Framing a Bed - Box Truck Camper

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[@feathers352]

My Dad will 92 Monday and Mom in August. They have slept in different bedrooms for years due to Mom's arthritis. As you said, you know you love each. Mom and Dad have been married 72 years. I love your problem solving and making things work. I often work on many different projects at the same time. Then boom it i all done and finished. I think you folks are going to really enjoy and get a lot of use from the truck.

[@ana2722]

Mr. Bill & Mrs Elizabeth, I'm so glad you are bringing us along through your awesome camper built. Can't wait for more videos of this wonderful on wheels vacation home 😍

[@keithl6249]

Looks great ! I'm sure much better built than an RV. With everything insulated sounds like it will be a 4 season vehicle. I hope you have lots of fun adventures in it.

[@maehay4065]

I felt claustrophobic when you showed the picture of the young man trying to edition himself in the bed! Can’t wait to see the end result of your truck build, Bill and Elizabeth!

[@CR10.07]

Been with ya since the first tiny prepper home… and I must say of all my KZbin‘s. U2 are my very favorite to watch and this project is fantastic.!!!!!

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Thank you!

[@janetkoball44]

The both of you make me smile. Being very nice and considerate of each other is the key with a heaping amount of love for each other. Preferring one other with love. you traveling home is going to be great. Love from Central Oklahoma

[@pamelam1500]

Enjoying this series!!!

[@johnhewitt1596]

You inspired us to travel while we can. We drive across country in Dodge Durango. The Mother attic bed looks about the size of my bunk in the Navy, just with a better mattress.

[@johnmelissaziech6207]

So glad you're using the wool insulation especiallly where you'll be sleeping.

[@NCRealEstate]

Love how you relate. I know nothing, but look up thermal bridging and condensation with metal rv’s. Moisture behind walls. 2x4’s need insulation at metal touch.

[@anitatenney1975]

Enjoying seeing things come together. Lots of adventures ahead ❤

[@pavelusa3423]

Bill and Elizabeth thanxfir keeping us apprised of the latest developments ..hi from prague

[@LaLadybug2011]

Another awesome video! I watch so intently-and I will never have a box truck to overall but you wouldn't know it! HA! I HATE to get to the end of a good video. There is always something new to learn. Thanks Bill and Elizabeth!

[@MissContraryGirl]

I'm excited to see the progress of your rv. The upper bed is such a great idea! It also seems like it could be used as a place to store things when you need to.

[@jan6293]

Bill and Elizabeth, so cool how the build is going along. Thanks for sharing! 👌

[@kristenbodiker3789]

Great video. Your bunk reminds me of the "rack" my husband had during his Naval service on a nuclear fast attack submarine. Those dimensions were 6 feet long 2.5 feet wide and 2.5 feet for head room. There was a 3 or 4 inch pan under the mattress length for storage. Tight quarters! Looking forward to your next episode.😊

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Yup. It’s about the same headroom, but it’s 8 feet long.

[@ef5842]

I've seen all your additions on your channel, and they all are beautifully done. I first saw you on You Tube when I was looking up the tiny stove. You've shared really nice adventures with your subscribers ever since. Perhaps I could use the matkill product for my electric lawn mower. It's too loud. Elizabeth is such a kind cheerleader. Thanks so much.

[@jeanmullins3284]

I'm pretty sure I'd never be able to sleep in the car you showed a clip of! Wow!!

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Yeah, me either.

[@LuisPerez-ft2rk]

I would have a panic attack on that bed.😧😲

[@barbarakoeppe2623]

I love how it is transforming into something great

[@patriciahagedorn5694]

You are a genius! Everything you do is always so well thought out. I had a few doubts on some of your plans and you proved me wrong every time. (I'm an over thinker). I have really enjoyed watching the renovations. You and Liz are going to have such a wonderful time traveling in your van.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Wait ‘til you see the rest of it!

[@christinestephenson1742]

Looking good, Bill. Many years ago we had a class C RV with a double bed over the cab and my husband and I slept up there. It had a little more headroom than yours and wasn't claustrophobic at all. Our girls were small then and we made the dinette into their bed every night. The kitchen was across the back which worked out really well. We only made one trip with it but it was a huge trip, up through Colorado (Garden of the gods) and then on up to Yellowstone east entrance where we saw many bison and moose. Great trip, it was in 88 before the park burned the next year.

[@dawnstraughen755]

You need to build a sky light bubble on top so you have more room and you can see the stars.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

I have plenty of room, and I don't want to cut a hole in the roof.

[@dianna2911]

The loft bed looks great! Hope the ceiling once finished won't be too low. It's all coming together! :)

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Looking really great. God Bless.

[@jonathanjacques7250]

I would have trouble sleeping up on that bed because Im major claustrophobic. Thankful your not 😊

[@VilomahMom]

Thank you for these videos. It gives many of us the ability to use our imaginations of how we would like to do a build. I thought I would like a drop down bed like used in toy haulers and put storage on the overhang, but your bed idea is nifty.

[@stacyhackney6100]

Good job. I learned a lot. Thank you.

[@janebray9392]

I'm excited for you!!! Thx for all the upcoming videos, 😅 I'm sure it makes it a lot more time spent, having to film it but we really do appreciate it!!!

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Yeah, if I film a project, it takes about 50% longer to complete the project because I'm always setting up the shots.

[@karolmolitor4675]

Another job well done Bill. ❤

[@libby2012]

A ladder that pivots or swings from one door to the other might be good. The shower door to the cab door. Metal, custom made. Tiny steps in a corner might be difficult.

[@libby2012]

Of course, then all the weight is carried by one side of the “ladder / steps” and not both sides.

[@yourredemptiondrawethnigh2342]

Love it! Looks great! Thanks again for sharing 🌸 Blessings 🕊️

[@richardgreen5602]

Bill..I think you could reinforce the 2x4's structure by using pocket holes and screws!!!!!!!

[@RebeccaTreeseed]

The bed looks good.

[@57monoshock]

You could take the screen out of one of the windows and sleep with your feet sticking outside.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Mosquitos!

[@spoly8139]

LOL 🤣🤣🤣

[@stephaniemedina1848]

How exciting !🐱 you are both so talented🌹❤🌞

[@avieroesch2244]

Amazing work, Bill.

[@fields-n-feathers]

You could already hear less echo in your voice, after you installed the bed insulation. Well done my friend.🧡

[@gigitannahill4606]

Thank you for your response. I love your channel. Thank you sharing

[@skippyjones4195]

That’s awesome Bill 👍❤️✌️

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Thank you. 😊

[@user-sp1tv5th2g]

Good job Bill.😊

[@janicew6222]

Really coming along! Going to be so nice for you both.

[@cynthiaweathers6979]

I'm so happy to hear that you have a lot of projects in the works. They are my all time favorites videos. Thank you for making this old woman happy ❤

[@scottm2828]

Love the RV videos

[@sandywatson6520]

Bunk n age could be a problem at times, like a bad knee , etc. trust it works for you. I myself would get tired of the bunk.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

It's all the room we've got. If we made a double bed across the back, I would constantly be crawling over Elizabeth the get out of bed. Every morning or middle of the night. And THAT would get tiring!

[@OldCritters]

Enjoying this series 👍💞

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

😊

[@cowboyrickpennyfeather]

Bill? Most excellent job; inspiring, as usual. Thanks for sharing.

[@scarlethenderson6510]

It's going to be great

[@ericnorton4045]

Love it! Awesome Idea love the channel

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

😎

[@evalinawarne1337]

Good morning, GOD BLESS YOU. SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 QUIET TIME❤

[@jeanlee1911]

get a big sheet of paper with a list of all the projects with each ones supplies as you get them check it off as you get it and red check it off as its done. it might help you keep ahead of unnecessary ordering. and show you how far you have come and how close to done you are. xoxoxoxo

[@debbiestephenson9896]

Looks Fantastic !!!!!

[@X-American]

If you haven't installed on ceiling yet I'd love to hear a before after sample on a good rain.

[@debbiemathis9605]

Happy Friday 🎉🎉🎉

[@karintolbert7452]

Very cool!! Excellent! ❤❤

[@sunnyday1639]

Another great video! Very interesting!

[@cindyenglert.az51]

Great to watch another step toward completion!

[@MrBobby781]

Looking good!

[@brigittecrawley1872]

Coming along great. Looks good.

[@tdhawk167]

Thank you for showing this process! Have opened my eyes to this as a possibility!

[@wr6178]

Great video

[@lindapeterson7166]

Hi Bill & Elizabeth,really enjoyed this video! ❤

[@davedutile6317]

Doing a great job!

[@jefferyb304]

I wish Killmat or the like would be easy and inexpensive to apply to our metal garage. I was in there one time as the neighbor was outside on the phone several feet away. It sounded like she was in the garage with me. Plus the summer heat is awful.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Kilmat wouldn't do much to lessen the summer heat. It is a sound deadener, not a thermal insulation.

[@sabrinadevol1210]

I used Havelock wool in my camper van. It was easy to work with and provided great insulation! Enjoyed this video. Looking forward to seeing more of your buildout! Blessings.

[@karenebarker9244]

Really enjoying this RV project! It is coming along nicely! We'll planned and executed

[@tdhawk167]

Nice insulation!

[@MrNickb-s500]

Bill and Elizabeth van conversion lookin good so far, Great Work 👍🏻 👌 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@JansFAMBAM]

It looks great! Wonderful idea making a truck out into A place to live or a trip! God bless

[@shirleymurphy1958]

Will be so nice for traveling.

[@tdhawk167]

I hear you about rubix cube! Here, too! I have so many projects going at once, too- totally get it!

[@chandrasutton4669]

Good job!!!😊🎉❤

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Thank you!! 😁

[@susantiffany2355]

It’s so interesting to watch you turn box truck into a camper. I am so curious: How much will all the wool insulation and sound barrier sheets cost? Thanks.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

For this truck, the Kilmat costs about $350 (Floor, ceiling). The Havelock Wool insulation is about $600. (Floor, walls, ceiling)

[@colleenwilkin5705]

Looks great but one has to wonder if you really even needed the bed frame, seems just adding a mattress would have worked and gave you more head room to!

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

The platform wasn't wide enough. If I didn't build the frame, the mattress would hang over.

[@debbiestephenson9896]

Yes I have watched Videos of that Guy Amazing !!!!

[@chrislincoln489]

. Bill & Elizabeth, With love in my heart, can I suggest you swapping to a cargo trailer conversion. Your sweet wife is having a hard time with those steps. I don't want to see her fall and get hurt. (You need something lower to the ground ). Claiming in and out is really going to be bad on her knees. Pleas don't get mad at me, my wife of 54 years is in the same shape. Only thing of her safety.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

This is Elizabeth. We now have two different kinds of grab bars for me at the door and the floor inside is going to be up flush with the opening. I’ve been scampering in and out pretty well.. 😊

[@christinebeavers9913]

Bill tell them no problem

[@seameology]

Thanks for the info on the kilmat. I bought some but haven't applied it yet. I was wondering why you didn't have to completely cover the surface.

[@jeanmullins3284]

❤❤❤looks great. I'm a bit claustrophobic not sure if I could sleep there but fortunately you're not!! Love watching the progress. ❤❤❤

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

It's not that tight. Elizabeth is somewhat claustrophobic, and she could sleep up there (if she could get up there!)

[@gsmith6255]

Bill if the glue don’t hold consider Rivet Nuts good build thanks for sharing.

[@vanlifenomadfirekeeper]

I haven't seen you two in a long time. (-:

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

We haven't gone anywhere. We're still here!

[@SonyaBayham]

Maybe you should hang a chain from underneath the bed. Save it from being a headrack from the cab.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

It is not a problem. The bed only overhangs a few inches.

[@sheilacirioni4676]

Hello Bill& Elizabeth! It seems like people are waiting all over for materials/ building& what not. You never stop / you love projects..keeps your brain going.My son says that to me/ he is like you& also a musician..web site starter,Grafic arts,Home restorer..never stops.. He will be 56 in Oct. Will you both sleep up there? Can't wait to see the finished project. Have a nice MEMORIAL DAY!!🥰💮🦀🐚🐠🐞🌺🦋🌸🦜🌴❤🇺🇸

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

It's not so much that I'm waiting for the deliveries to happen. It's more that there's so many things that I need to order, that I don't always order everything I need in time.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

We won’t both sleep there.

[@sheilacirioni4676]

@@LiveSimpleLiveFree Yes I saw that after I had asked. STAY BLESSED.🙏

[@casitacindy461]

be sure to check into dri-dec under that mattress or some product to supply air under your mattress for mold prevention.

[@sandraking641]

I can’t believe that you have lost so much weight you look good Elizabeth

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Thanks

[@pietjemol3420]

Search for an high quality thin mattress, that might help with the space.

[@TRuth.T]

protect your head ...

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Maybe, eventually. Since I already have a mattress that works, there are other things that take a high priority with our money.

[@pietjemol3420]

@@LiveSimpleLiveFree Maybe a Japanese Futon type is an option...

[@nancyh2378]

I knew the height would be limited, but I didn’t know if you were making it wider or keeping it narrow. Looks good for travel and camping.

[@lindam2090]

Looking forward to knowing the total cost of the box truck when completed.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

Me too!

[@johnshaw4140]

My uncle and aunt , Denny and Pat were happily married for 60 + years , and slept in seperate bedrooms be cause aunt Denny's snoring could ' wake the dead ' according to uncle Pat . I slept in a top sleeper bunk in a truck for 40 years so you'll have no prob;em sleeping up there

[@jamesjackson7752]

Here.😊

[@donnamccluster6012]

Love the job you are doing. You are remarkable Bill. Sorry the gas mileage is not so good but such is life. Elizabeth you look fantastic. Not an easy job is it

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

The gas milage is typical for an RV

[@skytechbits]

Need to put a soft material above the door entrance to prevent hitting your head on the bed. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

That won’t be a problem. The bed only overhangs a few inches.

[@tmhimdynamite3747]

Just a thought. One of those bubble windows like on the Aliner up top, wCould make a removable ould make it feel larger?

[@FalkorsTale]

Go to bed early and get up early indeed. It's 2:30 in the morning for me and I have no idea why I'm up but here I am and here you are, too! Great info on the Kilmat and insulation. Are you going to get a longer mattress or use that space for pocket storage? I'm going back to bed though. Have a great day.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

That is a standard mattress. No need to get anything longer. The rest will be storage of some type. You tube allows me to upload a video and then schedule it to be automatically released at some time in the future. This video was uploaded several days ago, and just released automatically at 5:00 AM Eastern time.

[@wendyburston3132]

Ughh! Fiberglass! Hate it. We finally switched to the pink panther insulation. Great info about the properties of wool. Separate beds✔️. At our age it would be very practical. I'm trying to picture coming in from the cab with the extra bit if wood overhead from the bed. If probably be crawling myself. Just wondered how much of a difference it will make for Elizabeth, and even for Bill with his knees.😊 Great video as always.

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

It's not a problem. The overhang is only a few inches, and we're already bending over to go through the door.

[@grant4176]

Haha Bill be careful...don't piss Elizabeth off coz she will wait til you fall asleep then start up the RV and take off! 😂😂 Sorry just the visuals got me giggling!! Seriously tho...it's looking great! Good job!! 👍🏻

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

It's alright. I could sleep up there while she's driving.

[@grant4176]

@@LiveSimpleLiveFree Cool! Have some bungee cords handy! 😁😝 All good, Bill! Enjoying the build. Cheers!!

[@MrBeav1018]

pl premiun is the best if you can get it in Virginia. love this series sounds like you need help lol cant wait till the next episode .

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

I have no idea what pl premium is.

[@MrBeav1018]

@LiveSimpleLiveFree its a construction adhesive ,very strong

[@louisevandermaat-peeters1927]

Hi bil you are amazing.but i think that you must make some wholes in the bodemplaat from your bed.becose the moister gets in your bed .it becomes a great camper

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

That would be true if we were planning to live in this full time. But for the occasional trips we will make, I don't think it's necessary.

[@tdhawk167]

Would you want to add some glue to that thin tacked in piece underneath of the bunk overhang (squeezed in between that piece and the 2x4s from the top?), to reinforce for the vibrations and flexing while driving?

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

I doubt that will be a problem. But if it is, I can always add glue.

[@CarolMains-dy7zh]

RAIN` Be interesting , once you get the ceiling done, to hear the difference when it rains

[@LiveSimpleLiveFree]

I love the sound of the rain on the roof. But not when it's thunderous.