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Hey all. Possibly making some changes to our layout and would love to hear from the experts on here who have gone through shell builds. Our current layout is attached. My 3yo son sleeps on a plywood bed down below, and we have a Dometic 55IM fridge that we keep in front of his bed so the lid...

Unfortunately the 1720lb model is out of stock until October. Trying to find a used one at the moment.

Looking at taking the camper off for the first time. I have a buddy with a commercial warehouse who's letting me keep it in his place, but he might need to move it around. Wondering if I can use a couple 1,000lb capacity furniture dolly's to rest it on so I don't need to build a dolly myself...

Thought I'd tack on here. I put a 5lb AT bracket on today. The right holes of the bracket aligned perfectly with the FWC jack holes. The other bolts to the left are not perfectly aligned vertically on my FWC, so the AT bracket didn't slide over them. I elongated the holes so it would fit...

I think I've isolated the issue to this harness. It is the one that when unplugged indicates 'tailgate ajar.' With all of the other plugs from the tailgate in I removed this one, truck indicated 'tailgate ajar.' I left the normal tailgate plugs in and replaced the harness with the Ford...

I removed my tailgate this weekend in preparation for a camper install, and capped the connections with the 'tailgate delete' kit provided in my glovebox. Now my truck thinks the tailgate is down all the time - I get a warning on the dash when starting the truck, there is a light on my dash...

That's what I assumed, every demo I've seen they open the door to manually switch on that light. Are the interior panels of the walls easy to be removed if I wanted to wire my own exterior lighting?

Definitely adding a plate underneath since my SD will have an aluminum bed, hadn't thought about on top as well.

That exterior lighting package is nice, but not available on the base model. They do offer the rear lighting package, I was just planning on adding side lights too, so I didn't opt for it.

Does the porch light have an interior switch? From the demo videos I've watched you have to switch it on the fixture itself. I always thought this was a little silly, having to already be outside to turn on an outside light. What wireless option do you use? I'd like to have some perimeter...

Do you have the "stow and go" version that can be stored on the camper when not in use? I am torn between the glow steps and the easy hitch step. I like the easy hitch step for not having to drill into the camper for a mounting bracket like the glow steps and not having to store inside of the...

We are picking up our Hawk base model in 2 months and putting it on a new F250 Tremor. Super excited about the camping upgrade. I have a few questions about things I should address day 1 or prior to pickup. I've posed these same questions to my salesperson, but appreciate this community's...

That all makes sense. My question was more of - between 200w (16.7A although I'll never see all of that in reality) of solar and having power come from the truck, is it likely I'll be maxing out the Redarc's 25A capacity and be leaving charging "on the table" when driving - I won't be...

With ~200 watts of solar on the roof, would it be recommended I upgrade the Redarc BCDC 25amp model that will come with my lithium kit to their 40amp model? Or some other model? Our F250 will have the 410amp alternator option and we want to ensure driving time is being fully maximized to...

Bumping this for any additional opinions/thoughts. Right now our Hawk shell build sheet has no small drivers side window. I do like the idea of the camper having more natural light and feeling more 'open' but we are going to build a platform for our toddler to sleep on lengthwise by the front...

Hey Vic! Thanks for responding and providing as much info as you obviously have to this forum. Obviously a newbie here. Long time lurker and we are getting a Hawk shell in Q1-Q2 2024 so lots of questions are starting to come up. I think I was misunderstanding the "reset" functionality. I...

I have read about the Victron 712 needing to meet certain criteria before it will reset to 100% SOC. Does that mean it will count "down" as it recognizes output, but despite it registering input coming through the negative terminal it will only show an increased SOC when it reaches 100%?