Strongly considering 3500 Reg Cab camper build

jrubicon · September 23

hey folks, i've been obessing about this built for a few years now and i really want to do it. I want to purchase a 24 sierra 3500 gas, Regular cab 4x4, i want to remove the longbed and build my own flat bed and custom order a Bison camper. I want to remove the rear window and weld a left n right cover n open the middle as a pass thru. is this all too ambitious?

am currently on a 16 sierra 1500 5.3 crew cab 6 spd, with a permanently mounted travel lite truck camper 1500lbs heavy. only driven on trips, zero commute. love my truck, went thru a transmission at 60k miles.

aside from the look of the new 3500, i just want a dedicated camper thatn can do some offroad, my current camper will not do any offroad, its too overlloaded feeling.

The real reason is I dont want to pull a trailer anymore, i want to build a rack in the back to haul a 550lb adv bike, and i want a pass thru to the cab.

redwngr · October 10

If you order a work truck or an LT you can get it as a factory a 'bed delete'.

On GMC it's available on Pro and SLE

KARNUT · October 10

On 9/22/2024 at 10:14 PM, jrubicon said:

hey folks, i've been obessing about this built for a few years now and i really want to do it. I want to purchase a 24 sierra 3500 gas, Regular cab 4x4, i want to remove the longbed and build my own flat bed and custom order a Bison camper. I want to remove the rear window and weld a left n right cover n open the middle as a pass thru. is this all too ambitious?

am currently on a 16 sierra 1500 5.3 crew cab 6 spd, with a permanently mounted travel lite truck camper 1500lbs heavy. only driven on trips, zero commute. love my truck, went thru a transmission at 60k miles.

aside from the look of the new 3500, i just want a dedicated camper thatn can do some offroad, my current camper will not do any offroad, its too overlloaded feeling.

The real reason is I dont want to pull a trailer anymore, i want to build a rack in the back to haul a 550lb adv bike, and i want a pass thru to the cab.

Way back in the seventies we were using born free slide ins that had access to the truck via sliding windows. Nothing special order they came that way. Our campers were large with their own axle. A smaller camper with a 4WD truck should handle off roading without a whole lot of modifications. You’re not going to gain much without a bed. You’re going to have to make a flat surface for the camper that will be the same height as a regular bed.

Cofage Gaetaph · October 10

On 9/23/2024 at 8:14 AM, jrubicon said:

hey folks, i've been obessing about this built for a few years now and i really want to do it. I want to purchase a 24 sierra 3500 gas, Regular cab 4x4, i want to remove the longbed and build my own flat bed and custom order a Bison camper. I want to remove the rear window and weld a left n right cover n open the middle as a pass thru. is this all too ambitious?

am currently on a 16 sierra 1500 5.3 crew cab 6 spd, with a permanently mounted travel lite truck camper 1500lbs heavy. only driven on trips, zero commute. love my truck, went thru a transmission at 60k miles.

aside from the look of the new 3500, i just want a dedicated camper thatn can do some offroad, my current camper will not do any offroad, its too overlloaded feeling.

The real reason is I dont want to pull a trailer anymore, i want to build a rack in the back to haul a 550lb adv bike, and i want a pass thru to the cab.

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