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Maybe Lionshead, White River or maybe the Washington fires. One blew up from the start next to Omak yesterday, is already 67K or so as of this morning. Either way there is plenty around to smoke us up. Some interesting, for lack of a better term, stuff showing in California too. Especially what...

Gas now, travel later. Isn’t that an advantage of being retired?

Yup, I’m of the opinion it’s the new world order up/over/down here. Here in Central Oregon we’ve been inundated to various degrees for a little over a year straight. I’ve been doing a little work in the woods to the east of here lately and the woods population of humans is definitely more all...

I use the basic Avenza App on my phone. We started using the Pro version at work a little bit before I retired. If you’re planning to just use it for overall navigation and letting the dot on the map confirm your suspicions on where you think you are, the basic works more than fine. I’ll...

Short answer is should be fine. Using the jack brackets and tying down your Hawk on the outside is not unheard of. A search of the threads on here will, (or should) give several threads over the years discussing outside tie downs, fastguns, torklift vs happijac, Brophy systems and so on. The...

This is the full link, it doesn’t seem to work for me either. Maybe it will for you. https://rvworkshop.com/sc_images/Heco%20Truck%20Camper%20LIFT-SYSTEM%20Model%20(1).pdf What did work for me was to google all “heco roof lift system manual”. The first entry was from RV Workshop, the link I...

I’ll offer what little I know. Viking hasn’t produced a truck camper in a long time. Viking camp trailers are still made. A call to them may help, but I doubt it. Here is a schematic if that helps: https://rvworkshop.com/sc_images/Heco%20Truck%20Camper%20LIFT-SYSTEM%20Model%20(1).pdf Parts...

Nice unit for sure. Congratulations!

The short answer is yes. The specifics depend on what outdoor stove you have. I have both an old Coleman and even older Century two burner camp stove. They are both high pressure stoves. Basically that means they don’t require a separate regulator to run off a bulk propane tank. If your...

That is an impressive background for a photo.

Try as I did, I never came close to seeing it well. That is an awesome lookin image. Thanks for sharing.

Nice photos and nice boats, thanks for sharing.

One of the very few things I miss about Western Oregon is the gardening opportunities, especially berry cropping. Funny thing about zucchini, no one ever says “I should have planted more zucchini”. My little Russian Grandmother’s rule was if you plant 1 zucchini you need to plant 3. 3 was...

I’ll guess you’re into something custom fabbed. The closest I’ve seen were modded/custom cloth panniers, which of course is something different than your application. I would be interested in seeing what you come up with. Good luck.

If you haven’t already done so, you may want to consider adding D bulb weatherstripping to the lower top trim of your Fleet. While I don’t doubt your roof issues, you do mention it getting wet in the corners while driving, that was a somewhat common complaint with the older units. The cure is...

That’s a flat out impressive story all the way around. Thanks for sharing.

An epic drive for sure. Hopefully you were able to maximize the daylight hours to truly take in all the surroundings had to offer. At least what you could take in while driving. Congratulations.

Fantastic indeed! Thanks for sharing thus far.

To summarize some past threads on here regarding the question at hand: Yup, heat is Important. I’d recommend getting the forced air from the factory or similar. On past threads regular winter campers have also went with a Wave or Buddy in addition. The theory is switching to the catalytic...

That’s very thoughtful of you to think of your dog. Here the annual fireworks show was cancelled. The residents more than made up for it. Thanks for sharing.

If you are wanting to be in/close to town, you are limited to the commercial RV campground offerings. Boondocking is available on the Umatilla NF. While you can see the Forest to the east from town, you can’t easily “Get there from here”. Mill Cr Road turns into FS Rd 65 (I think 65) going up...

I’ll share my thoughts. While I have a full sized Grandby and truck, I also own a Ranger. With the weights listed for applicable models running 935 to 1045lbs, and I’m assuming that’s for the regular, not shell, your discretionary payload is a few hundred pounds or so. I’ll venture that most...

On the Trophy Board! Nice job and nice post. I’ve come to the conclusion that this will become known as the “Summer of Craziness in the woodlands. Around here at least.

Boy isn’t that the truth! Looks like a very nice float none the less. Thanks for sharing.

That’s just awesome for several reasons... Thanks for sharing.