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Mark, it looks as if you're passing on the Padre Island NS area of TX south of CC, maybe you've already been there? But I sure enjoyed the many days spent in years past wandering those mostly empty dunes and beaches; Aransas NWR was fabulous too. Also some rather nice swamplands near the LA...

Yep, x2 on the 303 cleaner/protectant combo, you're likely to likey. Rico.

Thanks for this... looks like it'll likely be a great overnight stopover on my next meandering trip to the Santa Fe area, so I appreciate the tip. Rico.

In the camper, numerous footman loops distributed among the cabinets and baseboard allow me to have innumerable bungee-tiedown options. In the truck, not so simple, you may have to contrive something involving, as you say, safety nets or a custom-cut and anchored partition. Good luck with...

DG, if you're tallying, I'm one of those lucky ones, FWC delivered it to me in AZ in Nov of '11. No buyer's remorse here. Good luck in your search. Rico.

Heh heh, well, if it's any colder than 25 degrees overnight we're not likely to be out in the camper, so our portable micro Coleman SportCat is all the heat we need out here in the desert Southwest. So we specifically didn't go with an installed heater in the shell, but bacon? Do we love...

Otto, I agree that your total 'extra' weight should be ~ 150 lbs. If that's a reasonable add-on of weight for the value of the extra fuel to you, then go for it. Rico

From numerous websites (they could be wrong?) the TF tank weight itself is purported to be roughly ~150 to 160 lbs. The additional 20 gal of fuel weight at 6 lbs/gal is roughly ~120 lbs. Rico

Also agree, I had posted before I saw your note, WS.

I've been very polite and respectful in discussing this topic with you, and anyone following this thread will be able to discern that; I'm most certainly not argumentative. You've called into question the worthiness of latex as a mattress material in our campers, and I'm merely trying to...

Tempur-pedic is polyurethane based, according to all the Web intel I've come across. Also, I cannot find any mention of latex as an ingredient in Tempur-pedic memory foam anywhere on the Web. You say that you "and many others" have experienced cold retention -- have they posted their thoughts...

Yep, a latex mattress doesn't exhibit near the cold performance downside of a tempur-pedic or its ilk. So is it OK for me to go back to hyping latex again? Heh heh... (don't worry, I won't) Rico

Our latex (talalay/dunlop mix) has been down to 25 deg F on several occasions, without noticeable performance issues. I think this is a case of YMMV, and we just haven't seen any problem with ours (yet). But I'll defer to the rest of you on this and acknowledge that latex might not be a great...

Otto: As a desert rat in a mostly warmish climate, my ongoing favorable experience using latex mattress foam is apparently 180 vs. your experience in the cool Canadian north. So I guess it behooves the buyer to beware of that before taking a leap on latex. Thanks for the alert on latex...

I have a set of the Rieco jacks that are rarely used since I leave the Grandby mounted more or less fulltime. If you follow through with your purchase plans and choose to buy the camper without buying the jacks, I'm sure we could work something out for you to make use of mine as needed (since...

Well, my initial thought is that a crew cab short bed might be a bit too short for the camper you have. My FWC Grandby is an 8-ft like your Northstar and has a ~16" overhang on the King Cab in the 6.5' bed. But I believe most crew cabs are in the ~5.5' bed range? If so, that's a whole lotta...

First, welcome to the site! I have a Grandby shell and no experience with a Fleet, so I'll be of no help on that. What I might suggest is this: You seem to have a fair amount of free time available to you, so consider going with a shell and custom-building your add-ins as you go along gaining...

Thanks for the detailed writeup. While at Steens in Sept. I had pondered a trip across the Hart Mtn outback much like what you did, but decided it'd be too much to take on without obtaining more info, so I'll be saving that for another trip. Could be I'll just content myself with coming in the...

An early cold air system prevented us AZ weather-weenies from hanging out in the Sawtooth area at the start of October, but we'll make up for that next season when it warms up some. Thanks for sharing your great narrative about one of the West's finest regions. Can't wait for Part 2. Rico.

Great idea. I'll have to see what might work for us, thanks for inspiring. Rico.

Actually there can be several good reasons to stay in a campground, esp. if you're 'on the move', or you want/need easy access to restrooms, or to enjoy a trailhead right out of camp without having to drop the top and drive, that's just a few that come to mind. But yeah, as a rule we prefer...

10/4/2017: Celebrated a year's worth of nights in our 2011 Grandby! A full moon was an added bonus beyond our already serene Burr Trail campsite in UT.

OK, I get it now, googling "what the heck does nos mean" explained everything I might want to know about this post.

Eh? Google couldn't help me on this one...

We intended our aluminum 24" wide 3-stepper from Brophy to be portable, whereby the top bar just 'drops in' to its own (supplied) bracket mount which I installed along the lower rear (overhang) edge of the camper. The 18-lb stepper takes no more than 30 seconds to remount and super-secure with...