My slide-in truck camper based on a design from Glen-L is nearing
completion. This project has taken far longer than expected and has
not been as much fun as I expected. For awhile I was trying to build
the framing to boat building standards until I realized this was a
waste of epoxy. The Glen-L design is from the late 70s and you have
to do some re-thinking for newer materials but seems to work.
The metal siding was more expensive than I expected. I used actual RV
siding from an RV siding company and cutting it was a serious PITA
resulting in some wicked looking edges. Fortunately, trim has covered
my most serious flaws. Unfortunately, there are a few places where my
saber saw slipped and the blade punctured the skin where trim does not
cover it but I will try to seal these with epoxy and touch-up paint.
The windows will be installed this weekend and then the outside will
be finished. Then the fun starts because my wife insists on doing the
interior her way. This will mean endlessly looking at samples of
fabric and linoleum till I am ready to pick something at random.
Originally, I thought the camper would be ready for our annual
pilgrimage to Wyoming because the bears mountain lions and now wolves
have become a problem for campers. There was a story yesterday about
a family camping near Cody being attacked by a mountain lion.