Small camper build

     After many years of packing my car full to travel to archery festivals, I decided it's time to build
a small travel trailer. This way I can load up the trailer with gear, have a galley for cooking and a warm place to sleep. Oh yeah, so i can bring more fire wood, the Denton hill shoot was really cold this year and the camp mack shoot is always cold.

      The camper is made to slide on to a 4X8 foot utility trailer. Weight is my biggest factor in the build. It is going to made with pine framing with foam cores and covered with fabric and glue. It is designed with a pop up roof and the left side folds down to in crease the sleeping area. When traveling it can be used with out opening the top or side bunk, (like a couple of hours sleep at a wallmart parking lot).

       Since I don't have a garage it will be built in my basement in pieces over the winter and assembled out side in the spring. The parts will be left and right walls, front wall, roof, galley and floor.

 

right side showing galley an entry door

left side showing fold down bunk and pop up top

 

unfinished boards from old skids that were used in shipping  new
chicken house equipment

ripped and planed boards.They were left to dry out for a month or two,measured and
checked for shrinkage.  

Floor with foam core to add strength, new materials were used
in this part. I for got to rip the boards to a wider width.

top floor showing storage holes. The  covering was trimmed
with a router

front bulk head 

covered in builders paper 

right side

covered in paper 

The inside is covered with old table cloths I had laying around

coated and sealed with acrylic paint with no pigment added

finished interior of the front bulk head.