
I've been through a bunch of different designs over the years in different rigs, wish I had pictures. Best was a full size chevy with high rise topper. You could build a small condo in that thing.
My solution was to have a half length shelf in the front of the bed. During transit we would pile the sleepin bags, etc up on the shelf. At night we'd stretch the mattresses/bags out and throw the extra gear in the cab. Then we could sit in the back of the bed and have a "table" to cook on, play cards, etc and store things on. Slept with our legs under the shelf.
I've been through a bunch of different designs over the years in different rigs, wish I had pictures. Best was a full size chevy with high rise topper. You could build a small condo in that thing.
02-02-2007, 04:42 PM
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Looks nice man. I like it...simple yet effective. I might be doing something similar to my 4runner soon.
As for the flip packs, here is my dads. Its great down in Baja, very lightweight and opens up easy. Not to mention offroading with it is like theres nothing back there...
As for the flip packs, here is my dads. Its great down in Baja, very lightweight and opens up easy. Not to mention offroading with it is like theres nothing back there...
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know how much one of those fouton mattresses are? I plan to do this but dont know what to do with my subs, I need music, i plan on doing a side mounted one but dont have money for it right now
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