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Howdy What is a good way to determine fair value for a 1978 Alaskan 10 foot Cab Over model in good to very condition ? Located in the Pacific Northwest....delivery may be possible. David Graves

Mark A brief remark as I am working. Look carefully for access panels down to the truck bed. I have found them in unexpected areas like the horizontal surface under the passengers side windows DG

This image shows the angle lift arm from a broken jack.

Hi Mark And also welcome to WTW....your camper looks very nice and should give you good service. I would mention that it looks to be an early eighties model. I think it is important for you get to know the FWC of that period in order to enjoy it. They did employ the Flex frame...

Howdy If it serves come for a visit or a place to recharge on the north Oregon coast. Travel safe David Graves

Hi Craig.... That's your story and you're sticking with it ? DG

Howdy Did you ever find a camper ? I have an older Fleet that we may sell later this Spring. Where are you located ? Thanks

Howdy...I wanted to mention there is a FB group dedicated to Vintage and Classic FWC Campers....you may find some answers there also. Good luck if you buy the camper...they are a very sound design.

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Its all good....Buckland, now you have an excellent reason to revisit B. C. S. sometime. BTW did you go to the french bakery in the mining town.....? Rusting in Oregon....only state where moss grows on anchor wire fencing....and Asphalt....and hard baked metal roofinf. ...and the north facing...

You have a lot to loose by using stainless....galvanic corrosion between dis similar metals in the presence of an electrolyte....H2O....the aluminum looses this battle. I really think your best bet is Galvanized steel screws with a baked on white finish of the same size as was first used at...

In New York people dont drown in the Hudson....they burst into flames. :)

Buckland One can buy a large variety of coatings and finishes on screws these days. Galvanized steel screws with a white baked finish might serve your needs. Fastenal is a good source in my part of the county and they will ship....bags of 100. David Graves

We have been to Borrego Springs many times. There is just some much BS on the web these days I needed to ask...just to be sure. DG

Where is BS ? I had to ask. DG

Hey Buckland Have you gotten down to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument south of Phoenix ? David Graves

My wife is a botanist and loves native plants. One year on Carrizo Plains during a heavy influx of turistas who were trampling over plants following each other around I almost had to restrain her in the truck to keep her from civil disobedience. Humans evolved as tribes.....as soon as you...

The Bloom can wait...go to Aqua Verde while you are in Baja Sur !

Howdy Buckland I assume you are somewhere in the Southwest....and good for you ! I wanted to mention that there appears to be shaping up a very good wildflower bloom due to abundant rains in late winter. Encourage you to try to see at least some of the desert blooms....truly a natural...

Howdy You are wise to be thinking about this. When loaded on a trailer the FWC camper is awkward. Maybe because of the overhang...not sure. I would make also sure to keep the camper top down and locked if you are moving the camper while mounted on a trailer. and of course dont hit the overhang...

Howdy. It is just a thought but you mentioned you already have some length factory rails on your camper. This means you are going to have to piece in short lengths either fore or aft of those existing rails...a bit more work. Have you an idea of why you want longer rails?..... put 70-100...

Hi Jon We have our current set rotated at a Costco in Missouri last fall. For our Dodge 2500 2 WD truck with Grandby shell, the tires were rotated rears crossed to front and fronts straight back . We developed an out of balance thumping which worsened mile by mile for the trip home to Oregon...

Except for most Michelin LT tires....no rotations arrows anymore but they STILL dont like to be reversed... And this despite the installers at Costco where I have bought Michelins for about 30 years now.

This is a great discussion. Tires are important AND expensive. Keeping up with tire pressures is easy. The crux of different exchange patterns ( apart from suspension wear issues etc. ) may be whether or not your tires themselves can change direction of rotation ....We have almost always run...

Howdy Crazy ideas can also be creative. Do you have in mind retaining the fold down feature ? There were many "hard sided" pop up campers. David Graves