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Let’s see them sleeper builds.
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Self explanatory. Show me your custom build. Finished mine this morning.  |
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Nice! Wish I was handy. I just have a HEST mattress on the floor and some prefab shelves (really a Walmart shoe rack). Works tho! |
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Looks nice. Just finished up mine last month, went with a single drawer under sleep platform. Bike or Tupperware can fit on other side   |
Kyle D wrote: Looks good. What you use for the rails? |
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Here is mine. I designed it and a friend built it for me.  Before the deck was put on. The right drawer has a cut out side to make it easy to put a cooler in and to cook on my stove when camping. The deck there is separate so I can have it off to hold a tall cooler when traveling. Camper shell is on at this point and will get solar soon so that I can add a battery in the back and carry an electic cooler instead. |
Jared E wrote: I've basically got a full wood shop. Come on over any time. I won't claim to be an amazing wood worker but my fixer upper mobile home is still standing after having about half the framing replaced, so I can't be that bad. =p I would happily spend a few days with you building something out if it improved your quality of life. I've lived in both an older Subaru Outback and a Class B RV and I'm extremely aware of how build outs can affect quality of life. I'm always here, please don't hesitate to hit me up. We have an Ace hardware less than a mile away and two Lowes 30 minutes away in either direction where I get a 10% veterans discount. I don't have a truck but I have a Prius with a hitch and a 4x8 trailer. Invitation is also open to anyone willing to rope gun and take me up some rad multipitch in the 5.8 to 10- range. Jared gets special treatment for being a rad dude and contributing significantly to the LRS community though =p |
Ricky Harline wrote: I might take you up on that, I’ll be back over Sonora way October! |
Andrew Mcnett wrote: No rails, went simple with drawer fitting snugly, spar finish and paste wax on bottom of drawer sides (captured drawer bottom). Slides super smooth. If it was a daily use feature versus weekend warrior I probably would have done slides. |
Kyle D wrote: Thought about doing drawers, but when I set my center piece of ply it was warped and off by 1/2 inch, didn’t feel like redoing it. The cubby system will work for any weekend get aways, but I do wish I had the convenience of sliding drawers and the ability to throw a lock on them. Still trying to come up with a solution to keep my gear locked. |
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My requirements were that I could store gear under the bed, that gear had to be accessible, a small seating area for rainy days cold nights, and the whole thing must be quickly removable...as in 15 minutes, in case I need my truck bed empty for a dump run. Basic idea is I set metal beams on the bed rails, lay boards on top of that, hinge the boards in the middle with zip ties so they can raise up to access gear, and add 3 support columns underneath. Here is my 8 foot bed Tundra with the two 6 foot boards hinged up for access. If my wife doesn't go, I only bring one board.   Not counting the two boards, and the additional third crossbeam added later, here is the entire bed frame out of the truck.  I've had 4 people with Creek racks ride in the back on the bed, it's super strong. I love a pickup truck bed! I eat and cook outside. Vans are aid. |
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My ‘78 Datsun Chinook, completely gutted and rebuilt by yours truly. The RV runs like shit, but the inside is a spot on replica of my old Barbie Dreamcamper RV. Don’t think that’s great for the resell value, but whatever.   |
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Thought this was going to be thread about ppl who lift in baggy sweats.. pleasant surprise |
 2016 Honda CRV. One big agnes pad fills tailgate to those seats sticking up, a second longer pad spans to the back of the drivers seat. I can sleep with one or both, depending on what I want for that trip (car camping or stealth mode). When it's time to park for the night, I fish around for a slope, and park nose downhill. That, and paying attention to side to side, gets it pretty level. Cardboard and duct tape, purchased 2 boxes from UPS store. The wedge has an internal triangular brace. The passenger side back seat can still be up, for a third seatbelted person, or, people and packs just pile in back, to haul a crew around COR. Downside of that, well, don't leave your personal stash of cookies visible.... Cooking/camping stuff gets offloaded first (I usually am hauling a rope gun along, housed separately, but it's all my equipment). Climbing packs go in front seat overnight. As temporary as this looks? Been going strong for many weeks per year, for 5 years now. Before, I used a small plywood board to span the awkward bit, plus a couple thin self inflating pads, which puts me really low. That was great for the trips involving Walmart parking lots. Before that, I used my boulder pad, a bigass Asana one, purchased to fit the back. You lose the lower beside the bed space, but, everything is on one plane, and you can sprawl all over. It's a real irritation, though, that they bred the U out of SUVs starting about 1990s. Almost nothing has back seats that fold flat anymore, and I wanted a newer car, when I purchased the Honda. It's been great, though. I can haul an astonishing amount of crap in it, for bigger camping excursions, even partially outfitting our MP groups. Nonclinbing, I've hauled a full sized ladder, a loveseat, 2x4x8s.....with the hatch closed. H. EDIT to add: I don't know about elsewhere, but, at City of Rocks, a pickup with a shell is NOT an RV, even fully built out. A pickup with a slide in camper IS an RV. Which means pickup one can park in any campsite, pickup 2 has to get one of the ones that allow an RV. Vans, if you take out the seats, or otherwise modify it to sleep in it, its an RV. Dunno what they'd rule for a cargo van, that isn't built out, but, they are definitely enforcing this. It is Idaho code that defines an RV. |
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Old setup was a 2007 Outback. No build needed, just put down the seats and roll out the pad and sleep. Sold that car this winter after finally giving up on the constant mechanical issues. New setup is 2016 RAV4 with the rear seats removed. Solid amount of storage space in there once you remove the seats. Two part sleeping platform. The main platform stays in permanently and functions also as a storage shelf (1st two photos). 46 inches long by 43 inches wide, carpeted. This is it is driving/storage mode:   To go to sleep mode, slide the seats all the way forward and put in the second panel (26 inches long by 43 inches wide). Attaches in to the lip of the main platform using drop pins, and then there's two legs for the front side that also attach with drop pins. Takes about 2 minutes to set up. Creates a 72 inch long by 43 inch wide platform that comfortably sleeps two people. Exped pad goes on top, is same size as platform. Lots of storage space under the platform to leave the cooler and bags in the car overnight. The big crash pads don't fit in the car while sleeping. With the second panel up and the screens on:  Not as big and spacious as a van or truck, but offers a lot given the size of the vehicle. Good compromise between needs of city life and also serving as weekend sleeping module. Overall an upgrade from the Outback. |
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My favorite part about this is I didn’t use any hardware for the drawer slides, just UHMW plastic. I can put lots of heavy gear in them and they still work like a breeze. I can also remove the right side drawer to create a sleeping trench that allows me to sit up fully. Nice to have for spending the night at a trailhead   |
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A few of many the top one being the most recent I did in my rig, strong believer that any car can get a sleeper build!      |
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Liking the builds, keep them coming. |
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  30 year old pop-up camper in the summer Life is good |
Matt D wrote: That is hardcore, you gotta love nature/ hate yourself or be really small to make that work. |
