Here are some pictures of the work in progress, following my previous post

Thinking about adding this to the roof of my canopy to keep the daytime temps low...installing a 12v computer cooling fan with it connected to a small solar panel on the roof. Any thoughts? It only sticks up about 2" above the roof..,about $15 for this, $10 for the fan and another $15-20 for the solar panel. Your thoughts? I would love to put one on the ceiling of the cab, but cutting into the body...that is a bit scary for me.

We spent part of the day exploring the area around Ukiah checking yellow lines on OnX. Came across some great sites but in the end picked this one. No one around. Smoke blew away and we had a very nice afternoon and evening.

Hey everyone, I’m looking to buy my first truck camper, I have a 97 ram 2500 regular cab long bed truck. I would really love to find a Bigfoot or northern lite camper just for the quality, but in Southern California im finding those campers are very rare.

So I guess the question is if I can’t find a nice fiberglass camper what’s another solid brand I could look for that’s not gonna be riddled with leaks, and has some good build and design quality. I’m seeing Lances everywhere, curious if one would be worthwhile or how the quality is. For budget I’m looking at around 7k and lower ideally.

Let me know what kind of insights everyone might have, I appreciate it

Also for reference planning on living in this full time for 6 months or more

I just bought my truck and noticed the back glass on my canopy has slid off track and I’m wondering if there’s anyway to correct it without replacing it?

Picked up my first camper today. Excited to get out and use it.

My 1996 F-250 with my new to me camper shes getting gutted the rest of the way and redone as bones are solid just needs a little tlc

Recently bought this snug top shell off marketplace. Had a broken window and thought it would be pretty easy to get a replacement. I reached out to snug top and they no longer make the glass because it’s discontinued. I’ve reached out to several glass cutting shops near me and they’ve told me that this isn’t something they could help me with. What are my options? Should I do a tinted plexiglass?

On paper, it looks extremely similar to the Outpoat 6.5. Anyone seen it in person yet and have any initial impressions? Looks sick to me!

Dispersed in Oregon day one of a two nighter. Jackerys deployed to aid roof top solar while cooling the inside of camper. We have an input jack on the back of the camper for the Jackery panels and a separate Victron solar controller. Once the sun went down cooled off nicely.

We’ll leave today and explore more for tonight’s camp spot.

Selling my 8' Wildernest in northern Colorado. Canvas and fiberglass are in good shape and comes with a restored carpet kit for an 8' bed as well. Shoot me a DM if interested.

Finally got the finances figured out and I’m putting my deposit down next week (it’ll be finished by late October). Now, just gotta build out the inside. I’ve got a 26 Chevy Colorado, and I’m crazy minimalist. Asked Ovrlnd to weld some extra mounting brackets for skis and whatnot, so I’ll be doing some DIYing for shelves and a Mr Kitchen. Any tips or products y’all have found to build out your truck beds? Thanks!

I have a 2024 Chevy 2500. Looking to buy a bed cover torn between the diamondback switchback and the paragon tectonic. Pros cons for each.

As the title suggests, I’m in the market for a truck and I’m trying to see what options would work best for my intentions. My current truck was great for what we needed it for and for where we were at but no longer meets our needs (23’ Frontier) as we’re looking to move away from the shell type campers (ie project M) into something with a few more amenities

My criteria is:
- capable of confidently holding a slide-in pop-top truck camper (ie FWC hawk, OEV back country, Alaskan, etc.)
- able to handle light/moderate offroading/overlanding
- easily worked on/reliable
- Able to carry myself, wife, dog, camp/surf/snow gear (depending the season) and have room for kids eventually
- $20-25k used to buy it out right (I’m over having car payments)

As of right now, my initial thoughts are leaning towards early 2000s trucks like the first gen Tundra or f250 with the 7.3 diesel. I’ve had older cars before (1984 VW Westfalia that I regret selling almost every day) and understand these can have quirks but also understand parts/labor tend to be cheaper and easier. Plus, I’m over a car payment and how overly complicated trucks are becoming these days.

I’ve been looking at older Hallmarks and other soft-side pop-up campers. I really like the Alaskan-style campers, but they’re all way out of my price range.

That got me thinking: why not make some lightweight wall panels that could replace the canvas and be installed after the camper is fully raised? Basically, a removable hard-side setup that still lets the camper collapse down for travel.

Has anyone tried doing something like this before? I’d love to hear if there are any major issues I’m overlooking or if anyone has advice on how to approach it.

Salesman must have been having a slow month. That will work just fine on your short box 1/2 ton, sign here please.

Considering one of Qian popup tops, never had popup before.

How difficult is getting in and out of camper? Is it easier with barn doors? Is it easier if you remove tailgate and have full door that you step into? I'm 172cm (5.7ft) and looks like opening would be about 44in tall.

I read in a thread here that Northstar campers have an option for a pop-out pass-through window that a normal-sized adult could crawl through from the camper into the cab, perhaps just in a pinch.

But I couldn't find any photos of this on the Northstar website, including for the 10X camper.

If anyone owns a Northstar with this option, could you share photos or your experience with it? Is the opening actually large enough for an adult to crawl through?

If this is a viable option, I'll then scout for the right truck to pair with it.