It was wonderful watching your children being engaged as well.

Thanks for the great hard to find videos on this type of project. I enjoyed watching your young helpers bouncing around. Happy camping.

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. They enjoyed helping.

Good job man. Great looking shell. Waterproof and decent room. Hope you and your kids have a ball making memories

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

Well its waterproof now. lol. was a bit of sealing to do but thanks. I'm sure we will make lots of memories. And share a few here on this channel.

Nice I enjoyed watching

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I enjoyed building it. And still am

Lucky thing you did this build before the prices of lumber went sky high 👏

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

You are a hundred percent right there. My cost video would be much different.

excellent! and you work so FAST!

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

Why thank you. Its a great work out. lol

That's a lot of work. I myself am to lazy, so I bought a 1997 Sun Lite pop up truck camper. Has AC, 3 burner stove, sink, 22 gallon fresh water tank. Toilet, and black water tank, outside shower , 2 beds, one is the dinette. I installed solar, so it is self contained. Total cost, $2835. Weight wet, 1,815.

$1200.00 for the LInex? I just spit my coffee out. That's insane for that small amount of spray.

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

I get it. It's not cheap. But it's also not a crazy amount due to the fact that they color matched. And getting a truck bed done professionally isn't that much different. I could have saved a fortune doing this myself. But until I get my new home this summer, I have nowhere to do this sort of work. PS. Hopefully your keyboard isn't ruined from all the coffee. Lol.

@makeyourownadventure8639

3 жыл бұрын

@@RecceCampers Ahhhh Ha....The color match. Didnt realize that. I can understand the price tag now. Key board is good brother. LOL

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

@@makeyourownadventure8639 I will still be attempting to do it myself on the next one to save a few bucks.

Very interested in this build. Looking at plans to build my own half ton slide in camper

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

Nice. I wish you luck if you do. It's a fun project overall. Feel free to share some pics if you ever do.

@williamallen5369

3 жыл бұрын

@@RecceCampers thank you. I have a titan as well so working with a limited payload design light weight as well, and build out if possible later.

It turn out nice. But with all that labor, time and the cost of material , I would of just bought a real nice used one off of craigslist or maybe even new for $1700. Do you have any ideal what the weight is on it?

Hey the line x looks great , but at that cost , did you ever consider just using truck bed liner !? You could have got a kit for $99 at canadian tire and just brushed / rolled it on yourself . I’ve used the ez liner brand in the spray can to do my truck rims , grille , inside the bottom of my boat , boat anchors , the stuff really holds up and is super durable , and at 1/12th the cost of the line x !

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

Nice. Yeah. It wasn't cheap. But they had me sold at the finished product. And only time will tell if it was worth it. The stuff at Canadian Tire got some mixed reviews. And some bad images of how it sticks to wood. I would love to try it out myself. I might spray my pull out kitchen with it just for fun. Thanks for the idea.

looks really good. glad I stumbled across your videos. I'm been thinking about a camper build myself. One thing I was wondering: did you consider ripping down the 2x4 material to save some weight? I'm guessing it would still be strong enough?

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

I started with 2x4 for strength. Being my first build for a camper I didn't want to take chances. I searched online to see if anyone else has done this with wood. And every time I found someone they never finished the camper. So I stuck with 2x4s. After finishing the frame and doing some work on the roof I realized how strong it was. My guess is that I could do it completely with 2x2s and it would still be plenty strong. I don't plan on taking anything out for weight purposes since this is more of a prototype that I plan to rebuild later. But yes. I think what I did is overkill and would not us the same materials next time. And there will be a next time for sure on the next truck.

@momobadilak

3 жыл бұрын

@@RecceCampers cool thanks for the details. it definitely looks super strong. I did a bit of back of the envelop math, and I'm guessing it might have been

Hey man, thanks for the cost breakdown as promised. not as costly as I was anticipating. what a Great turn out! Quick question. I know you didn't include labor cost because it's obviously DIY. But... If you were to build this exact setup for someone else. with all the work and effort you put in, making this all by yourself. besides line x of course. How much would you charge to build something very similar all over again for someone else willing to pay you? I am NOT saying I want you to build me one. I'm just always curious about how people measure dollars to their hard work. If you wanna add the labor from your beautiful kids, that cool too lol. cheers

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

Not a problem. My next video should have a link to a website I am creating that shows the price of everything I'm using for this build. The cost was just for shell itself. But honestly. I don't think I'd charge a ton. The shell only took me around a day to build. Being as I am not a professional by any means. I could see charging a few hundred bucks above the cost of material for the days work. That's more or less to cover the cost of equipment. And just to ensure I'm not losing money doing the job. As per labour from my kids. I don't even think I can afford that part. Lol

@williamsealy8781

3 жыл бұрын

I def would have done a roll on diy bedliner for 900+ less on this build. Good job with it.

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamsealy8781 yeah. I'll be doing a bit of that on other parts to get some practice.

Poor mans fiberglass may have been lighter

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

That would be interesting to find out. I have a lot of builds in my future and with friends looking for fiberglass builds I would have to be crazy not to try. I could even do a weight comparison once I have my new set up in my new home next year. Would be a fun experiment.

@outlawfarms6961

3 жыл бұрын

@@RecceCampers wish we could post pictures in the comments

@RecceCampers

3 жыл бұрын

@@outlawfarms6961 Yeah. That would be neat.

What kind of mpg loss do you get with it?

@RecceCampers

Жыл бұрын

I honestly don't know. Way better mpg then when I haul my travel trailer. It's not that heavy.

Way too much money on spray all that could just bought camper shell then added to it

$900+usd!? You could have sprayed it yourself inside a 10’x10’ canopy $120Can, $400 spray kit, PPE. Could of, such of but it truly isn’t DIY

@RecceCampers

Жыл бұрын

I had never done it and didn't know much about the kits till later. If I did it again I would spray it myself just to save time. I love that they did the color match. You can't win them all.