Colorado Composite, Gladiator specific, slide-in truck camper

[XJ-KG-JT]

I have a custom composite lightweight truck camper designed and built for the Gladiator to find a new home for. With no small amount of seller's remorse, I traded in my '21 Gladiator Rubicon. I needed to fix the timing cover oil leak that popped up two months out of warranty, which wasn't that big a deal, but I'm doing several cross country road trips each year, and decided to look at some highway focused SUVs and they offered me a nice trade value, so. . .

I built this camper because there was nothing on the market in '21 that was lightweight and strong enough to not squash the Rubicon suspension and hold up to trail use. The camper has several hundred miles of trail use and many unreal backcountry campsites under its belt. It's comfortable and reliable. When I traded in the JT last week, I figured I would just part out the camper, but it's too nice to not a least try to find a new home for it. I put about $7500 of materials and equipment into it, and manufactured all the composite components. Carbon fiber frame, vacuum bagged angles of 90 and 45, and foam cored panels of 5mm ply on the interior and two layers of fiberglass on the exterior, all debulked and laminated before shaping to fit frame. Empty, the camper is about 350lbs, including ARB awning and all equipment. Holds 16 gallons of water with two pressure pumps, one for sink and one for a spray hose (shower). Uses a pair of Brophy lifts to raise/lower. I don't carry these with me, never needed to unload while camping and wheeling. Has a base to roll around on driveway, garage for storage. Uses the four heavy duty D-rings in bed with turnbuckles. Built in fly rod holders. 20AH lifepo4 bat and panel. LED lights. Buddy heater. Reasonbly easy to install camper and raise/lower pop-top. Reliable system like the old 4x4 campers. Camper has been all over, PINS twice, Everglades, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, CA. Nice and compact with top down for aero and tight trails. Heres some photos, happy to answer questions. Just looking to recover a small part of investment at $2500. By definition, its a prototype, but the question you will get at every gas station and campground is, "Nice camper, who makes it?" Thanks for looking and for the great posts here that helped me set up the Gladiator. Denver, CO.

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[ChrisB]

I have a custom composite lightweight truck camper designed and built for the Gladiator to find a new home for. With no small amount of seller's remorse, I traded in my '21 Gladiator Rubicon. I needed to fix the timing cover oil leak that popped up two months out of warranty, which wasn't that big a deal, but I'm doing several cross country road trips each year, and decided to look at some highway focused SUVs and they offered me a nice trade value, so. . .

I built this camper because there was nothing on the market in '21 that was lightweight and strong enough to not squash the Rubicon suspension and hold up to trail use. The camper has several hundred miles of trail use and many unreal backcountry campsites under its belt. It's comfortable and reliable. When I traded in the JT last week, I figured I would just part out the camper, but it's too nice to not a least try to find a new home for it. I put about $7500 of materials and equipment into it, and manufactured all the composite components. Carbon fiber frame, vacuum bagged angles of 90 and 45, and foam cored panels of 5mm ply on the interior and two layers of fiberglass on the exterior, all debulked and laminated before shaping to fit frame. Empty, the camper is about 350lbs, including ARB awning and all equipment. Holds 16 gallons of water with two pressure pumps, one for sink and one for a spray hose (shower). Uses a pair of Brophy lifts to raise/lower. I don't carry these with me, never needed to unload while camping and wheeling. Has a base to roll around on driveway, garage for storage. Uses the four heavy duty D-rings in bed with turnbuckles. Built in fly rod holders. 20AH lifepo4 bat and panel. LED lights. Buddy heater. Reasonbly easy to install camper and raise/lower pop-top. Reliable system like the old 4x4 campers. Camper has been all over, PINS twice, Everglades, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, CA. Nice and compact with top down for aero and tight trails. Heres some photos, happy to answer questions. Just looking to recover a small part of investment at $2500. By definition, its a prototype, but the question you will get at every gas station and campground is, "Nice camper, who makes it?" Thanks for looking and for the great posts here that helped me set up the Gladiator. Denver, CO.

I have a custom composite lightweight truck camper designed and built for the Gladiator to find a new home for. With no small amount of seller's remorse, I traded in my '21 Gladiator Rubicon. I needed to fix the timing cover oil leak that popped up two months out of warranty, which wasn't that big a deal, but I'm doing several cross country road trips each year, and decided to look at some highway focused SUVs and they offered me a nice trade value, so. . .

I built this camper because there was nothing on the market in '21 that was lightweight and strong enough to not squash the Rubicon suspension and hold up to trail use. The camper has several hundred miles of trail use and many unreal backcountry campsites under its belt. It's comfortable and reliable. When I traded in the JT last week, I figured I would just part out the camper, but it's too nice to not a least try to find a new home for it. I put about $7500 of materials and equipment into it, and manufactured all the composite components. Carbon fiber frame, vacuum bagged angles of 90 and 45, and foam cored panels of 5mm ply on the interior and two layers of fiberglass on the exterior, all debulked and laminated before shaping to fit frame. Empty, the camper is about 350lbs, including ARB awning and all equipment. Holds 16 gallons of water with two pressure pumps, one for sink and one for a spray hose (shower). Uses a pair of Brophy lifts to raise/lower. I don't carry these with me, never needed to unload while camping and wheeling. Has a base to roll around on driveway, garage for storage. Uses the four heavy duty D-rings in bed with turnbuckles. Built in fly rod holders. 20AH lifepo4 bat and panel. LED lights. Buddy heater. Reasonbly easy to install camper and raise/lower pop-top. Reliable system like the old 4x4 campers. Camper has been all over, PINS twice, Everglades, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, CA. Nice and compact with top down for aero and tight trails. Heres some photos, happy to answer questions. Just looking to recover a small part of investment at $2500. By definition, its a prototype, but the question you will get at every gas station and campground is, "Nice camper, who makes it?" Thanks for looking and for the great posts here that helped me set up the Gladiator. Denver, CO.

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[XJ-KG-JT]

Shoot me a DM. Camper is in SE Denver, CO area. We can talk by phone/text. I will of course run through installation and removal, and all systems, raising and lowering top, everything. A buyer would want a level surface to install/remove camper and lower it to the rolling base. It's not difficult. I will take plenty of time to practice everything so a buyer is comfortable with how everything works.

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