I first want to thank everyone on this forum for providing invaluable knowledge. There is so much creativity and talent posted here – it is just awesome.
The idea to build our own came from my then, 5-year old son. We camp frequently, and one night he said, “Ya know dad, if we had one of those we could just pull in and be done.” He was referring to a monster 5th wheel at a campground. That led into us spending hours upon hours touring RVs. Then I found this site, and thought, “hey, we could do that.”
He sketched a drawing of what he wanted, and that literally was our only set of written plans, the rest of it was in our heads. Here’s the final product. What follows are some of the steps it took to get there. It took about 5 months to get us to the first trip. Then another 6 months of trips, adding and refining it to get it just like we wanted.
We are now contemplating on what to do with my wife and daughter, and may be building a larger, more beefier version for off-road, off-grid applications. Thanks again, and welcome your comments or criticisms.
I’ll be adding photos/descriptors in segments in the next few weeks.