Back in the 50's my father built his own camping/hunting addition out of plywood on the bed of his old Chevy PU Truck. He took that rig everywhere until October of '74, then he started getting sick and passed away in May of '75. It had all the comforts you'd want. He was born on a farm in Pennsylvania in 1897, survived WWI. He was very handy in all types of projects. I enjoy seeing what folks come up with. You all stay safe and love to you from Baltimore.

Post divorce a friend of mine converted a VW van and now lives his best life exploring the north during the summer - and down south in the winter.

wow. this has to be my favorite i’ve seen. so many ppl just go so overboard but this is so simple, clean, and functional. bravo!

“Bear spray holder” love it 😂

That wiring is definitely not Frankensteined, it's very clean, we've all seen way worse, nice build and way cool 😎

Brian, this is so well done. I like that it has everything you'd need but it's not fussy. Very streamlined, clean build. Ty for sharing this.

Re: 2:35 - My LEER shell locks/unlocks with my key fob or the door buttons, and is openable from inside either with the fob or the single, centered, interior lever. I bought it because of those two features. As a woman often camping alone it was paramount to me to be able lock and unlock it while inside. Nice build!

I love this build. Everything is so clean and professional looking. Everything looks as if it belongs there. If I didn’t have to carry around so many tools in the back of my truck every day I would build this exact setup in the bed of my truck

That's a nice set up. I had an old mattress that filled the bed and an aluminum topper on my 1985 F-150 Pickup. I loved sleeping in it when we camped out on the local lake, and when it rained the raindrops hitting the topper's roof you slept like a baby. We kept the cooler handy for cold soft drinks and sandwiches, so we were all set. 🙂

this is hands down the best build ive seen. everything has a purpose and its not over complicated

Man this is the cleanest truck camper I’ve ever seen

This is brilliant. I have watched so many conversion videos and they are so overdone that you" can't see the trees through the forest. " this is so simple and clean . Perfect. Great job.

I love how clean and simple this build is I’ve been wanting to do this for so long this is the type of build I want

Such a beautiful, simple and clean build. So smart of you to utilize already installed screws with your build. The cabinets in the corner look fantastic! Lighting and curtain hookups look really impressive too.

This is incredible. Dude you are awesome

this is one of the best set up I have seen!! simple, cozy and very comfortable...most important a non-tight space bed .

Love this build and seeing you take off with the camper series! As a woodworker, truck owner, and frequent camper, this is so nice to see! Congrats Brian!

Mr. Waters: This is as NEAT and CLEAN a camper conversion as I have ever witnessed. There are also a host of "Magnificent" ideas that could also be transferred to MiniVan and full size Van conversions. Wonderful build, with a "meticulous" attention to detail. I am most impressed. Thank YOU so much for sharing these very useful and useable concepts. Greetings from Ontario, Canada.

I’ll assume the rest of your life and home are as squared away as this project is? Very well done! The degree of detail , and attention given to function, as well as aesthetic: is unparalleled in 99% of truck camper videos.

Man this is the cleanest truck camper I’ve ever seen in my life! Well done! I wonder how much it cost to put all this together.

Excellent build. This may be my favorite of all that I’ve seen. Very simple, clean and professional looking. 👍🏻👍🏻

Your rig is by far the best I’ve seen in a truck bed. The carpet everywhere is amazing, love the way you did your drawers and electrical wiring. Just a test set up, if shit hits the fan, put valuables in the truck and tie off. Nothing better than that. The way you have everything set up, it looks like there is nothing but a bed, the carpet unites everything. So clean, I really like what your done. Greetings from Riverside in Southern California.

What a set up. Cleanest and most organized I’ve ever seen! Awesome job man!

Daddy took me and my sister camping when we were kids in our 1977 dodge pickup with a camper shell. Good memories

Waiting for the curtains his mom is making him.. Love it, I’m a fan!

Your build is one of the best I’ve seen, I appreciate how neat and tidy everything is. I am going to watch your other videos to see how you built the components. Happy camping from Aus 🇦🇺🦘

Probably one of the best looking setups I’ve seen but to be honest the bags in the “junk” drawer is seriously the best idea I’ve seen in a long time. Not only am I going to use that when I do my build but I’m probably going to use that idea at my house lol!

I inherited my son’s 03 F250 1 year ago. I have watched a lot for videos looking to politely look for wanted a wanted and/or needed. You set seems ideal for my needs. Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic build! Well-thought out, organized, clean and lots of special touches. Really nice job!

This guy has an amazing camper in his truck. The most surprising thing is the way he actually managed to setup an actual bed with drawers on the side and still have all that clean space. That bed is just genious the way you set that up. I couldnt go to long without plenty of headroom i would need headroom to stretch especially in winter. Maybe a mini van would do.

Wow, just. Wow. I'm amazed at how clean and organized your setup is. Your power station is so efficient looking, I'm gonna definetly steal the grid pattern for my rig. I never thought about using Cafe rods as curtain rods but that's what's used in conversion vans. Thanks for the awesome video, I really got some great idea for my setup.

Man what a fantastic simple camper everything you need nothing you don't. Love the very clean look of it.

Very clean build, sensible and well thought out!

This is so brilliant!!! I clicked on it thinking it would be something my brother who is in heaven would absolutely LOVE!!! And his name is Brian too, so I’ll take that as a sign from heaven!!! Brilliant build!! I love it!!!

I had a bed rug in my 2002 dodge pickup with a cap. Loved it, made moving furniture much easier. logs, tool, camping gear, no problem. Cleaned up easily.

My parents did this to two pickups back in the 80s. Built shelving, seats, carpeted the whole thing. It was always fun to go on road trips in the back, flip up the camper door, side windows...get the air in and fall asleep under the sun, while driving somewhere.

Looks fantastic. I'm in the process of planning out additional accessory wiring for my truck, and I really like your solution; very clean.

I had and 81 Chevy 30 years ago and did a layout for a similar design. Was never able to put it together, but this design is really great. Makes me wish I had put mine together!

You did an amazing job. It looks clean, comfortable and functional. I like that you left enough room to move or to put a cooler or backpack.

Not sure why this video was recommended to me but it was very cool. As a girl that can’t even hang a picture I found this to be quite amazing. I laughed at the beginning when you said your mom was going to “build” you some curtains. Lol

A real simple setup and would certainly suit my needs. Good job! 😎👍

Setup is great! Love how you put a bunch of ideas together and made a masterpiece. You also gave credit to those before you 🙌🏽

no doubt this is the best truck bed camper ive ever seen, the detail and covering the interior with material is amazing

Dude. This is the best truck camper I've ever seen. Super nice, super clean, organized, spacious, very nicely done!

I did the exact same "S" hook on a chain lock and it worked great - I hope you meet some nice people and have fun seeing the country!

Omg Brian I nearly fell out of my chair with your “bear spray holder 0:22 that was awesome! And your build looks great!

This looks very cozy. I've road tripped in my wagon a couple times but now I think I'm ready for an upgrade

GENIUS! I love the chain hooks for the topper locks but I am most impressed with how clean and neat your wiring was in the electric box! Well done!

Brian, your video has been the top video suggesting my truck camper build video so I thought I’d pop on over and check your build out. Great job, man! I built my bed about 11” high and sometimes wish for the extra head room, but it’s such a balance between function and comfort in such a small space. Keep up the great content…going to see how your first night went!

Amazing build bro. This is exactly what’s been in my head for years. Perfect. Going to carbon copy this plan💯. Love it🔥Thanks for posting.

You have a well thought out plan for your rig. You are definitely detailed oriented with every aspect of your project. I love your setup. I wish I had your know how on layout planning for electrical work and your carpentry skills look very neat and tidy 👍

Great job! I love the bear spray holder. Looks like it could handle a 45 can of spray if needed. :-)

For a starter build that’s very clean and awesome. Got into truck camping from KBTproductions and Mav, found Quady shortly after. I’m gonna subscribe because you seem like you’ll have some dope adventures. Looks fantastic good luck and have fun!

This is a REALLY clean build, very impressed! Thanks for sharing your hard work!

I’ve watched a few of these builds and this is by far one of the best I’ve seen. Thanks for all the ideas.

Fantastic! Simple, stylish, looks comfy and safe…well done, very well done, love it.

Thank you for all your work. Great set up. Simple and functional.

Nice job! It's got all the basics covered very well. Obviously, there is no upper limit to how fancy one could go with any sort of camper build but this one should do a decent job of providing short term shelter that requires minimal effort to use. Hope you enjoy it!

Very clean setup, Brian! Simple and looks aesthetically pleasing! :D

What an awesome job you did on your truck camper. That is what I’ve wanted to do to mine but my camper shell has some major issues which I can’t seem to get fixed. Nice job on the electrical as well! I’m a new subscriber. Looking forward to your first outing.

Very clean install. I really like what you've done. I've wondered about doing something similar to my Chevy Silverado, so you've given me some great ideas.

You put together a super well designed and organized truck camper shell. Pretty incredible the amount of powdered options you put in and yet you don't have wires running loose everywhere, that's great work 👍. I love truck camping. I have a Chevy Classic Conversion Van with the full-on EXPLOYER Co package. Great for quick weekends and fishing trip camping.

Awesome job. In case you missed it the carpet on floor and sides are made by Bed Rug and I like the pocket screw joinery. I have a Bed Rug too in my factory carpeted Snug Top topper but thats all. I’d love to have this setup but with a wife we like our 19 ft high clearance trailer. Hmmm 🤔 this would make a great winter shop project! Thanks.

This guy is respectful and intelligent, the set up is great simple and neat very well organized and put together

Nice one, I like the ideas you have for storage in particular. So much room in the cab yet everything in it's place, well done sir

👍😍I love your set up and build. Very creative, simple & effective. I’m taking notes for ideas I want to use some day. Thank you. 🙏💝

Loved the Bear spray holder :D This has to be one of the best builds I seen

Awesome build. Simple and compact. the wiring job was very neat and well thought out. Love it. thanks!

this is simple yet super nice and organized. it looks like it would work well and still be comfortable. nice job man.

Dude, great set up. Not wanting to do full size campers anymore, this inspires me to get back into camping. Thanks for sharing.

Great setup! It’s so clean and tidy. Wish I could have a setup like this in the back of my Jeep Compass but not enough space haha

Very nice setup. I had a topper on my truck and back in the 1970-80's, nothing as nice as what you have since it was also a work truck for my side business. My wife and I would go primitive camping in it and as newly weds we spent many a good weekend in the state parks of Florida and Georgia.

Nice job did that in 94 . Found electric blanket would warm the entire back comfortable .72 years old miss it quite alot.

Awesome, simple, functional setup. Very similar to my Suburban setup. Very nice job. The best feature of your setup..... is the F22 Raptor sticker

The best line in this whole video is “ Waiting for curtains there not in yet, my mom is making them” Everyone’s mom has made a curtain!

I like how simple this is and how spacious it feels. Good choice on the bed and the entire build!

My grandfather had a setup like this in his 92 dakota. But he had a platform for the whole bed with removable inserts in the center. I miss that truck.

That chain lock idea is a pretty cool idea, a little bit heavier chain would probably be better. The curtain rods are an excellent idea. Nice build. Thanks for sharing.

I've got an inverter inside my truck, with protected wiring going to the inside of the bed of the truck, and installed a regular 120v outlet inside the corner, and maybe someday I may install a switchover to hook up to shore power. You have to be careful what you hook into the outlet because it is not a true sine wave inverter. Love your setup, real fancy.

That's a great build. Very clean and simple and designed to grow as you add stuff. I'm definitely going to check out your 2.0 video.

Man thats a helluva set up! Love it.

Man that's a really nice clean setup. I wish I could do my truck like that but I use my bed too much.

Great setup, you are really good at explaining what you have done with the camper, thank you!

So nice to see all the newer camping equipment I had no clue about in some a these videos

This beats sleeping in a shopping kart as a kid growing up for sure with my mom at the park! I would love this now!

I suggest using green or red lights to reduce the loss of your vision when it's dark outside. White lights will diminish the ability to see in the dark for some time after you use them.

Very nice build, I especially like the bear spray holder. Molon Labe!

Great build. Thanks for sharing

I can’t sit here and go thru all of the comments but I wanted to say wherever you live, it looks just as amazing as your build! ❤the video! Love the build! Just got rid of my truck and got an suv, that’s my next project. Kinda miss the truck but the ride is soo much smoother than what I had so it’s better for me lol. Thanks for sharing!🎃

I'm impressed. Simple, logical and not anymore or any less than what's needed. Nice job

Looks nice and comfortable. Respectfully, a couple of suggestions. Improve the chain on the S-hook for securing from the inside. Fire extinguishers, I would suggest two minimum for a vehicle that size running electronics or for any emergency. Given the times we live in I would suggest some trauma pieces to your first aid care. Get tourniquets, blood clotting products, some small tampons for holes (do your research on that one) needle to relieve a collapsed lung, etc. Have limo/blacked out tint for your camper windows. You can get someone to apply it, they’ll do it without writing you a receipt. I’ve sported limo tent on all of my vehicles because of my former uniformed profession. It’s smart. Road flares? Exterior lighting for security, emergencies, etc. Where’s a handgun, AR, or at least a quality shotgun and ammunition. Bear spray is good to have but it will not save your life. Some things, in my opinion, to consider. It’s yours and your family’s lives at stake once you leave the castle. Take a midland radio and a $20 ham radio and/or a radio with emergency channels. Remember, you may be in that vehicle when something bad may happen and no one’s coming to help. Think in those terms and you’ll make the proper additions.

"Bear Spray Holder" Hilarious! Love it. I wonder if that could hold a .40 bear spray can by cLock..

One of the best builds I have seen! Frankenstein wiring! I've built two of the ammo box power boxes...when done you look at the rat's nest and think "Holy Shit!" But as you wire it; it all makes sense....

Love this set up! I would only add one of those small tents for an outside potty. I’m a girl, we need things like that. 😉

9:53 Would be nice to get a 3-way switch installed near the tailgate for lighting while entering or exiting the canopy.

This setup is awesome! Thanks for the video

Love the organized bed and storage units. Great job, we are hoping to do the same to our truck. Thanks for all the details.

Love the build, very clean. I’d also think it would be a good idea to build “modules” that you could put in depending on what and where you’d be camping. Maybe a bigger “module” w more drawers that could be pulled out, or maybe build the entire unit on one of those slide out bed shelves, would be cool to slide the entire build out and sleep under the stars if it was temp and weather sufficient! Just an idea…..

Best truck camping setup I’ve ever seen! Very organized!

It’s so nice to see more and more ppl doin stuff like this. All of these camping stuff to live nomad like this. 😊