Real camper mods

So I'm thinking - remove bed from crewmax.
Add on fiberglass camper shell from a dolphin or whatever. Full time camper. Anyone done this?

 

Doesn’t look like it would fit

 

You’ll need 2 Dolphin camper cabs to cover the back of your truck. And some blocks to set it up high enough to clear the cab of the truck. I’m sure it would look awesome.

 

Its a lot cheaper to buy a slide in camper or a travel trailer.

 

The new tacozilla in that road and track article got me thinking, is all.. probably much quicker to buy a camper, but to make one of these for less than 200k, it's the best I could come up with

 

I say you should do it…..

 

I second this

 

If you want to remove the bed, then I would consider installing a flatbed (there are some very cool options out there now, ie sherptek.com, highway products), and then for camping consider the purchase of a flatbed camper (many options for these too).

You can buy a flatbed that is slightly longer and wider then stack while still at around the same weight as the stock bed, and you can then purchase a lightweight flatbed camper to mount on top of the flatbed. If you consider this configuration, you can still have pickup truck when you have work needs (short sides can be removed/installed as needed, like a stakebed), and then mount the flatbed camper to the truck when you want to camp. If $ is no object, then consider the above.

A reduced-cost option to above is a hard-shell-cab-over-camper-shell. I personally would like to go this way as it's one of the least expensive and lightest options. Tradesman (all aluminum) used to make these, but I understand has shut down due to covid.

https://www.tundras.com/posts/2763448
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Bel-air camper shells makes camper shells as well and those are aluminum-clad wood structure builds.

Moonlander is pretty cool, and I understand they are considering a cab-over for 2023 (who knows if that will happen).

I think if you do any of the above, you will be within GVWR.

All of the above would be light-weight alternatives and give you added flexibility as compared to the perm fiberglass intall route.