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10-29-2019, 06:54 PM
I give you the popup-camper-truck, or I think that's what you would call it. Tacky but clever to be sure, but I think I'd fold the popup tent down before driving.
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10-29-2019, 07:02 PM
I like it! I assume he has a forklift to get it up there. Hopefully they are not using water tanks and top heavy stuff, but as a big roof tent ready to sleep 6, and on a budget, I think it would work great!
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10-29-2019, 11:40 PM
Maximum points for creativity and making it work.. but I get vertigo just looking at it. Id be scared I would roll out of the mesh windows while sleeping.

I call dibs on sleeping in the cab.

Where the heck is the slide tho!!??

Kinda looks like the rig is bowing down in the middle.
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10-30-2019, 05:10 AM
Watch the first step in the morning while holding your coffee cup !
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10-30-2019, 06:50 AM
I'd pay $20k for it
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10-30-2019, 08:45 AM
Hardscrabble innovation at work, making do with what ya got when ya ain't got much.

When assembling my rig I mentally toyed with all types of combinations of flatbed truck and domicile, including this one but never on top of a ladder rack. However, that solves the orientation issue of a pop up camper on a flatbed.


Poor man's 1999 F450 Truck Camper Build
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10-30-2019, 09:18 AM
My family had a 1960's Eldorado truck camper with a tall over the cab area that had enough room for sitting on a couch that was there with big windows and an intercom. It had to be close to 12' tall. This is close to being only the second two story camper I've seen on the road! Sure solves the problem of your tent camper blowing away in high wind as I've had that happen with me in it! Now if Harbor Freight only sold lifts that went that high!
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10-30-2019, 02:33 PM
It is an interesting idea, and one could make it look better, but I'm thinking of a fold-up/fold-down porch thing with a fold-out ladder stair situation to wherewith an awning on the popup one has a nice shaded veranda with an awesome view. You can buy used flatbed trucks like this, cheap, diesel, all over the place, and used popup trailer campers are affordable too. I know where there is a nice older Jayco, always garaged, in mint shape, rooftop A/C for $500 cash right now.

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