It is your responsibility to make sure that any do-it-yourself modification project you undertake is safe, effective, and legal for your situation. It is not really difficult with proper planning.ĭisclaimer: The modifications above are submitted by Truck Camper Magazine readers. In my opinion, the skill level of this modification is hard. The mod took me three months part-time and cost me $1,400. I actually still have a couple of empty boxes and it eliminated the back seat storage in my truck.Ĭross rails and cap tubes (ALRO prime stock) – $368įlat deck aluminum (salvaged from FedEx delivery truck) – $75 It has turned out absolutely fantastic! I now have room for my inflatable kayak, compressor, generator, bike supplies, handyman tools, and the camper lifts. I used boat trailer LED taillights and LED backup lights. Again, a lot of forethought went into this mod. I utilized a neighbor’s sheet metal brake to reform the doors. The lowers are 12-inch to clear emergency brake cables and allow room for the generator. I used 8-foot upper boxes that are 16-inches wide. They called me back and recommended I use the provided tie-down locations. I had called Palomino for a layout drawing of the position of their cross rails. I used 1/2-inch by 8-inch carriage bolts with 3×3 1/4-inch washers on the camper floor. Note: You will spend a lot of time determining where to position the mounting holes including where to start them, where they will wind up inside the camper, and finally still have access to the fastening nuts on the bottom side of the vehicle. Once the camper was in position, I used a 36-inch 1/4-inch pilot drill from under the truck and drilled up through the cross rails and through the floor of the camper. I made a nest to locate the camper on the deck from tapered 2x2x24-inch wood. The flat deck is made from six shelves from a FedEx delivery truck. A hole was drilled through the tank mounting brackets for fill and vent hoses. The 35-gallon aluminum diesel boat tank was reworked to fit in the frame rails and reduced to 22-gallons. The cross rails are bolted to the truck frame with 1/2-inch by 4-inch carriage bolts. The cross rails are six 1/8-inch wall 1-1/2-inch by 2-1/2-inch by 72-inch T-6061 aluminum tubes with 1/4-inch brackets welded for mounting the tube covering the cross rail ends and the upper and lower boxes. Hopefully, the following will help you in your endeavor.Īs you will soon see, this is a budget-minded build utilizing aluminum prime and remnant stock, repurposing used and salvaged materials, and a fuel tank from a boat. This mod was done because of the lack of storage for prolonged travel. Click here for information about the 2022 Mod Contest, including how to enter. At the end of the month, we’ll hold a reader vote to determine February’s winner. One Mega Mod will be published in every Email Alert in February. Welcome to the sixth entry in February’s Mega Mod Contest.
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