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Nice job.

Fantastic. Simple is better, and you nailed it. When time permits I'll be using the elements of this design to attempt a table that accommodates our rollover couch setup (i.e., with table mount on opposite side of the camper), and will post if successful. Thanks for your killer first post...

Thanks for the good word yall. Ride on; many miles of singletrack to go before I sleep...

Cool app, should be a fun combo. I hope it works well for you.

Thanks for the report 101, and for the webstraps/buckles idea, I'll have to consider something along that line, too. And I see you got to experience the sheer joy (!) of playing with your reflectix wrap in a nasty wind. Way too much fun.

Wow. Chalk it up to my being a desert rat who appreciates warm weather, but the very idea of weathering a southern Wyoming winter in a little FWC unit literally sends an icy breeze down my spine. I simply can't imagine doing that for any length of time day-in and day-out at that elevation and...

Thanks for the nudge 101, somehow I'd missed the followups on this thread. I'd describe the tension on my exterior reflectix wrap as 'snug'. I use several 6" strips of industrial velcro on the overlap/underlap portion of the reflectix wrap so there's plenty of length to either cinch up or...

I've attached command hooks to all the various surfaces in my camper, and haven't had a problem removing and relocating the hooks. They never have left a mark or residue as long as the sticky adherence strip was removed as per the instructions. That said, it seems the previous poster has had a...

Awhile back I was chided by fellow WTWers for bass-ackwarding the 'proper' FWC roof-raising and -lowering protocols, but I'm a stubborn old geezer and prefer my method given the 60-lb strut set I installed in the Grandby's interior front (I.e., tail end of the loft). Raising the front first...

I use a variety of 'Command' hooks available at your local hardware store. The hooks can support a lot of weight, and if you want to relocate one it's a simple matter to do, and no trace left behind. Alcohol-wipe-dry your intended surface beforehand, then apply. I'm a believer based on lots...

It's not a solution for everyone, and can be a bit of a hassle if you're on the move a lot, but with a little effort you can wrap your vinyl on the outside with a lengthy roll of reflectix, held in place with industrial Velcro strips on the ends of the roll and a long-enough bungee to girdle...

Just for the record, count me among the great fans of a quality set of scissor steps. We weren't happy with either the sturdiness or stability of the hitch-mount options we tried, but wound up getting happy with a 24" wide Brophy 3-stepper high-end set of scissors (~ $200 new, online). For...

Yep, thanks for the great tips, Steve. The door on our Grandby is like yours. I just now completed my caulking frenzy, and in hindsight it seems like a logical thing to have done right from the get-go. From now on the Arizona summer monsoon will need to find some other way of getting inside...

One possible beef-up of insulation along the vinyl siding, using good ol' reflectix, works for us: http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/6262-fwc-grandby-shell-customizations-revisited/?hl=reflectix

Ditto, can't find reference to Eagle anywhere on the web either as a cooler, fridge, or other. What kind of ice box is it?

Thanks leadsled9!

Thanks imix!

Yep, I want it all... An inexpensive, collapsible, waterproof (no leaking) soft-sided cooler or equivalent 'bag' of about 40 to 60 quart capacity that I can use to temporarily hold block-ice and perishable groceries while restocking on the road. This item would need to keep things cool for a...

One possible con to a receiver-based solution is a resulting decrease in the truck camper's departure angle/span, which could be an important criterion if one goes off-highway in dissected country (as we experienced). Now a 3-stepper scissors style step is what's working for us.

Wow, a truly vintage Grandby. But... what am I seeing in that last pic? Is that the camper's floor laying there on the ground, or am I just hallucinating? I'll assume you'll be telling us more as you proceed with this hopefully fun project. Congrats on your procurement.

Way to go Dusty. Our '11 Grandby shell is giving us some mighty fine times out in the wilds. Enjoy.

I guess I'll have to try raising the rear portion first, just to see if that makes the whole roof lifting thing easier for me. But up to now I've always raised the front portion first (not sure why)... x2 on having the door open when you do all this lifting!!

OK, this afternoon I had a closer look under the hood of the truck and inside the camper's battery compartment. As Jason has suggested, the little 'cube' in the truck's engine compartment looks just like the double-post thermal circuit breaker shown in the article he linked to (above). There's...

During the new camper's initial installation in Nov. 2011 (presumed age of the camper battery), the tech mounted a small blackish rectangular cube, roughly 1" x 3/4" x 3/4", near my truck's battery in the engine compartment. Heavy gauge wiring connects the cube to the battery as well as routed...

Hi all, On a recent trip while traveling I noticed a clicking sound every few seconds coming from the truck's battery area under the hood, near where the wiring takes off to our FWC Grandby. At the time I was charging a laptop on our small 350w inverter, and the road was fairly washboardy...