Camper Build Gallery
OWT is the DIY Trailer to Camper conversion component of the City to Summit brand. Carson has been working hard for the past few months to create an all-season camper that will serve as our home for our upcoming National Parks road trip. Here you can find the photos that capture the nitty-gritty of taking a cargo trailer from an empty shell to a comfortable home.
Updated photos at the end!
First hitching the trailer to the Outback in GA.
View from inside the empty trailer.
A stop on the drive from GA to NY in front of Shenandoah National Park.
Where the trailer sat for a while...
Laying out the counter for the fridge
Painters tape for the counter and bathroom corner
TRUSTY folding chair for the dinette layout
Galley and heated floor
Layout from the rear
Seeing whats under the skin. Shitty plywood and unpainted steel
Steel painted, time to cut the windows
Final spot for the windows...?
Initial layout of the windows.
...and the other side
First cut into the trailer!
Checking the fit.
Welding in window steel
Galley (port) window frame in place
Stbd window frame
Painting the window frame.
Welding the H-frame for the roof equipment
Cleaning the H-frame welds
Safety first, or at least better safety second.
Installing the main roof fan.
Placing the AC unit. Some creativity
Over-engineering the sound proofing
Skylight layout ft. ME
Skylight outline + corners
Skylight hole, centerline, most rear
Fresh water city fill
Bathroom exhaust fan caulking.
Rear window
Many criss-crossy to hold up the insulation
Ceiling vapor barrier.
Contemplating design, every day.
Insulation complete. Lets keep going now!
Ceiling nailers
The fridge gets a lil cart instead of expensive drawer slides
Re-purposed roller skate wheels
Rough cut
Of course, customer wheel holders
Theyre attached with a bit of wood glue and 1 pocket hole screw
Laying them out
Fridge still needs to breathe and get power.
SNEAK PEAK of the bed system...!
Another sneak preview of the bed system
Caulking the windows. Clean lines
Inspectors inspecting their field inspector
Ceiling insulation. A pain.
Finish panel installation
Trick to working alone
Brackets for the solar panels
Creating the brackets from angle stock
Panels queued for mounting
Stbd side install
Determining the size of the bathroom and door.......
Framing the bathroom
Bathroom ceiling template
"Why don't you just get a normal shower pan?" IRREGULAR SHAPES
Starting to waterproof the bathroom
The galley cabinet... eventually
Counter Construction. Inside the trailer because of temperatures outside. fun.......not
Prepping for a backer panel to hide the vapor barrier
Bed lift system!
Seeing how the bed frame fits on the (1) counter
Stove cabinet and fitting the stove
Toe kicks! help with being closer to counter and spot for LEDs
Fridge-cart-counter
Stock cut for the benches
Making sure FEELS right before finishing all of them
Opposing benches
Stbd bench framed
Finally sought help. Thanks Steph
First coat in bathroom
Prepping the stbd bench for electricity!
Front & back facades
Laying out the electrical cabinet. 12V, 3-100Ah, 1000W Inverter, Solar charger, & more!
Under bed lighting