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J- Welcome to the family. I have the Decka in my 2012 Eagle shell. The second one. The first one went 40 months on a 36 month warranty. 24 months from Decka and another 12 from FWC. It worked well in my appication...so well I decided to purchase another one which I have 18 months on. Solar...

I wish I had known the info that Bill has shared when I did mine 5 years ago. Its holding up well though it would have been nice to have just 3 inches more depth. (bigger is sometimes better). Working in the galley we discovered that if you extend the bed bottom out 6-10 inches without the...

My drawer Cabinet is about 20 inches wide. Camper floor is 78". So there counter is About 58" wide. Call FWC or email Roy. - roy@fourwh.com and ask. You can always go to Home Depot and ask if you can purchase a "ready- made " counter. They might even be able to cut it down if you don't own a...

Welcome to the family, Grete. Speaker lift is a good way to lift it and it doesn't take up much room. Click on the link to View the video "speaker lift". Cost is around $90. I use it on my Eagle as I have a damaged back. Takes about 3 minutes to put up the top quicker if I used a 12 amp power...

Looks good Eric You will average less than 5 amps per hour draw. 220 watts should give you around 8 amps in on December 22nd and over 10 June 22nd..if you can't tilt the panel into the sun. I don't recall if you have a battery monitor. If not buy something like a Trimetric 2030RV to show your...

StreamFisher My 2 cents your looking for a FWC Hawk/Kestral. Used check out the "Gear Exchange". year 2000 forward. Four Wheel and ATC have real good resale. My buddy sold is 2005 Kestral in April 2016 for the asking price $9,000 in 45 minutes from listing it on Wander the West". He bought it...

2017 New season for New Owners. Many of which are new to truck camping. The following is an answer I provided on a "PM" last year: Battery Honeymoon period Honeymoon because my experience is battery very efficient until year 1.5 till 2 years old. Then the voltage drops by 25% just sitting...

Field Report Trimetric and Battery Saturday I returned from a week at the Saline hot springs. Washboard on the flats before the "salt tram" worse than I have ever experienced it. 3 hours of semi-violent shaking and vibration each way. Camper came through it great. Although I lost power to my...

3M VHB tape.is what I used to mount our Renogy 26 pound 150 watt panel. Its been up there 13 months now. I check the adhesion once a month - solid as ever. Renogy recomended 6 mounting "plates". I used 8. 6 would have been enough. Mounted full time I'm driving about 700 miles a month.

Mark G- As a fellow North County guy. hope sometime we can meet up so I can see it in person.or attend the SoCal Rally in November this year (yes we moved it to the desert). Great cabinet work, Definitely a craftsman. Oooops,,,..missed the pic of the ice cooler and location of the 2.5 gallon...

I'm reminded of the story about the guy who listed his FWC shell for sale. He got so many phone calls he said the first one who arrives with the cash has it. caller #1 said he would be there the next day at 7 am. At 6am the next day another buyer was pounding on his door with cash in hand. He...

Bill Harr then gave me the "6 year olds" explanation of how a seperator works. Reprinted for you all here. (also on page 6 of the Eagle/Fleet shell build) Solenoid BIG switch that is turned on and off by a small coil. apply small amount of power to the coil and it closes the switch. remove...

Since I am completing year 5 (Eagle shell May 2012), I am updating the "build Post" on what I have learned the last year. The August 2014 update was from my solo 3 week trip to Oregon. (page 6) dealt with cooking inside and batteries. 3 years have passed since that post so thought the new...

BackCountry - You mentioned the Grandby and Hallmark have a base weight of 1,095 pounds. I think you will be surprised at the "optioned weight". Our Eagle shell base weight - 595 pounds. The "all up" weight (without camping gear for 2 people) is 1,100 pounds (cabinet, counter, sink. portable...

We run our Engle MT35 through a dedicated 10 gauge wire with a 10 amp fuse. We still use 12v accessory port and the heavy duty plug that came with the Engle. We have been running the fridge that way since 2013 with no problems.

2trout you don't mention whether the camper will be new or used. Assuming its new is the factory building it to fit your 2002 Tundra? or one of the newer trucks? Bed side wall height is different on different vehicles. If your considering replacing the 2002 in the next couple of years and you...

Hi Matt, Email Stan Kennedy at Four Wheel Camper stan@fourwh.com. They have a very good customer service department. Since we have an "improved" shell they helped a lot with our project. Transporting it after buying it. Direct this question at Stan he can advise you with safe solution.

Hi "Newbie", Welcome to the family. Weight Check your Tacoma owners manual for the weight it is rated for, Our 2013 4WD Tacoma stock is rated to carry about 1,185 pounds. Your 2WD is higher...maybe 1,500 pounds. Then call the dealer and get the weight on the Fleet shell. Its probably around...

Check-out the "Giga" tent. 3x 6 foot high At $26.00 one could buy two of them. one for potty one for changing. Interesting but to small for hanging out in but still.....

We run our Hankook 10 plys at 35 pounds on the highway with the camper shell bolted down full time and have a great ride. We drop them to 30 pounds offroad.

Movin- Which is one reason I bought the new 2013 Tacoma. I found one used 4WD 2006 Tundra in 9 months of looking. I could find a lot of 2WD models not the 4WD Access cab (looking in 2012). The dealer was asking $24,000 for it with 118,000 miles. And wouldn't go below $22K at the time. Checking...

Rando, we went to our local furniture upholstery shop and had the foam replaced with foam you can sleep on, I don't remember the brand. If you do this and have a camper made before 2013 (when FWC changed their foam to medium hard and height to 3 inches) have the upholsterer change the height...

Four wheel gave me the SAE connector (male and female) for free.

Thanks for sharing your first of many happy camping experiences to come.

Also the upside of the Toyota is "resale value" (at least in the southwest). When we sold our 1999 in 2013, we were the original owner with all the repair receipts. Milege 162,000. Still on the original clutch and rear brakes. The front brakes went 92,000. Selling price $6,000 we didn't sell...