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On my 2017 hawk flatbed, the black plug on left rear corner goes straight into the controller so—with a controller already installed for an existing roof top panel—adding my 100 watt porta-panel (without its own controller) was plug and play. Check the polarities when wiring on the connectors...

Soooo getting!

Awesome work! Thanks for sharing.

Oh, I’d love to go with half inch! If it’s working for you, I’ll start tracking some down.

Beautiful work, well explained. Thank you. Are you happy with the 3/4 birch plywood bench tops? I am redesigning my dinette and need to make hinged bench top/bin lids that will be atop a hole that is roughly 22x30 with support on all sides. Will it need bracing or can it do okay on its own...

We could use a small additional cooler/freezer for longer trips. For people keeping them in the cab of the truck, what is the power supply when the engine is not running?

Thank you to pawleyk and everyone else on this thread—this is super-valuable information shared in totally clear language!

Congrats on the battery. The new boxes look great! We have the older, somewhat smaller ones and use them a lot. The air compressor is mounted on one side and we keep a bunch of tire and extraction stuff in there. The other side, aka, ‘the dumpster,’ carries trash and recycling.

While we’re on the subject…. I am getting ready to tear out our dinette and replace with a bench that will better serve our use. The small woodscrews that hold together the original dinette tend to vibrate loose on fun roads. Would these threaded inserts offer a solution if I used them in the...

here’s the basic idea. As I master posting pictures, I’ll do a more detailed report. the hooks below the boards may be the greatest campsite innovation yet.

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Good times ahead. I have a nearly identical rig. If you are carrying scissors stairs, I built a frame to hold them in front of the spare when we’re driving. The frame also serves as a step to do the back latches. we also have clips modified so the stair latches into the rail on the tray. If...

My poor head thanks you! Ordering now.

I don’t have pictures, but can describe. In the first episode, the teeth on the control arm were stripped by, apparently, the chattering motion against the gear. I replaced the control arm. On the second, the plastic tab connecting the control arm to the vent lid snapped. I replaced the vent...

We have an extended cab; the front of the camper overhang is within 6 inches of the top of the windshield. Also, we have only experienced the problem with the front vent.

Our 2017 Hawk Flatbed has the exact same issue. In the most recent cap replacement, I tried the domed version at etrailer. I am no expert in aerodynamics, but since shifting to the dome, we’ve not had a self-open in roughly 8,000 miles of travel. We’ll shift to maxxair in the near future, but...

We’re a couple of 60 year olds who sleep on a deep cushy mattress at home and we’ve never had a complaint about our unmodified original fwc mattress.

I have never had an issue with the bolts loosening. When I reset them, which I’ve only done once in 3 years, I use your basic 10 or 12 inch wrenches and take it one grunt beyond flattening the split washer. I don’t know how big your wrench is, but if it’s longer than that, you can just choke...

Glad this has a happy(ish) ending! We went through the exact same process one year in to our 2017 Hawk. It was even in Northern Idaho and we, too, were rescued by a local rv service shop that squeezed us in to the schedule. Same cost, too. Seems like FWC might want to reconsider the board...

No data, but on a recent 3 month drive about, we only pushed the low end of the battery voltage once and that was when we spent a couple of days deep under the cedars around where Washington, Idaho, and Canada get together. As long as we drove a couple of hours or stayed out of the deep...

As Bill says, it depends on how you use it, so the best way to help is to tell how we use it. We’ve now lived with the 130 for two years, including a three month trip, and have been happy with the results. We are big cooks, so carry lots of ingredients—-fresh produce, meats, etc. We both...

I had a heck of a time with mine but finally got it working just last week. I don’t have any vehicle specific advice, but can praise the inventory and service at wwwfillernecksupply.com. It was a big help to get just the right part for a very specific need.

The ‘pushing end’ on my 2017 Hawk attaches to the ceiling with a piece of webbing that hangs down and snaps onto the push bar. The snap tore out on first trip so we simply have a hole in the webbing that slips over the remaining snap base, which becomes a nice little peg if you back it out a...

Captain Dorky, fellow newbie here who recently went down your path so here are some thoughts. We have been very happy with the Flatbed Hawk on a Norweld bed on a 2017 F350 gas super cab with the 6.5 bed (now gone). Truck thoughts: After about 20,000 miles of everything from cross country...