On Jan 22, 3:06 pm, wrote:
On Jan 22, 12:42 am, Frogwatch wrote:



On Jan 21, 11:17 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:

"Frogwatch" wrote in message

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Looked at slide in campers this past weekend and found there is really
nothing available for my Nissan (at least for what I will pay). I
have been looking over the Glen-L site (homebuilt boat and camper
plans and such) and have decided to build the "Importer" because it is
less weight than my payload capacity.
Since well before getting married (since Fall of 1976) have been
camping with my wife in tents. We have gone through three different
tents and I am simply tired of setting it up every time we want to
stay overnight somewhere. I also want a hard sided shelter for areas
with bears, cougars etc. In my younger days, I had run-ins with both
while camping and have the still torn up pack to show for it. Trying
to lie deathly still (sleeping without a tent) while a bear keeps
walking right beside me and then proceeds to tear up a stump by my
head really ruined my sleep one night.
A camper may be like sleeping on our sailboat, yes, its primitive but
is luxurious by comparison to sleeping on the ground in the tent.
Am going to go for simple and basic, not even any cooking stuff aboard
or even running water or toilet (thats what god made trees for). Hope
to finish in just 4 months but am prob wrong. Hopefully, my boat
building experience will be helpful.
Of course this conflicts with many other projects. Cant start till
the dog fence is done. Still working on the Tolman enclosure. Trying
to put Lazy Jacks on the sailboat. Want to sail to the Bahamas. Work
has to fit in there somewhere.

4 Wheel Popup campers are great. I think they make them for your truck,
they make for the Tacoma. Aluminum frame and the top pops up quickly. My
Son in law has one and likes it. Likes my Palominorv Bronco B-800 better,
but is a little bigger and better laid out.
They are selling them outside the state of Calif now. Sacramento Bee used
to have ads for used ones. Probably Craigslist better now.http://www.fourwheelcampers.com/

You could probably make one if handy with a mig welder and spool gun.

Will prob get the cap very soon. I had one for my old Nissan and used
it to haul all my boat junk around. I'd hate to sleep in it though.
Tents have been very good to me and since 1976 have not gotten wet in
one. My wife and I estimate we used our Eureka Timberline tent
roughly 400 times once for 90 days straight. When kids came along we
went to a 4 person Eureka and now to an 8 person Eureka. With only
one child left camping with us we wil go back to either a small tent
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I like camping in a tent. With the air mattresses they have now, it's
great!

Its funny but my 12 yr old daughter ndoes not want running water in
the camper cuz that wouldnt b e her idea of roughing it. I justb dont
want the bother of it.