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NIXFWC. question; you went to three forks and did not mention the great hot springs up on the cliff over looking the river one of the great hot springs in the west. When we lived in Idaho we would make at least 1 trip a year, even if it was wet and muddy. Good times! Les,lqhikers

2016 ford full size transit 3.7 v/6 148" wb,Ls diff. mid roof, full camper conversion. we now have almost 15,000 miles, back roads, secondary roads, few freeways. over all avg. 18.5 more than i thought we would get. really do not mis 4x4 any more, guess i'm getting old! (still have geo tracker...

since we do not keep track anymore do not even take pictures anymore i would guess we are at 60-65 nights. plus one that i would like to count but won't,and that was the night i worked late on our latest camper (2016 ford transit mid roof 148"wb van) finished the bed i was installing laid down...

love the tow/haul control. we replaced our 2015 toyota 4x4 with northstar pop up with a 2016 ford 150 transit medium roof 148" wheel base converted to camper. camper conversion added approx 800 pounds plus all the extra crap we carry. as we ordered the transit with locking diff,it serves our...

Thanks for your stories told with your great art work. Yours are the only one's i go back to and enjoy over and over! Les,lqhikers

cleaning out garage thought some one might be interested. alum scissor 3 step w/bracket.$150.00 i used this step on my fwc,six-pac campers,northstar camper. Local pick only (to lazy to ship) so if you are passing through or live in the area give me a call at 760-774-8954 located in La...

1-24-16 sale pending. sold 1-27-16 Les

Billharr. Thanks Les :)

complete set of firestone ride-right air bags. will fit 2014/2015 Toyota Tacoma (may fit others) A good deal if you live in area or are passing through as i cannot ship. $250 cash (i paid $365 + could not find any lower price!) was only on truck for 6 months (sold truck) located in La Quinta...

had me worried for a minute sounded like someone listed all the hot springs but after reading they missed some of the great ones (in Idaho) i did notice that anderson creek in Idaho still had the bench we made when we lived in the area and went under the handle of "GVhikers" Les,lqhikers

Ryan, answer to your ?. i sewed up a sleeve out of naugahyde (doubled) that was the size of the larger window which was the camper,then cut a cardboard coller pattern that matched the out line of the 2 window's stapled the sleeve to both coller's (made out of 1/2" plywood) these were then...

we have a pass through from truck cab to camper (Bella the cat has to be able to go back and forth at her leisure) :D when it is cold the cab heater lets heat through to rear and does keep camper warm not hot. ​might be something to think about not hard to make a pass through if you have a...

when we had our first fwc there was not a thremo pac available. since sewing has always been one of my hobbies i did our first thermo out of a king size quilted bed spread, enough material to make a cover for all 4 sides,did it in 4 pieces with velcro worked so good that when we bought our next...

expanding on freebird take on thermostat we had the same problem with our Northstar the thermostat was away from the foot of the bed. to take care of the problem i wired a switch to bypass thermostat and mounted it in the small cabinet at the head of bed,so now i can turn the furnace on while in...

when we had a eagle fwc/ toyota we used a double bag with a liner. liner was sewed up using 2 queen sheets then safety pinned in,tried velcro but i guess we wiggled to much hence the safety pins. with our currant pop up (northstar) has a full size matteress so we use standard...

might as well add to the topic. never had to wear glasses till i was 60+ then only readers for a while,but did have a pteryqium (growth on the eye) that started to cause vision problems,had it removed. jump forward 15 years have another one on other eye,go to have it checked and find out i...

seems weird that you would leave So. Cal. out of the picture as it has the best winter weather and some of the most remote camping,Borrego Springs state park free back country camping, Mojave preserve very remote much history free ,of course Death valley area (not the tourist area's) cross the...

sounds to me that your over thinking what you think might be a problem. i would suggest taking a few trips with the set up you have and get used to what you have. i have found that any tacoma with any combination manual/auto trans that is loaded close to the max (most rigs are) you have to...

Milt, really enjoy your travel posts,thanks so much foe sharing. Les,lqhikers

I to will follow as it may be in my future to do a flat bed ( i tend to change rigs often!) if i remember right dirty dog's rig had a side door which i really liked. one of the reasons we had a Provan tiger 4x4 motorhome was the side door. main reason no built up dirt etc after miles of...

Bigfoot, original tire size yes. mpg hand calculated yes (tacoma does not have mpg display) no such thing as average speed ,no i do not have a gps unit nor do i want one. remember i do the milage thing for fun, not to save money! i do know that when i pass one of those electronic speed...

billharr. i agree with you on scan gauge,my first "scan" gauge was a vacuum gauge ( thank it was called a milage minder) on my 49 chevy did the same almost! lots of info on Hyper milage ideas kind of fun to read the extremes some go to to increase mpg. my biggest secret is not to be in a...

ok i will expand on orig post. i have owned a 2003 tacoma I-4 manual 4x4 with fwc eagle yes overloaded never got better than 17mpg average for the time i owned 2plus years. 2008 tacoma4x4 v/6 manual used with fwc eagle and at times a six pac hard side camper also over loaded again right at 17...

sorry bigfoot if you doubt me your problem not mine. i do not post hot air reports,if you doubt me come on down to La Quinta and i will take you for a spin then make your remarks. o by the way do you drive the same rig and set up if so post your figures. i guess you want me to post untrue...

thought i would post some information on our north star mc 600. figures might interest some folks. just returned from a trip with a turn around at Missoula Mt. cut the trip short as the fires in Idaho made it not worth spending to much time in the back country. total of 2,832...