Just passed 500 miles on my DIY truck bed camper build and I'm honestly shocked it hasn't fallen apart yet

I threw this thing together with scrap wood and harbor freight hinges in my driveway over 3 weekends, and after hauling it up to flagstaff and back twice with zero failures I'm starting to wonder if I accidentally built something decent - has anyone else had a janky project actually hold up way better than expected?

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oscarb7114d ago

Wait you used harbor freight hinges on something that goes on a truck and it survived 500 miles? Those things barely hold my shed door shut in calm weather. I had a set of those cheap strap hinges snap just from the wind slamming my gate one afternoon. The fact that yours are holding a whole camper together at highway speeds is honestly kind of scary but also impressive. I gotta ask though are those the silver ones or the black ones because I swear the black ones are a little less flimsy.

abby_robinson589d ago

That line about harbor freight hinges barely holding a shed door shut really got me, @oscarb71. I'm curious though - did you use any extra bolts or lock washers when you mounted those hinges, or just the hardware that came in the package? I've found that upgrading the little screws they give you to something from the bins at Ace can make a huge difference with cheap hardware. I'd love to know if you took that shortcut or just rolled the dice.

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