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Some are saying the Aisin tranny on the Ram is a worthwhile upgrade with the 6.4 Hemi. However, it only comes with the 4.44 axle ratio. Given the load on the truck (we travel heavy and will likely be close to the 10,000# GVW!) will that gearing be too low? Our current go to speed in our Ram with...

I posted this first on the expo site. (Those guys are some serious gear heads which I'm not!) However, this group is much more focused on the camping lifestyle Sioux and I do. So I value your observations: OK, let's get this out right away. My wife says it is a sickness. I've got a great 4WD...

Cold, cold, cold today. We made it past the Totem Pole on the Onion Creek road but the banked-the-wrong-way road combined with packed snow and ice convinced us to park and walk ahead on foot. Very nice walk and with the driving snow we had it to ourselves. surprised? :) And yes, looking at...

Maybe we'll amble up to Fisher Towers/ Onion Creek tomorrow and cautiously try the first section. If nothing else we'll hike up the Fisher towers trail. I'm pretty much a coward after having survived some pretty brave (and stupid) stuff in my youth. Thanks to all for your help and I'll report back.

Shafer Trail is closed due to snow. Sounds like a very nice trail that we've never done. But I'm getting mixed signals online on doing Onion Creek at least part way with a AWD Highlander. (Skillfully driven, of course!) What's the consensus? BTW, we had a really nice (but tame) sunny afternoon...

Good idea. Fisher Towers are very accessible and it is a pretty drive up the Colorado River. Anyone else?

So Sioux and I are taking our three adult kids to Moab today for a four day weekend. (Sorry, but we're renting a condo. The kids aren't big winter campers.) We've been going to Moab for 35 years but I still really trust this group's suggestions. We'll be in our AWD Highlander and just want to...

HERE is the one Sioux and I carry. We personally have never needed it (which is good!) but several friends have borrowed it and it does great. Since we travel alone in really wild places we follow the "belt and suspenders" approach. I used to have one of the Walmart consumer models of jump...

Lots of drawers... big drawers on heavy duty full-extension slides. [sharedmedia=core:attachments:21686]

Don't feel bad. I've waited (AND WORKED) almost 64 years to FINALLY qualify for Medicare and now there are rumblings it will be going away/ heavily modified. (The missus and I are paying over $1700.00 a month for a lousy policy and we're in great health!)

Yes. On a standard flatbed there are two layers that form about 4" strips of I think 5/8" plywood. They are about 14" apart. Denny asked the factory to only apply one layer for the skid to lower the profile. (Hey, every little bit helps!) I cut sections of 3/4" rigid foam to fill these areas...

Yes, the overhang is about 11" or so. If you go to the FWC site under Hawk Flatbed they have a dimensional drawing. BTW, this is just one more reason to go custom so you can end the bed where the camper starts the 45 degree up-sweep. Mine could have been about 1 1/2" shorter. But what the...

I installed drawers on full-extension slides for many of my cabinet areas. I even did this with a 150# rated 26" slide at the end of one of my dinette seats. Makes a world of difference in terms of access.

One warning. Flatbeds usually have their gas filler neck mounted high up on the headache rack. We deleted the headache rack so Largo Tank just installed the filler neck on the side of the actual flatbed. Looked great BUT didn't work due to not enough fall of the hose to the tank. It was an...

No real difference. The under bed boxes keep our weight low and we've always been at or over the GVWR even though the Ram is a 3/4 ton. So the truck handles fine for me. (The only suspension change we've made is air bags.)

We picked up our Hawk Flatbed from Denny Saunders in Jackson Hole in October, 2015. It is mounted on our 4WD 2012 Ram 2500. If you have purchased a flatbed for a FWC Flatbed model (any) or considered it please share the following: 1. Who did you choose for the flatbed- name, location, why you...

X2, Frank. I'm always showing Sioux overloaded one ton PU's with bloated Lance campers or huge 5th wheels and asking her, "Are you sure you don't want a palace like that?" She says, "Nope. I want to go where the birds are." And so we do... down many a 4 WD road.

We did these on our previous slide-in Hawk and really liked them. We left them permanently attached and just held them up for driving with two cables attached with clips to two stainless steel eyebolts above. Worked great! Now that we have the side entrance with the Hawk flatbed the Torklifts...

I've only used this a few times but it has worked well. I spliced a cigarette lighter adapter on to it.

Eventually my sweet little flatbed MIGHT be for sale when I do a new build. But given the limited numbers of FB's out there it will be a tough search for you! [sharedmedia=core:attachments:22035]

X2 on the Hawk flatbed's livability. We haven't full timed but after almost one year have camped a lot in it. MUCH better than the layout in the 2012 Hawk slide-in we owned before. We went the Ram 2500 route and don't regret it vs. a smaller truck. Even with the 3/4 rating and fully loaded we...

It did for Sioux and me with our 2012 Ram 2500 Crew Cab. It is almost always just the two of us and in a pinch three can sit cozily abreast up front. So we took out the 2.3 part of the rear seat just leaving the jump seat folded up. (We kept all the hardware and seat if someone wants to put it...

Glad you liked it, Hoyden. Sioux and I stayed three nights and we will be back.

The East Fork Road about 10 miles north-east of pagos Springs has some very nice campsites. Decent campground at the start but up the road very nice boondocking. If you go in about 8 miles there is a road that splits off to the right into Quartz Basin that is beautiful and we were the only camp...

X2 on Hwy 12. If you do go that way be sure to stop at Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder, Utah. (They may close for the season around then.) Truly memorable food.