I'd coat that thing in fiberglass to create a strong exterior shell.

Hi handsome ❤. I have a perfect addition to your truck camper. Cover it with landscaping fabric (weed blocker,black fabric) and titebond 2. Ratio is 3 parts glue / 2 part water. Then roll it ontop of the 2inch insulation butter and then apply landscape weed blocker , finally add another coat of glue. Good to go. God bless you. Im going to learn from your channel and project. ❤

Look up “poor man’s fiberglass” uses canvas and type 2 titebond wood glue. Can be sanded and painted. People are making camper trailers with it. Strong and fairly cheap hardcoating.

Use Poor Man's Fiberglass to cover the foam. PMF is basically water repellent wood glue and canvas. Check it out.

The fan set-up is brilliant, great move and with that remote start, sweet.

Best camper ive seen yet. Good job

I would have never thought about using an inner tube. Very cool!

@bowtiebrothers1458

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The credit goes to my pops on that one.

I want to thank you again for doing something unique there so many people get a regular pickup camper shell and think they're Geniuses because they put a bed in it or whatever the heck it is you are creating something that could be phenomenal from just from the standpoint in cold weather and even hot weather keep the heat out so God bless you for sharing this and doing it you're too many people actually do nothing on the internet and had nothing to discussion so for those people who want to poo poo this idea screw you because with little development and like I said the hillbilly fiberglass and all that this could be a viable way of doing things thanks again

Love the bike tube gasket!

Brilliant idea with the fan

Use outdoor modge podge and a paper or fabric of your choice to put on the outside of the foam board.

You might consider adding a small wedge shape to the front of the camper (above the cab) to aid in aerodynamics.

this setup works good did the same to our Chrysler Minnie van but wrapped it with smooth tin added 2ft up

Genius! Well done!

So cool I’ve thought about this for my tacoma, but make it able to be broken down, I never thought about the bike tube!

You can skin it with epoxy over a bedsheets. Cheaper and easier than fiberglass. Will make look great and make it super strong

Cool idea! You should consider gluing canvas cloth on formboard and painting with acrylic paint. Makes a super hard shell. Like your idea. Might steal it.... Happy camping!

Look up "sawfish kayak" for how to cover that foam for protection from wind, hail, and road debris. Build a wind deflector for the front using the same idea, and you'll get your MPGs back and be able to throw kayaks on the roof

Would love to see how this turned out. I'll be creating one in the next few weeks

Thanks for posting!

Ever think of doing the poor man’s fiberglass technique? Heavily spread wood glue on foam board then use canvas sheets on wet glue then more heavy glue on canvas sheets again it all saturates and seals then dries into a very hard shell thenbyou paint with acrylic paint and it becomes very strong and very insulated. There is a sanding process you can do before painting . But the whole thing helps smooth out and round off edges so adds a bit of aerodynamic quality. And is lighter than a truck cap. You can also use plywood that sandwiches foam board for more rigidity then do glue and canvas and glue technique. With practice it can turn out pretty good and much much cheaper than overpriced caps and campers

Outstanding!!!

Good start but...I'd skin it with thin sheets of aluminum or as others have suggested "poor man's fiberglass". Go to a metal shop and have them bend a sheet to span the roof and come down the sides. Two sheets with some overlap would do the job. Seal the seams and screw it to your 2x4 joists. Add more insulation inside between the joists and then finish the inside with tongue and groove paneling. Cut off that extension beyond the bed and add a roof rack or some attachment points up top. Make your own awning by attaching a tarp to the roof and staking it out with some supports...that will keep you dry out back to cook or hang out...if it were mine anyway.

Although you never made it to the hiking trip, you travelled quite a distance in your learning curve. You've made a simple, relatively inexpensive shelter, and if it meets your criteria then that's all that matters.

I like this idea. A lot of times these caps are too heavy to move around by yourself, but this one would be easy to move around. I also like Joseph DuPont and acme511's idea of the hillbilly fiberglass. If you do this, you will not have to use duct tape for the seams or disassemble when done.

@bowtiebrothers1458

4 жыл бұрын

Any idea on how much weight you think the "hillbilly fiberglass" would add?

@TheWoodHaven

4 жыл бұрын

@@bowtiebrothers1458 my guess would be less than 20 lbs.

I wanted to see the build! And you can build out the ft section to improve aerodynamics

Did that last on the highway... and how often did you get pulled over by the mto....

Hi handsome. Great channel product review

I used rubber tubes 50 years ago…. The tubes were 6 in by 50in…. Full length of the glass…. Able to pass threw window : cords, heater cord. My Lab was able to crawl thru too👍👍 B Deacon Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦…. ?? Is their a door above tailgate?

Have you looked into hillbilly fiberglass using either closer or screening or something and latex paint or or sometimes glue it was straight and strengthen the thing up. I love the design discipline Simplicity of it I wanted to do something like that with my Ford Ranger but I want to taper it down and make it more streamlined and extend the tail out I have one of those luggage carriers in the back I'll have to move my license plate on the luggage carrier and put extra lights back there but I think reducing the drag and making it so I can flip it up a little bit as a ten when I want to my not be bad. I also found a seat it's from a Town & Country Chrysler with the second row seat it'll fit in my Ford Ranger and actually fold down fold over the seat that's there's a total waste that allow me to go to the window and get in the back anyhow thank you for your great your great video on that that camper shell

A nice set up I'm going with phone myself I'm going to put some photocells on top 2 and I might just use reflectors to optimize the photocells to the conditions of the sun I don't know yet I got a long way to go and I have all kinds of responsibilities around my house is so it's just a dream but God bless you for doing what you're doing. You might use that hillbilly fiberglass we can just get tarp material and use white latex paint or whatever it's Lou whatever you put it on there and we'll kind of holds everything together and actually reinforce it and the only problem I have is backing out I'm thinking about getting some remote TV cameras or something so I can see what the hell I'm doing and trying to back there's a blind spot when you're making a left hand turn from cars coming from the right. I have a go scuse me a Ford Ranger so mine's going to be a little smaller and I hope to taper it right down and extend the tailgate down and so I'll pick up some bed length and I'll have a door there that I flip up to get in and then I hope to take the window out and I like your seal with a bicycle seal so I can go through the window and enter the back from the cabin the other thing I found is that there's a Town & Country 2nd row seat that you can get for it's a Chrysler and it folds right over so I'm going to replace my front seat of my Ford Ranger and take that out and put this and then I can fold the front seat right down and pick up a lot of space the front seat now can go to about a hundred a 45 degree angle that said it's useless so doesn't help you sleep and it does help you do anything when I put that stat seat that illegal to climb through the window unfortunately I only have the XL model I don't have the extra room in the back I put lockers on the rear end so I'll have better traction and I'm getting some big big tires to put on there and so I should have better ground clearance I should have better traction so I can get to my junk land in Texas if you ever want some places you can camp I've landed Holbrook and up and Beryl Utah Holbrook is in Arizona and I still have 140 acres in hudspeth County which I'm trying to get to him there's a road to it but it's rough

Nice foamie. Put twin air mattress in there and should make nice off -the-ground-camping. Necessity is the Mother of invention! Amazing what people can make with the pink foam! Next try close off the back end somehow?

I like this! I was thinking about something similar, using coroplast for the outside, for looks and an added layer with minimal weight. Your build seems too light somehow. How has it held up?

I needed that.

if you wrap it in fiber glass its still cheap but it'll be way stronger / moisture resistant

Why didn't you use solid panels all around , instead of piecing/doweling it together,weakening the sides?

Sweet..paint it with rhino liner that's a cool idea with the foam

@JohnSmith-xx1lx

3 жыл бұрын

Too hot, go with fiberglass.

did you hook up the stop light on top .

Close the back down around the open tailgate with a door. Should look better and more room. Also fiberglass it too! Looks useable though.

You can coat it with poor mans fiberglass

Add a curve or wedge over the can and you'll be more aerodynamic

I plan to make a truck bed frame with pvc and wall it with this stuff or some cheap laminate

If you throw a canvas tarp over the top and tie it down good, it should work fairly well. Left as it is, I would worry a little about it coming apart going down the road. The tarp would hold it together and keep that from happening.

@114wildfire

4 жыл бұрын

Poor mans fiberglass

Whats the update on this?

What'd you spend on this? Definitely doing it once i get my truck on the road

Titbond glue and canvas that bad boy finish with exterior paint

I'd make it even bigger by putting a roof rack on top of your cab and extending it further forward. You could also make it a little more aerodynamic too.

Now you just need to lay fiberglass. To finish it up.

How does it perform in the heat? I'm going to cover the outside of my teardrop camper with Reflectix. I have high hopes in keeping it 20 degrees cooler in the direct sunlight.

@artsteadman2230

2 жыл бұрын

Read the Reflectix website before assuming anything. It's stated by Reflectix, when properly installed, it requires a 3/4" air gap AND accompanying fiberglass batts to achieve optimum insulation. Without the air gap & fiberglass insulation you'll have a paltry 1.6 R-Value at most

@johnle231

2 жыл бұрын

@@artsteadman2230 If he has the reflectix as the outer skin, then the outside would be the air gap

Using this foam product has become fairly common and when assembled and glued properly is durable. I suspect the dowels are overkill. Gluing with Gorilla glue is probably all you need (lots of this type of project on KZread). Nice job. This material can be painted with latex paint.

You can use fiberglass screen and some gripper primer

The internal ratchet strap attachment is very interesting, however; I believe the omission of a base plate to tie in the rafters @ bottom was a design flaw.

Also you could build up a a storage compartment in the front and just have a whole she can reach in and put clothes up there and I use that that foam in a can to smooth it all out and they showed her how to do that and cut down your dragon pick up a little with a very little weight and and pick up some aerodynamics

Now just need to glass it. Then on the inside instead of 2x use 1x and glass it. Through a roof vent and close off the back

Look up poor man's fiberglass... and add a curved or wedge cab over...

Wow, looks fantastic pink and all. Sorry you never made it

"Where's my finger. oh there we go!" words i hope not to utter

A good Drivit man could make this look good with a rasp, mesh, hawk & trowel, and some type of bonding agent other than concrete.

Sweet !!

You also need to have the 3rd brake light lol

Nice job! How did this work out camping? I am planning something similar, except I want to make it a single unit with a full foam bottom too.

@bowtiebrothers1458

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I didn't have a chance to take it camping yet. I did a leak down test and the pre-cut seams in the foam panels let water inside. :-/ I am going to fill the pre-cut seams with liquid nails for the first 4 in. That should solve the problem.

@jameswalters9311

5 жыл бұрын

@@bowtiebrothers1458 you should check out www.tnttt.com and go into the "foamies forum" most those guys are using gorilla glue

@bowtiebrothers1458

5 жыл бұрын

@@jameswalters9311 thanks for the tip! I will have to check it out.

I would think you will wrap it in PMF at least then you don't need to worry about the pink color or the duck tape. Once you mentioned the problem with the pink color and duct tape, i realized you're not planning on PMF or painting it. If you wrap it in PMF they won't even know it is pink foam underneath. Also you will add strength by PMF over the foam.

@SVMSICE

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the ignorance but what is PMF? Edit*** was having a hard time on Google with this. 3 videos in on KZread I finally heard it stands for Poor Man’s Fiberglass. I’m a poor man and I can’t wait to give this a try now!

@stevemorissette5080

3 ай бұрын

Do you put pmf on foam the same way you do it on wood?

You doing all that work you should have went over the roof and rounded it off in the front then you would have had some storage and better economy

Poor man’s fiberglass and some paint

A friend asked me to build a collapsible one because she does child rescue in the Arizona desert. Any ideas?

@pen25

3 жыл бұрын

Hard cap. And scissor lift to raise and insert panels for the sides

good

Loved the idea but foam board is too expensive so I used card board with wishes and dreams to hold it together. Side note if it rains alot where you live dont use cardboard :-)

@truckcampertraveler7369

5 жыл бұрын

hahahahhahahahahahaahah try news paper for insolation

barrowing idea my ranger 90 a4ld hates towing this would save mpg and weight

How’s it holding up ?

@bowtiebrothers1458

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly it's been in storage. It's dissembled into pieces until I have time to revisit the project..

great job look in to poor mans fiborglass L do somthing close

Are you using it or just for KZread

I don't know man. kinda sketchy . I'd put a sheet of plywood on top of the wheel wells. it would provide storage underneath . Then you could have a larger mattress . I'd be worried about the cops pulling me over.

chevy owners...nuff said.

Now just cover it using light 8 or 10oz canvas drop cloths using Glidden Gripper to bond it. This is called Poor Man's Fiberglass many videos about it. Then you'll be able to jump on the the top.

What ever happened with this? Did you do more? $hit can it? follow up....

You could also beef up that connection with shish kabob wooden sticks their very very strong put them in that an angle and then you can always turn them off anyway you want but I think that might be another way of connecting the foam up and spreading the load around. Once again I really love your setup here and I'm going to try and incorporate some of this on my Ford Ranger. I was thinking that you could use some of the shish kabob sticks on angles 45° angles coated with the glue I guess what I do at sticking down most of the way and then take him out and then pour some glue down here and drive them down again and that would definitely increase the or spread out the stress of the dowels that you have which is a great idea but look into this hillbilly fiberglass and they they either use the tarp the cloth tarp that you can get and you paint it down and it connects everything up and we'll hide everything and then you can paint it white and reflect the reflect the Heat or you know you going to have half one side black and one side white and then depending on which way the Sunshine from in the winter time even when you're Park you put the the black side at at the against the against the Sun during the winter time and then in the summertime he has a white side facing the sun in fact if you put a thin layer of a thin layer of clear clear acrylic on one on one side you could that you can aim towards the sun you can put something about a half inch spacers and put the polka what to two or three holes and on the top of the bottom left it let the sun heat up the the area for you always plug up the holes depending how you cut it out on an angle anyway it's a great project you did hope to see more on how it turned out or how you we find it but look into that to hillbilly fiberglass which uses either either fiberglass

@josephdupont

5 жыл бұрын

How about putting a little motorcycle battery in there and keep it charged when it is getting electricity and then you can run run the fans independent how's the car

Well done ❤John 3,16 ❤

Do some more creative thinking! Not constructed robust enough if you travel very far, you underestimate the power of the wind on it when traveling. You might get bye with no damage for short distances but long distance would shred it! Shalom!

... other than saying that there was a complete lack of foresight, i'll keep my comments to myself ; )

Is that a joke?

I like the idea, but 😲 you know this is just awful.

Get a good sleeping bag, and you can avoid all of this work. There are sleeping bags rated for negative 50 and colder.

@johnle231

2 жыл бұрын

@kevin s protects against rain too?

@davefletch3063

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to eat and cook and do other things in a sleeping bag

Cool idea but a good used high top topper costs about the same as this build (Thanks biden 🤬).

@ravenfeather7087

2 жыл бұрын

Classic non-thinking Republican - never anything positive. Biden? At least he's not a traitor.

@rogerlbl7316

2 жыл бұрын

@@ravenfeather7087 Non-Thinking Republican?.... Obviously you don't live in the United States currently or you are deaf and blind 😆🤣😂

@orcoastgreenman

Жыл бұрын

@@ravenfeather7087- not a traitor?!? Care to revisit which of our recent presidents is an ACTUAL traitor and international influnce peddling fraudster?

@garym51124

2 ай бұрын

​@ravenfeather7087 lol what a douche. Ohhh no he hurt my feelingss

You should really think this through before you damage someone else's vehicle as it blows a part going down the high way or even kills someone.

This is dumb.

Is this a Joke ?

@MarcillaSmith

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Chevy is a joke

@johnle231

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarcillaSmith not in the 90s and 2000s

I bet the gals like it. Not!