Future Considerations

Here’s a quick list of ideas I may incorporate later in life.

1. Add support for my rear suspension. My best guess at the weight I’ve added to the truck is 450-500lb. That means the truck is now 3/4-ton. As you may notice, the rear suspension is loaded down pretty well. Two people weigh between 300-400 lb and you can bet the truck sits low in that case.

I met a nice WI guy out in Steamboat Springs who had a similar structure (dubbed “Morning Wood”). He added a leaf spring in his rear suspension to keep it from sagging too much. I’m also jealous of his antler door-pulls.

#ConifertheTruck meets “Morning Wood” on a fine November day in Steamboat Springs, CO.

2. Find a way to duct propane fumes out of the camper. I’ve briefly thought about this, but when cooking inside it’s necessary to crack windows to cross-ventilate. The place heats up quick too! Since electrical heating isn’t feasible, I could potentially heat the place in a safe manner if I routed small-diameter aluminum ducting out a window, or even through a custom made hole. Brainstorming still in session.

3. I want to convert a Sprinter Van, but I’m on the fence with that idea. I do plan to build my own tiny home at a point in time, I just see it as years out. Whether it will be mounted on wheels or have a permanent foundation is still up in the air.

4. Quit engineering and build things out of wood as a job. Not as lucrative.. but definitely more fun. And there’s a large market for these projects. Tiny homes are on the rise because Millennials don’t care as much for mortgages.