$300 ULTIMATE DIY Truck Camping Setup! Simple Design + Budget Friendly

what's up guys and welcome back to the channel today we are actually doing a do-it-yourself truck build camping setup for the back of our truck gonna go take some measurements and then we are gonna head to the home depot and buy the supplies [Music] we are here at the home depot we got the truck build all planned out mapped out so we are here to actually pick up the lumber excited on this one right this is uh 23 30 seconds inch should be pretty good this is going to be the platform where we sleep on so this is going on top of the frame [Music] okay start the platform boards now we're just gonna go get them cut because we don't have a table saw at home so we're gonna get these cut to size and go from there all right guys we got the platforms cut right here a little scrap here we'll use for the drawers and other things like that so getting closer now we're going to get like the supports the legs the two by fours whatever we decide to use there so checking the straightness that one's pretty warped let's try again we're looking for our two bottom runners right now [Music] that's good yeah that one will work [Music] staple gun staples what size of staples are those they are that size all right i'm gonna get some in this carpet it's gonna go on the platforms i think we can get away with just one of these looks like it'll fit perfect so hopefully these are heavy duty enough they'll be good good okay [Music] all right guys we got all the materials here we are back from the home depot and we are ready to start building this thing first step is going to be cutting these this 2x4 down into our legs so that's where we're going to start and let's go do it [Music] [Music] so this is kind of our system we just got one two three legs we got this on top so our flat piece of thick plywood will sit on top of this and then we're gonna put another one of these in the middle and on the other side so that's the update and going good so far all right guys so we got these three platforms built um we are going to add some supports to the back on each side and then put some carpet on the top platform and then attach that to this so that's kind of the tentative plan for now we got these three free-floating platforms these two actually won't be free-floating they're gonna be together but we're getting closer we'll throw the top on and go from there we're not quite to this stage but we're just gonna throw this in and just see if we're on the right track here because we probably are gonna have to do some custom cuts to go around some of these corners so we're just gonna have to cut this corner like notch it around so we can slide it as close to this as well we'll also have to do it to that side up there that'll be nicole's job because she's the artistic one what do you think doing a quick test make sure it's gonna work looks like it's fully supportive and we're on the right track now if i can get off without collapsing it let's see yeah it's not screwed at all it's just resting just don't put your fingers below it could be a disaster oh you're good [Laughter] you made it about to find out how good nicole is i don't know if i'm that guy that guesstimation i have to do a second round [Music] oh it's a fish all right nice work yeah this [Music] we're pretty centered are we yeah we're close looks good looks pretty good so we're going to put some carpet on this just so no slivers and things like that when we're in here but yeah that's awesome exciting getting closer okay we got the carpet laid out on the tops and we're just going to lay the carpet on top and staple all four corners with about an inch and a half on each side left over so we can tuck those underneath and stretch it all tight and staple the bottom underneath so let's get going all right guys got them in perfect fit we're still going to carpet this one but nicole carpeted this one and we're going to screw this one down but we're going to leave this one detachable so when we're not using this side we'll take it put it on top of here that way we can put e-bikes coolers all sorts of stuff right here in this section because we'll have the whole truck bed whole half of the truck bed and then here we're gonna have our drawer so we're actually probably gonna call it a night and then i'm heading out shed hunting in the morning and nicole's probably gonna build this drawer and carpet this and this thing will be done so really close and pretty pumped this thing's going to be sweet [Music] [Music] okay guys it's the next day skyler's gone today but i'm going to finish up this truck build and the next step is to put carpet on the other panel so i'll set the phone up you guys can watch me get that done [Music] all right we got that carpeted and now it's time to see if it's still going to fit i'm a little bit worried because the carpet had that extra thickness where they layer over the sides so it's going to be really tight so we're going to give this a go and see if we can get it to fit all right that's a perfect fit we have it in here nice and snug there's no extra space it's a perfect fit so the frame is done now it's time to do the drawer and this could be a little more tricky because we're building them completely out of our scrap material so i'm gonna have to make a plan and see if i can design something that's going to work so let's get it these are all just scraps from the two panels that go on the top so we have two wide ones and two skinny ones so i'm thinking be able to use these as the sides of the drawer and we'll use those fat ones as the face and maybe the bottom i'm going to take one of these scrap pieces one of these skinny ones cut it directly in half this will be the side of the drawer and then we'll take these two fatter pieces and make the bottom with that and the drawer face we should have just the right amount to make that happen so let's get it [Music] just got our drawer pieces cut out with the jigsaw let's get this thing put together [Music] we got this thing about done just have to put on the face and the handle and it's done let's hope it fits [Music] [Music] [Music] it's officially done it probably took us maybe five hours and we did this very simple with as minimal number as minimal building as possible to make this as easy and as lightweight as possible but also functional for what we need this is going to be our ultimate truck camping setup we're going to be taking this all over the country doing outdoor adventures hunting fishing hiking who knows what we'll end up doing but this is going to save us a lot of money in hotels and uncomfortable nights having to pitch the tent at one in the morning or something like that but we'll get a little mattress pop it in and we'll be good to go okay so we have the platform which is just plywood wrapped carpet around it this piece is secured this piece is not we want to be able to lift this piece off set it here so we can store bikes coolers anything like that that we just need more space so this one can come off move out of the way give us the full height of the truck and then here we have our drawer which is where we'll store all of our camping gear the little knickknacks we need to keep organized and yeah it's pretty simple but very functional we made sure to not use excessive wood underneath we wanted the platform to be as low to the wheel wells as possible so we had as much room overhead as possible here's the drawer go ahead and push this in there we go and it's closed just like that we'll put a little handle on this bad boy i have to order one on amazon we need a handle that can flip down and not stick out into the tailgate so that's it so we're going to be taking this bad boy all over the place for our adventures if you guys want to see more of where we're going to take it subscribe to the channel and leave a comment tell us if you think you have different ideas add-ons we'll probably end up adding some things around the windows to for privacy 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Channel: SKYNIC HUNTING

Views: 66,342

Keywords: Truck camping, Camping, truck build, sleeping system, truck drawers, truck drawer system, truck camping system, DIY truck build, DIY truck camping setup, Skynic hunting, travel, explore, adventure, hunting, mobile camping, DIY, truck bed storage, truck bed living

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Length: 14min 4sec (844 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 07 2022