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  Camp

  4 years ago

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  Your team made this uber complicated as only the very educated are able. It's as if the people that designed this have only read about RVs, and camping. Give a good DIY guy and his drinking buddy 1 week and 1/4 of the budget you pissed away and they'll beat the snot of this hapless design.

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  Mike

  5 years ago

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  I have to agree with David, putting the beams inside would do a lot. I can see thin storage cabinets or even rope net pockets inside, and the exterior smooth look would match the vehicles' look better.
  
  Overall, I love the idea. It's like an update to the classic teardrop trailer style of camping. More headroom would be awesome, as well as taking advantage of negative under space after jacking up / driving away the truck.

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  Ken J

  5 years ago

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  Eliminate the forklift & give the legs more function by making it possible to deploy the camper.

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  David

  5 years ago

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  v1.0 is almost so spartan to me that I wonder, why not just a tent.
  v2.0 would benefit from:
  -a v birth with desk/table at one end (like the cricket) and somewhat more permanent cubbies underneath
  -a 12v system with built in solar!
  -the upper half exoskeleton should be reversed to add that much more space inside. I know this messes with the leg bracket hangers, but still it would be a good move. Then you could also do away with the sharp looking inside bungie angle iron.
  -somehow make the areas cut away for the wheel well of the truck/trailer. I know this is different vehicle to vehicle, but boy is that unused space.
  -a ceiling that expands like the cricket! That's your signature!
  -a set plan for an outdoor cooking station - I'm thinking of how tear-drop trailers have this in mind.
  On a whole though, v1.0 is still so exciting!

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  Thijmen

  5 years ago

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  @damnrobert
  I guess the idea is that you get the legs to lift it from the truck bed and then drive from underneath it.

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  Spri

  5 years ago

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  fantastic concept, especially the disaster relief idea that is sure to pad your wallet if this takes off in that direction. however, i feel like the interior could be pimped out a bit more at low cost. solar arrays on top, a small fridge unit, etc. might be dumb ideas - just brainstorming, but you get my drift.

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  Eric

  5 years ago

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  Nice to see the process, hope the article is good for business.

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  trimtab21

  5 years ago

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  pretty cool! but i think it is over engineered a bit. Considering the length, does it really need four verticals with such a short span? also, some space could be gained if the part that fits inside the truck bed was not angled

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  Daniel C

  5 years ago

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  I'm in love with your sketching.

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  Camp Gab

  5 years ago

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  This thing looks awesome! I could definitely see it used for off road. It looks very durable.

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  Phil

  5 years ago

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  Off-the-charts cool.

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  Tom Wykes

  5 years ago

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  It's a great design nice and simple, which is what folk want for a quick weekend trip away.
  I can't help thinking though. If the legs were longer there's a ground floor space that could be the living area with a simple awning to keep the weather off, no need for walls.

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  Daniel Yorba

  5 years ago

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  Loved seeing the hand sketches. The concept itself looks to have a lot of promise as well. Could be a good alternative for the weekender RV crowd. Nice work.

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  slippyfish

  5 years ago

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  NASA-derived camping trailers? This sh*t is the sh*t. Awesome. Please make it fit the Raptor (5.5" bed).
  
  
  

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  Damnrobert

  5 years ago

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  So it takes a forklift to install it in a pickup but once you're in the desert you can easily remove it from the truck bed and deploy the landing legs?
  
  Also - the interior space is so small it doesn't seem possible to comfortably fit more than one person. Who wants to camp alone?
  
  Where do you prepare, store, or eat your food?
  
  The interior looks about as welcoming as the space station.
  
  Sorry - not for me.
  
  

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  Thijmen

  5 years ago

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  Awesome, and nice to see a camping design that's not driven by the usual home/cosiness factors. It might even be a little too industrial for the market, but I love it.
  I do wonder about the price though.

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