AT&T Slide In For Camper?

highboy4x4 said:
Dude, thought you were getting a boat….¿

That should be a nice project to tackle!! I see airbags in your future or at least helper springs!!
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Yes, I may do that after all, but it's not as heavy as it looks. I'd gain a lot of interior room if I took those shelves out and replaced them with some smaller boxes,

That hydraulic ladder rack is coming off, it's worth almost what I paid for the whole thing, so you'll be seeing it on the internet marketing sites.

Not sure if I need that slide if a bed is going there. While there is a big flat roof up there, I'm not really into ladders going to my bed.

Then again, it may stay on the flatbed trailer, it can be forward and the Razor or my 1800 VTX trike can ride behind it. My F 150 can tow it or my Commander 5.7 Hemi can make short work of it. Just need some ideas on what to do with it.

Nah, changed my mind on the boat, that's how I got the Razor, no more boats!
 
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highboy4x4 said:
Dude, thought you were getting a boat….¿

That should be a nice project to tackle!! I see airbags in your future or at least helper springs!!
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Yes, I may do that after all, but it's not as heavy as it looks. I'd gain a lot of interior room if I took those shelves out and replaced them with some smaller boxes,

That hydraulic ladder rack is coming off, it's worth almost what I paid for the whole thing, so you'll be seeing it on the internet marketing sites.

Not sure if I need that slide if a bed is going there. While there is a big flat roof up there, I'm not really into ladders going to my bed.

Then again, it may stay on the flatbed trailer, it can be forward and the Razor or my 1800 VTX trike can ride behind it. My F 150 can tow it or my Commander 5.7 Hemi can make short work of it. Just need some ideas on what to do with it.

Nah, changed my mind on the boat, that's how I got the Razor, no more boats!
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Looking forward to your decision!

With my contractor cap, I removed the interior shelves and it opened it right up! I do not like my roof rack and will be looking at removal and replacing with 1.5” round aluminum that hugs the cap. Also mulling over a drop down cantilever extension over the truck cap. This is where it all started on my truck.
 

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Actually, your topper is what I was looking for, then I found that one, it is stout and solid, a rack would fine with an RTT I'm sure. That ladder rack with ladders isn't light. Since AT&T makes these things under a subordinate entity, it's hard to get specs on this slide-in, at least that's what I was told.

Looks like you did what I'm thinking about. I'm trying to figure out just what would be carried in those side shelves or trays or even bags that could be accessed from inside or outside. If it stays on the trailer, I'd enclose the lower half with storage from just below those side doors to the deck of the trailer, trim it out to be more civilized around in these Ozarkian hills.

The more I think about it the more I think its life would be better on the trailer. It is much heavier than an aluminum topper.

Those side doors could be left up, put screens in the "windows" and have great airflow for sleeping......
 
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Some of the things you mentioned is what I did. Enclosed below side windows for storage, sleeping and full kitchen, side screens for bugs, etc... check out my build thread.

F350 CCSB

Sometimes I think a trailer would have been easier since I have a 5th Wheel and I have to remove everything if I had to move it. Trailers for sale so it won't be long that I have to worry about it.
 
Can't find smaller shelf units, guess I may have to build some. I'm thinking some wire baskets turned on their sides trimmed to form a shelf accessible from outside, flip a latch at the bottom and the basket could swing down to allow access from inside as well. Most everything would be in bags anyway, any ideas?
 
I think my Coachman TT is sold, buyer said he'd be here with the money at 2:00 p.m. So, it's time to move on my project.

Took that ladder rack off yesterday, it's listed for sale locally, it's like new, didn't see a scratch on it, looks new anyway, it's $1500+ from the dealer, I'll ask half that! That slide in tray might end up in the back of my F 150.

Might notice the interior photo shows a ledge on both sides most of the length of the walls about a foot up. I'm thinking a platform should go in there to sleep on, that will leave about 42ninches to sit up on the mattress/air bed on a platform.

I'm thinking about this as my platform, it's a no build option, light weight, sturdy and secure and when not used as a bed platform will be the ramp to load my 3 wheeled 1800 Vulcan!

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An Amazon special. Top that off with this mattress-
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Special FeatureBuilt-In Pump, Heavy Duty, Quick Deflation, Quick Inflation, Self Inflating
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So the mattress overhangs the ramp by one inch on all sides, I think that is close enough!

Under the bed I'll consider keeping the tray or might think about these, just tether a line on the ones in the back to pull them out and then use the front basket to push the other toward the back, nothing heavy, like these;
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Thoughts, suggestions, comments, complaints and snide remarks may be made at your own risk.......
 
highboy4x4 said:
Dude, thought you were getting a boat….¿

That should be a nice project to tackle!! I see airbags in your future or at least helper springs!!
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I had the same concern so I found the weight of my bunker, 535 pounds, about twice what a glass topper might be, the F 150 or my flat bed can handle that just fine. I think I can make up a couple hundred pounds by building in lighter equipment instead of building wood framed furniture and cabinets, (like I posted above).

Also found out, those shelves and framing are all after market in that slide in, they are not structural to the sides or roof and are bolted to internal remining of the unit. So happy days, I'll just mount smaller and much lighter wire closet shelves inside, I prefer using back packs and soft storage bags anyway.
 
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