FMTV Overland Camper 2 0
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- This is a short video of pictures detailing the recent transfer of our DIY overland camper box from a Stewart and Stevenson M1078 truck to a larger capacity (5 ton) six wheel M1083.
This is a follow up to our original camper build video ...
• Building Our M1078 Ove...
Lord knows how many times I’ve rewatched your first video. Glad to see another with some more in depth explanation. Super informative
Thank you tobster!
I just bought a 1083, and I'm contemplating the camper situation. Thanks for the useful and informative video. And the music in your last video is alot better than that of many CZcams vids. The crap that passes for music these days...
I was surprised that you used OSB rather than a Composite Aluminum Foam Sandwich build. It would have made it a lot lighter. Riley and Courtney (Ambition Strikes) build their Overland truck camper by gluing together their Foam and Aluminum Siding boards and built their entire camper with minimum aluminum framing.
Love this build as I'm designing an Edpedition camper of my own and found yours. The bed extended out of the rear is what caught my eye as I'm going to incorpporate one into mine. Only I want to have a hydraulic tommy lift gate that I will convert into a motorcycle rail & lift that will raise the bike up under the bed and will carry it there in the raised position with hinged end walls to keep the dust off it.
And that side entry step build is most impressive. Makes it look a lot safer for entry.
Great job Rob.
Love this, and your just a few hours away. I have been dreaming about doing one of these, and agree wholeheartedly with the move to the big platform. Much more stable off-road too.
Thanks !
Feel free to play music... lol! It was great meeting you, both at my house and at yours. Someday, I'll finish that video. Great looking graphics on the new truck. Can't wait to drive out and see you again, or see you pull in next year at the event.
Awesome!! So cool to see it moved onto the longer truck!
Post some trips with this thing! Don't leave us hanging lol
Thanks for the note. You're right ... I should post some sort of follow up. We are just wrapping up a three month, four thousand mile trip from our home in Washington ... through Oregon, Nevada and California. I will see what I can put together ....
@@robanderson6423 AMEN, by the way was the truck itself super expensive or a pretty decent price lol
Im glad I saw link to this video on the LMTV forum, just in time, I have midsize snowcat that I want to build camper for it too. Hope you wont mind I will bug your with questions later this fall. Thank you! Ruslan.
Awesome build
Looks nice, looking to do one myself in about 10 years. Got life issues to correct for now but by then I should be ready.
Love the build! I do think the 1083 is a better choice! Congratulations on a beautiful build!
Just awesomeness! Well done Rob
Thank you!
well done!
I plan on getting a truck like this or building one. Taking it out to the New Mexico mountains with some high end cameras and stream live through star link trying to view UFO activity. Which is extremely common in New Mexico.
This build looks great. I have a question regarding the new chassis. Does the extra axle limit where you can go off road by much?
Thanks for the note. Thus far the extra axle has had no limiting effect. That said my off reading lately has been mostly around Nevada's dry lake beds. Not exactly Rock crawling!
Absolutely fantastic good luck to you
Looks great. I’d love to build a FMTV Overland camper like this. The one thing I don’t see anyone doing with these and I don’t know if there’s a specific reason or not, is building a over the cab sleeping area that extends out like on most Ford Class C RV’s. That’s what I would do if I built one to give me more room inside. I’m not sure if you can’t do something like that because of the air intake and exhaust or if it’s just something nobody has done. Regardless your build is great. Very nice work.👍
It could be done .... but it would require some major engineering/fabrication to accommodate the fact that to access the engine, the cab pivots forward.
@@robanderson6423 ahhh, I didn’t think about that. A self contained camper box mounted on some sort of sliding rails that could be rolled back to allow the cab to flip forward might work but like you said it would take a lot of engineering.
Can youplease provide more detail on how the camper body was secured down to the subframe? That's the part I'm trying to work out right now...
Thanks for taking the time and showing us the work you did it looks great. I also have a Stewart & Stevenson working on and one of my largest concerns is insurance. Who are you using for insurance and how tough is it to get?
How do you like the new truck? You mentioned your previous truck sagged a bit in the back, did you experience any body roll or anything else with the first truck? The reason I ask is that I'm struggling with this exact decision as I look for a truck. Meaning 2 axle vs 3 axle. Seems there's always trade offs with everything. Thanks for sharing. Very nice trucks and really enjoy your fabrication photos.
Thanks for the question. As things have worked out I am very happy with the 6 x 6 M1083. I particularly like having the
"fast axles" that it came with. That said, if I were doing this all over again, I think I would probably stay with the 4 x 4 M1078 as a platform. Being a bit more nimble definitely has a certain attraction to me at this point. At almost 26K lbs if you need assistance, getting the M1083 out of trouble is that much more difficult (read expensive) So if I had to do it again, I would build a lighter box on the M1078 platform (with fast axles). I would also be sure to invest in a healthy bank of lithium batteries and a robust solar array. Hope that is helpful.
What’s making the habitat so heavy? The OSB? It looks like some air bags would have helped the rear a bit.
great job!
Very cool!!
Beautiful build, love the story and your notes :)
For someone who's about to pull the trigger and get an LMTV for overlanding...
Would you recommend to start with the M1078/81/83?
Thank you!
Hi Avi ... thanks for the note and kind words. That is a really hard question. Honestly if the camper hadn't turned out so heavy, I would have been happy to stay with the M1078. It is just a bit more nimble (if that is possible) than the 6x6 M1083. That said, I really like having the amount of space we have inside the camper box. I suppose if I had it all to do over again. I would design a camper that utilized the roof lift system and make it as light as possible to fit on the M1078 standard 12' bed. Good luck with your truck adventures.
I thought I had read someplace that the 1083 was only 2ft longer than the 1078, ergo your extensions on it I'm guessing. I'd love to see more details on the interior, like how you did wiring, plumbing, etc. And do. you wish you had not extended the back with the 45 degree cut on the bottom? Would also be interested in knowing roughly how much you spent putting it together. Been looking at these silly monsters myself thinking of doing the same thing, but I don't have a nice shop like you do so that would be a hinderance.......... Oh... and have you ever seen one of the 1078s with the radio box on the back and if so do you think that would make for a good starting template as I think I saw one person do. Thank. you for uploading your video.
The camper build is detailed in my first video "Building our M1078 Overland Camper". Cost is totally dependent on each build ... but you can figure you'll spend over $50K if you build the box yourself. Every build is different.
I’m curious, if you had to build a new box would you use the same materials or would you use foam sandwich panels?
Wondering something
Wow awesome build! Really enjoyed the first 3 video. I am really considering building myself one but not as long. You can answer this or if you choose not to I understand but how much did it cost to build, repair this?
Thanks for the comment. The cost is totally going to depend on your build and the truck platform you chose. You can pretty much plan on spending at least $50K .... it goes up from there based on electronics, solar, box build, etc..
I love the 6x6 version! Any “guesstimate” on your box’s weight ready to camp?
Thanks for the note. My guesstimate is around 5300 lbs.
DID YOU SELL THE OLD TRUCK? I AM LOOKING BIDDING ON AUCTION SITE NOW GREAT JOB BY THE WAY VERY PROFESSIONAL
Thanks for the note ... the truck has been sold.
What was the size of the habit? Total length and to the departure angle should help me in my spacial reckoning! I want badly to make on of these starting on a 1088 platform. But would like to move the spare and air. Drawing guessing and dreaming. Thanks. Looks great!
The box is 16' x 8' on the base .... 20' on the roof
@@robanderson6423 thanks for getting back I appreciate it!
Just watched it again. Great video except for the horrible music😜 JK. Can you comfortably cruise at 65mph on the interstate with the higher speed axles and the camper installed? How does she handle wind(Columbia Gorge)? Thanks again!
Hi C.A. .... thanks for the comment and subscription. Though I haven't put a lot of miles on them .... the fast axles seem to make a big difference. It is nice to be able to drive without constantly pushing it to the floor (as with the M1078 with standard axles) Some have expressed concern about losing some capability in low gears. Since I am not towing a heavy trailer .... and the camper weight is no longer an issue, I really don't think it is a problem. As far handling wind on the road ... it seems very stable. When 18 wheelers pass by you can barely feel it. Thanks again for you interest! (and the music ribbing!)
I’m a bit late to this party but hopefully the OP sees this anyway. I’m. Urious about the construction of the floor. I see it’s 2x2 and you covered it with the OSB, but what about the bottom? Did you skin 5he bottom to seal it up, or are the 2x2s exposed to 5he flatbed deck?
Thanks for the question. The entire bottom is 3/4" ply ... riveted and glued (Sika 252) on.
@@robanderson6423 Just to make sure I’m understanding correctly. The bottom is….3/4 ply(outside), then 2x2, then OSB(inside), correct? How did you weatherproof the 3/4? Did you glass that as well, or “other”? Your build is pretty much exactly what I want to do, except I’ll most likely leave the original flatbed, and I’ve been agonizing over the floor of 5he enclosure. Analysis paralysis, right. :)
Is there a big difference between a 1083 and a 1088? Thank you
Do you get condensation or thermal bridging where your beams are in the wall or does the plywood + fiberglass isolate the box enough?
Great question! We do get some condensation. Not too bad. (The key is to stay away from cold weather!!)
How do you like not having the pass through to the cab?
Hi Daniel .... it was never really a big consideration for me. I knew I didn't want to mess with moving the spare tire and reconfigure the air intake. It really would have required a big change in my design. Maybe in the next build!
Rob,
Are you selling the M1078?
Curious,
Steve
Hi Steve ... already sold it. I think it lives somewhere around Portland OR.
Did you sell your first truck? Or going to sell it.
The M1078 is currently listed on Facebook Marketplace and at Expedition Portal.
What is the size of your habitat?
The camper is 20' x 8' on the roof and 16' x 8' at the base.