4x4 Overland Truck Camper Tour | Four Wheel Campers Hawk

this is our 4x4 Overland truck camper my name is Joe from were the Russos and today I am gonna give you a full walkthrough of our pop-up truck camper [Music] this video is sponsored by 4-wheel pop-up campers when we built our Overland truck camper we decided to go with a 2000 Ford f-350 4x4 with the 7.3 liter diesel engine if you didn't notice by our license plate the reason we decided to go with a one ton truck for this setup is because we wanted to capacity to not only carry the camper but also all of the things we bring with us because we are living out of this full-time we decided to go with the crew cab option and because of the extra storage this would afford us in the back right now we're using this as a hanging closet as well as a storage area we're talking about at some point removing the backseat and using this as more of a dedicated storage area but we can still bring three more people in the back if we got rid of all the stuff in there now we are going to be producing a video all about the mods and changes we've made to this truck so stay tuned for that but now let's go into camper and take a look around one thing I like there's a latch to hold the door open this is really handy when it's windy outside so this door doesn't get slammed on you we have our scissor steps that clip right into the camper themselves and here we are this is a 4-wheel pop-up campers Hawk flatbed model this is a as a name suggests a flatbed camper that sits on top of a nor weld all aluminum tray we decided to go with this option because it affords us a lot more room inside as opposed to some of the sliding campers because you don't have to worry about the sides of a truck bed wheel wells or anything else as you saw I could walk right in the side entry there's a lot more storage that we'll get into but let's start with the bed the bed in here is a residential sized full actually it's a little bit bigger than that standard these come with a queen besides extension that you actually pull out it rests on both of these rails but we decided to opt out of that because this bed is more than big enough for the two of us that said they also offer an option for a king bed which comes out to about here and for those who are taller or you don't want to crawl over your significant other when you get up to use the restroom in the middle of night you could actually sleep front to back with that King option now one of our favorite features in this camper which is unique to the flat bed model is the under bed storage there is quite a bit of room in here as you can see we've put a lot of stuff we still have plenty of open room but we love it and one change we made was to add a little push button light when it's dark it's really easy to find stuff in here using this and we also went with stronger struts because on the bed we like to put a mattress topper just makes it so much more comfortable so these struts help keep the bed up with that extra weight now to give you an idea of headspace in here I am 511 and there's more than enough room for me now the bed now there's also plenty of room for me to sleep side to side and we've been in bands for so long I kind of forgot what it was like to sleep in a bed and not have your feet hit the opposite side wall but there's plenty of room here room at my feet for me to stretch out and it's really comfortable alright I got to straighten this out because I'm never one to make a bed that's always Kate's duty and she's gonna kill me because I just screwed up her bed anyway above the bed we have a vent there is an option for an extra fan up there but we really feel like we needed it we have another fan up front above the galley area now you might be wondering what this bar is well when you're sleeping you can actually use it as a little nightstand so I like to stick my phone up here things but the purpose of it is to help you get the top up and down let me show you so to bring it down just pull and the whole roof comes down to get it up push locks into place and that's it now I always sleep on the outside of the bed Kate sleeps on the inside it doesn't really bother me when she has to crawl over me in the middle of the night or in the morning we've just been in vans for so long we've gotten very used to this configuration but as I mentioned if that's not something that you're into you can always get the king option excuse me and sleep front to back so you don't have to worry about that now I mentioned a bathroom yes we have a bathroom in here in here is where they normally install the cassette toilet we had them build the box without the cassette toilet because we bring our own so this is the set fir'd curve we like it because it has a five and a half gallon capacity and we can bolt it into the floor so it's mounted it's not going anywhere it's also nice because if we have to empty it from the outside we can reach in and grab it without having to come into the camper another interesting feature that we've gotten a lot of questions about is yes I can use this when the top is down so the top comes to about here it just clears my head but if you had to you're taller you could squat down a little bit but if we're going down the road you can use a toilet you can access everything in the camper - the storage under the bed the other nice thing is this cushion here is a nice little bench seat it's also a nice step up into the bed but again when the top is down you can sit here and what I like to do is come in make a cup of coffee I can set up all my coffee stuff in here or on this little platform and then we get right back on the road while I'm sitting here let's talk power we have three 120 watt outlets in the camper one is right here by the kitchen we use this for the instant pot all of my coffee making gear and whatnot there's another one down here they're run by a 2000 watt pure sine inverter all of that is powered by 300 amp hour lithium batteries these are made by battleborn and they power everything in this rig and so far we haven't had any power issues I think this is more than we actually need on a daily basis because we have 260 watt solar panels on the roof the batteries are also tied into the truck itself so we're charging when we're going down the road and when we're camps in place long term and we have good sunlight we have an external 120 watt solar panel so we get more than enough energy coming back into these bad boys down here are the brains of the operation in this cabinet we have the red arc manager 30 this manages all power management in the camper behind net there is a 20 gallon freshwater tank in the tray itself we also have an auxilary 43 litre water tank a lot of people have asked if we have a pass-through into the truck we do not all we have is this window with a privacy curtain one thing that we installed are these L tracks we've put this in various places around the camper they're cool because there are all sorts of attachments for them and we're using bungee cords various things to keep things attached while we're going down a bumpy road there's a storage cabinet here now one thing I don't like about this is with the optional cushion you can't open this without moving the cushion out of the way now this area down here is a nice big storage area under the sink it also gives you easy access to the water pump should that go out you also have access to the hot water heater as well as all the water lines and fittings so when you need to empty the tank or winterize you can do that all through here there's another storage cabinet right here I put all my coffee gear and the nice thing about this is it's actually quite deep so you can fit a lot in there this is the control for our water pump it also shows our freshwater tank level which is currently empty because it's been freezing here and we had to winterize the rig this is the control for the hot water heater the control for the gas furnace if you're wondering what the little minion bend hate is on there I did this because what's really cool about this control we've done a lot of camping and freezing temperatures and when you're in bed you can crank this up all the way keep the camper and then when you're ready to fall asleep all I have to do is look over and I just move this to the mark that I set there and that's what we leave it at for our nighttime temperature to keep the camper warm while we're sleeping the heat itself comes out down here there's a simple little vent that you can turn around to kind of aim the air and it does a fairly good job this keeps the camper toasty warm above the controls we have a drawer nice sized and it also gets latched in here so it can't come out while we're going down the road this is the control panel for the red arc if I scroll through it'll show me my battery charge how much solar shore power or engine power is coming into the system how many amps are coming in or going out so if we turn on a bunch of loads in the camper we can actually see that through the system and it will give us an estimate as to how long we can run all of that with our current battery setup and then there's just a general menu condensation can be an issue in any camper more so when you have a pop-top the reason for this is the people inside are breathing producing water vapor if I'm making coffee and boiling water that produces a lot of humidity so to help combat that we installed this little monitor by Eva dry it shows the percentage humidity as well as the temperature in here so we can watch to see when the humidity in here is getting a little high if it does we have this mini dehumidifier also by Eva dry we can either plug it into the 120 outlet or 12 volt outlet and just run that to help bring the humidity level down everyone's been asking if we brought our Berkey along yes we did get stored under the dinette when we want to use it we just lift it put it up on the sink or somewhere else in the camper for the kitchen itself we got the flush mounted sink and two burner gas stove below the stove we have an 85 liter isotherm refrigerator has plenty of room for all of our stuff as well as a small freezer and one of the reasons we decided not to go with a larger frigerator is because we really like this storage underneath the fridge we keep some of our cast iron in here along with various food items and whatnot so this is nice to have the more storage you can have in a small space the better all right let's move to the other side of the camper kind of feel like this is the kitchen area and this is the living room I know it's not much but it's ours so this is the dinette perfect for having dinner we use it a lot for working we love the fact this table can move back and forth especially if you're sitting there it's much easier to get out the table will also go up and down or you can remove the table completely one of the reasons to remove the table completely is that you can take it out put it down here as a base slide the cushions in and now you have another bed one nice thing about this bed is it's just as long as the full-size bed we have plus you can use it when the top is down so if for some you can't put the top up you can still sleep here in a dinette or if you're bringing friends or family along have them sleep here personally I'd put them outside in a tent but that's just me that said when the tables out you can also use this area as a shower up above these little black hooks all around that's where you attach a shower curtain that black hook is where you attach the the shower nozzle hose whatever you want to call it and that gets plugged in down here so that's the hot cold water outlet you just twist it to kind of set your temperature and then this down here is the water basin so all of the water kind of funnels down you stick the curtain underneath that little step there and it goes right into the grey tank on both sides of the dinette you have these windows they are partially covered but you can still stick stuff back here for a little extra storage the windows open they all have these curtains big window in the back I apologize it's a bit dirty but we've been doing a lot of driving lately again curtains that go across you have velcro so that they clip together and it actually keeps quite a bit of light out so that's never really a concern for us underneath both the sides of the dinette so by lifting up the cushion I access a big storage area here underneath I put all my clothes and everything here Kate uses the other side another nice thing about having a flat bed model is this goes all the way down to the floor so as you can see I haven't even filled it up there's plenty of space in there down below we've installed L tracks here this is where we hold our bure key so what we do is when we're driving because there's a drain here just in case the Berkey spills water will go into the drain it sits up here and we have a bungee cord that comes around to hold it in place I also put my coffee grinder here over here Maurel tracks as you can see we're just randomly hanging things coming a little further back here is where our 12-volt outlet is we have two USB outlets this will show our battery voltage 120 outlet all the exterior and one interior light and then this is the on/off switch for the 2000 watt pure sine inverter which I actually forgot to show you so lift this up again the 2001 inverter is right there there are a couple more things to show you in the camper before we continue outside for lighting inside of the camper there are four of these LED light strips you just tap them to go on and then to make them brighter or dimmer you just hold your finger on them around the camper we have the thermal pack this is an extra layer of insulation to really help in the cold or heat to access the windows just pull that down and this is the outer material there are four windows around the camper pull this down you can now see outside and there's this clear plastic here to keep any air from coming in if you do want a breeze pull that down and now you have a bug screen to keep the bugs out but you get the breeze in one thing we've noticed with these windows and the top in general is we've been in a few thunderstorms and so far we haven't had any water or that coming in we found this as long as you put these up you kind of seal this well you won't get any water coming in that's not to say it can't happen it just hasn't happened us yet coming outside we've got a screen door another curtain for the window on the door one feature we really like about the flatbed camper is that the entry door is on the side rather than in the back the reason for that is we can tow things or I can bring my motorcycle along and still be able to get in and out of the camper without any blockages that said there are two ways there actually three ways for us to get in this camper first are these stairs these just extend out push in we clip them in and then when we're not using them we throw them in the truck the other is we can just step on onto the tire into the camper or we have this giant beer can opener looking thing slides into the tray there's actually a couple of spots over here next to the door but we can use this as a stirrup step to get into the camper the nice thing about this is if we are in a parking lot or someplace where we can't extend the stairs all the way we can just throw this on and easily get in and out of the camper we have dual propane tanks those are both located in here up here we had these steps mounted so that if we ever need to we can get up onto the roof but more than anything we use these to let's say hang a wet towel or something else to stay dry if you wanted to you could hang a hammock from here over to a tree along the top we have a Fiamma manual crank awning LED lights and then this little nice little outdoor light this is great more park somewhere at night this light doesn't attract the bugs but it's enough for us to see our keys to get in the door if we wanted to take the camper off there are mounts on four points of the camper for us to put Jax to bring it off with that said since we don't have the jacks we decided to mount this optional rack on the back right now we're not using it for anything but a lot of people put on spare fuel cans max tracks or other gear back here that they don't necessarily want in the camper or in the cabin we also opted for two floodlights on the back of the camper these are great if you have to back in somewhere at night and you need the extra light or if you're out in the forest and you want to see what's around you and they're so nice I actually wish we had put some on the side of the camper as well maybe in a future update to the camper we do we will be making another video in the future about all the mods and upgrades we've decided to make to this camper so stay tuned for that on the driver side we have another LED strip this is where we can hook up our city water or fill our 20 gallon freshwater tank back here is actually the fill for a forty three liter auxilary tank that's underneath the camper Shore power vent for the fridge there's also a secondary fan back here that you can turn on so if you're camping in really hot weather this fan will help circulate air to keep the frigerator cooler behind here is the hot water heater furnace outlet for an outdoor shower and this is the gray water for the shower itself now we have a little bag that we can set up I think it holds about five gallons with a hose you just attach to this and all the gray water goes into that bag and then you can dump it out we've also built a permanent gray water tank for the sink itself let me show you that so I designed and built a grey water tank that runs from front to back underneath this flat bed what I used was a long length of 4-inch ABS pipe with some fittings to fit a blade valve on here nice thing with this blade valve is it has a cover so I can attach a hose to run to a sewer connection but again this runs from front to back the sink drains down through the camper and the tray there's a hole there and it's been working really well it's nice for full timers like us so we don't have to set up an outside grey tank whenever we want to use the sink we've mounted the camper on a nor weld tray this is their seven-foot deluxe weekender with the boxes so all of these boxes are mounted to the underside of the tray you can move them around or remove them if you have to they all have locks on them with covers to keep the dust out they'll have seals around the edges and then this one is a smaller one because we have our fuel fill back here on this side this is a bit larger this is where I keep all of our camping supplies and water hose that sort of thing now my favorite feature of the tray is this slide-out storage this is where we keep our 120 watt portable solar panel along with a lot of other camping gear the Norwell tray itself has LED lighting built into it that they've wired into our truck now a lot of people have asked why the camper is kind of built this way and why there's this extra lip here the camper was originally designed for a bit of a shorter tray they also have a longer model that would sit further back some people have mounted their camper further back to put a storage box between the cab of the truck in the camper we decided to leave it this way one reason is just to keep things shorter overall but also we like having this as a step so what Kate does is when she's climbing up to latch the roof she steps up here and then puts her foot here so she can latch the roof well it may look a little strange it's really useful for us on the passenger side there's another storage box there on the rear and another storage box here the nor weld is an all aluminum tray which means weight is a lot less than some of the steel trays out there I mentioned earlier there is a 43 litre auxilary water tank that is back here underneath the tray the outlet for that is right here so that is it for the walk through starting price on is just under $30,000 and options go up from there if you would like to see all of the options we chose and the features of this Overland truck camper head over to our website at where the Russos dot-com thank you guys so much if you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up subscribe if you haven't already and head over to Instagram and find us there Kate's been trying to build that audience as much as possible we've got some cool stuff going over there at we're the Russos thank you guys so much bye

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Length: 24min 53sec (1493 seconds)

Published: Wed May 13 2020