Kampereen K4 Test Camp Debrief and Future

I finished the Kampereen K4 build just about the same time that I got involved in another project last year. We bought a farmette up in the Virginia hills and I’ve been caught up in getting that place into shape. If you’d like to see pics and the story of that place, it’s on Instagram at blueyonderfarm. (Lots of projects to come at the cabin!)

Later in ’22 I had a chance to take the camper out for its first camp night, and since then have taken it out a couple of times. I think this design achieves everything I wanted. With the wheels set all the way to the edges, it doesn’t display any signs of the tippiness of the K3. I also like that the wheel wells are out of the way to the sides so when you step into the interior, you don’t trip over the hump in the center of the floor. Makes it much easier to set up a chair inside.

About the *only* downside to this design, in my opinion, is that if you had a tongue-mounted cooler, you’d need to remove it to be able to use it with the camper open. It doesn’t bother me, but if I were to have built them commercially I’m sure some would have knocked it for that.

Later this month, a friend of The Kampereen will be stopping by to visit and check out the design. He is planning to build something similar. I look forward to showing it to him and getting his feedback. He raised the idea of building the camper on a trailer frame kit like the kind you’d get from Northern Tool or Harbor Freight. Since the camper now opens rear-to-front, it would work. I think that’s a good idea, and something I will consider for the next build.  I’m not sure when I will get started on that, but I do hope to shoot some detailed video on that build.