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We crossed from the US into Canada at Abbortsford, BC and it went quite smoothly. We presented our passports, our ArriveCan receipt, proof of negative Covid tests answered a few of the common crossing questions, and in less than 5 minutes, we were on our way - but it did take about 40 minutes...

Costco is now selling the Lion 105Ah battery. The cells are prismatic (not cylinders) so it is a lot smaller and lighter than the BB. You either have to go to Costco (see listing for when they will be available at various Costco stores: https://www.costco.com/lion-energy-schedule.html) or follow...

My previous pickup was a 2005 Tacoma. It had a true 5th wheel as a spare. When I checked out the 2019 ranger that we bought, I had looked under to see a what I thought was a true spare. On my first flat (stock Bridgestone A/T tires, side cut - not repairable), I found out that pickup...

Thanks JWL. A little experimentation and pressing the top << button for 2 seconds toggles the light on/off.Thanks.

Hi David - I sent you a PM.

While I love Victron stuff, when I replaced my old Nasa BM-1 battery monitor, I went with the $73 Ali battery monitor (same as the Renogy at $96). I'm a glutton for numbers and the Ali displays everything: Ah, SoC%, V, A, W and time left. The victron gives me 1 number and an SoC bar graph. The...

We upgraded to the remote version for over the bed - never could keep straight which buttons did what without crawling under the fan and shining a light. Our 5 year old model 00-05100K needs a new home. It's in fine working order. The casement that it slides into is new as I just slid our new...

We meander a lot, so we often stop late in the day and are off the next morning, but we like to eat well. Most of Costco's prepared entrees (see first picture) are sealed in plastic bags and placing them on the 8" rack over water in the 10" pan with the lid on makes for a quick and tasty main...

Using thin decorative screen from Home Depot, heavy duty scissors and some copper wire, these baskets have lasted for 5 years so far - and everything stays in them:

The scales in the spot-check truck weigh stations in Oregon are always active. If the station is not in use, just pull onto the scale and your total weight will be displayed.

A bear, if it wants to, can get into most any hard sided camper. I recall a post by an FWC owner that had the door torn off by a bear. Same would be true for any hard sided camper. Our basic rule is to minimize odors. We are careful what we cook in bear country. Any food not in our fridge or...

Afton canyon is here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Afton+Canyon+Campground/@35.0389798,-116.6629865,10z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c5a93a25f7eec7:0xc9d4b36439820b3d!8m2!3d35.0388681!4d-116.382825?hl=en But there aremuch more interesting areas in the Mohave. Afton canyon was our first foray into...

The wire from the camper plug to the truck should be 6 gauge (or thicker, if you wish). 8 gauge will almost always work, but the wiring effort is more than the cost difference in gauge so go for 6 gauge. In addition to the two 6 gauge wires, run a third 12 or 14 gauge wire. It's cheap, no more...

I had our 2015 Fleet off our 2019 Ranger (unfortunately, due to tie-down damage to the truck). I have a 1x3 frame with horse stall pad strips between the frame and the Fleet. But there was wear on the ribs and the frame - not much, but only after 20 months. I have added a single piece of (about...

Not far from Great Basin NP is Basin and Range National Monument. 2 basins, 3 ranges over 1600 sqmi and we met only 2 people (grading road) on 3 days in early May. Has elevation so nights get down into the 60's at night in August. Awesome scenery and today's taggers have nothing on yesterdays...

When we slide the table into the Z brackets, we stick a scrap piece of outdoor carpet on top of the table and finish sliding it in. Our Z brackets have a felt like material that the table sits on. Never had any noise or rattle issue. We have this table...

Update 2: The damage at the rear mounts required some spot welds. I replaced the 3/16" x 3" x 6" aluminum plates with 1/4" x 4" x 7" steel plates and inserted a 7" x 3" piece of 20ga steel that butted against the lip of the 20ga cross rib. This provided a more even distribution of load...

Update 1: $1100 later and I'm almost ready to put the camper back on. They welded a plate underneath and then placed a cross bar between the two bed ribs - see pictures. If you look carefully at the top plates (that were underneath), you can see that the FWC plates are slightly bowed. The shop...

I mounted the Camera Source on the camper door - almost the same position as the tailgate camera. See: https://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/20044-tailgate-camera-use-with-tailgate-off/page-2?hl=camera

In our 2015 Fleet front dinette, I've redone the "grid", I removed the factory 12V outlet and USB port unit placing 12V outlets behind the seats on the kitchen unit (left side) and the cabinet unit (right side), and in the center, below the front window. The wire gauge to the factory 12V is at...

Thanks for your fascinating travelogue and amazing background information. And Foy's comment made it even richer. It was sufficiently engrossing that I followed one of the links to find that Portland has an extant tower that was on the Seattle - San Francisco route. . It was electric, and...

I built my LiFePO4 battery and have been very happy with it. 280Ah cost about $750. Since my Fleet front dinette has limited battery space, I needed to spend a lot of effort and time making a case for the cells that would fit in the battery compartment and have a reasonable way of maneuvering...

Update: The folks at the auto body shop felt that the FWC anchor method was totally inadequate. This is a small shop that also does custom work. They found more rivets that had pulled out. They pointed out that the bed metal is 20ga (0.9mm) and that the cross beam supports are also similar gauge...

Ranger (2019 and later) owners need to frequently and carefully inspect the front eye bolts. At least do a quick look from the underside of the bed. An unpleasant surprise when we got back from a 5 day trip into NW Nevada - serious bed cracks and popped rivets around the front eye-bolt anchors...

Before we got the artic pack, which we use year round for a number of reasons, I made and used "sky hooks" - 2" velcro riveted (because the adhesive is never strong enough) to a 2" piece of formica.