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I see plenty of slide-in truck campers that are driven with the tailgate down and extending out. I think people remove the tailgate so they can access the spare tire underneath

I like the kit for the tent that allows you to put in the woodburning stove. I'm not sure I would do the buddy heater inside the tent, but they did have a diesel heater in the pictures. I wonder if the quality is similar to a rooftop tent. We got a couple years of use with a rooftop tent on a...

Don't have experience with the Flated, but it would be challenging to build out and you wouldn't have that nice roof top fan which you really need in the summer. I wonder if the Flated would count as an air bag with the roll bar...lol.

My design is full parametric so I could get pretty close to the slate bed cap if that's what you want. I just know from experience the extra headroom is important for camping.

I have a nose over design as well that would work for the Slate, and the slide is optional. I was just trying to brainstorm some ways to make the 5ft bed work, while staying lightweight and aerodynamic. Attached a pic of nose over on a ford maverick.

If I could have afforded a high quality fifth wheel, a reliable truck to pull it, and a place at the house to store it I'd have one as well.

aluminum, composites, fiberglass and plywood all have very similar strength to weight ratios. Plywood has a bad name because of poor building practices in the RV industry. It must be sealed correctly like a house and then it can last longer than the truck. Plywood is the cheapest of all the...

Just want to emphasize, if you can pull of tents by all means make it happen. I know the tent vs. RV is always going to be a debate. This is just my own personal experience as a tent camper before marriage/kids. It got challenging for our family camp trips, but I have seen families pull it off...

I'm a big fan of the tri-fold memory foam mattresses you can get in multiple sizes on Amazon.

just do a google search on issues with truck bed tents....might as well just do ground tents. I've done ground tents quite a bit and where they get challenging is with families. We like to do big summer camp trips where you camp at multiple destinations on the way and pack/set up times become...

hydraulic jacks are heavy and expensive. then you will have 4-6 truck clamps to undo as well. If you go to my website I do have the option to add 2 inch receivers in the outer shell which can be used with some of the newer truck camper jacks that can clear the wider wheel wells.

Access to the hitch mostly, but you could do a single shell with my nose over model. I was thinking mostly about aerodynamics/truck caps with this design since mileage is important with an EV.

Thanks for the kind words! Speaking of the Slate SUV kit..... I have one of those bedryder seating systems in my f350. I love those seats. I wonder if that could be a cheaper option on the Slate. Then you would be covered which is a legal requirement to sit in the bed of a truck. On top of that...

You can leave the tailgate down and drive with the slide out to the end of the tailgate. I'll figure out a way to lock it in. Also was thinking you could remove entire slide in and maybe have a fabric door of sorts for covered hauling, or just remove shell with a friend (outer shell is under...

Would love some feedback on a hard sided camper design I created for the Slate truck. In the spirit of keeping prices low, I’m using all CNC cut engineered plywood that weighs around 250lbs for the outer shell and slide out. I highly recommend sealing the shell system with an ⅛ in coating of...