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OK, wanted to post an update, if anyone is still reading this thread. I was using a piece of 4" memory foam on top of the factory cushions - comfortable, but not an elegant solution. The edge of the foam would hang over the edge of the bed when the shelf was in all the way (I have a Hawk with...

Longhorn, I had a problem w/my alarm going off, although different circumstances....when I would leave the camper in my garage overnight, plugged into shore power, the alarm would go off eventually. Called FW in California, they sent me another alarm. Did the same thing. I eventually drilled...

Frank....were you able to stuff the 4" foam and the egg crate into the zippered slipcovers? Haven't tried this yet...I have a 4" foam mattress that I got at Costco, it's really comfortable. Was thinking about trimming/cutting it to fit inside the mattress covers, but am concerned it's too...

FWIW, my wife and I bought a 4" queen size memory foam from Costco a year ago and threw that over the stock mattress. Works great. Even with sleeping bags on top of the foam, we can still close the pop-up. I do have to pull down a little on the outside of the camper roof to engage the front...

Was curious if your mount is something like this....was trying to see what you had on your pic but I can't quite make it out...

Based on the recommendation of another poster, I bought one of these: https://no.co/g7200 Works really well. I live in WY and I wanted to trickle charge the batteries during the winter months. I have 2 80Ah deep cycle batteries (AGM) connected in parallel.

smlobx, what size charger are you using? They have different amperages on the Amazon site. Also, I have two batteries, wired in parallel (I believe), so, digging back to my brief coursework in electricity from college, I think I can hook up a 12V charger to the positive and negative anodes on...

Thanks Longhorn. I checked w/Denny here at FWC in Jackson and he said the company recommends leaving the batteries hooked up to shore power if you can...supposedly the controller keeps the batteries from overcharging. Not sure if I buy into that, although I do notice that when I keep the...

Thank you, Stalking. I may add another 100w panel next summer. Here's an additional question for you guys.... Do any of you leave your camper batteries plugged in to shore power all winter, to keep them fully charged? I'm thinking it's a good idea, as I live where it gets pretty cold...

Thanks, guys. It wasn't completely sunny while we were in San Diego, and I'm not sure if the panel was able to do a good charge on the batteries. I do recall that it never topped off the batteries - the green indicator light on my controller indicating a float charge never came on - so I...

....was wondering about this the last few days. My wife and I live in Wyoming but bailed to the San Diego area the last 10 days for some warmth and So. Cal. beach camping (great time). While camped at Carlsbad for a couple days I managed to run my 2 Fiamm 80Ah deep cycle batteries low enough...

Hey cd....what about the marine A/C units on the Dometic site? They may be just the right size for a Four Wheel, though I noticed in your OP that your swamp cooler wasn't doing the job...the marine units are probably too small, but the literature says they're good for small sailboats or cabins...

Thanks for all the helpful replies, everyone. Still not sure what I'm going to do, but all the information submitted definitely helps.

...into the siding of my 2015 Hawk. My wife wants me to rig up some kind of outdoor shower curtain, and I ran across a picture of some brackets someone installed on the side of their trailer for this purpose: The brackets attach with machine screws. Does anyone know if I can drill into the...

Been awhile since I've posted on this thread, but thought I'd update, for anyone still interested in this topic, my current views of my 3/4 ton. I've had the truck for almost 9 months now, and I'm still happy that I traded up from a 1/2 ton. I've been in Florida for the last several months...

Sagebrush, thank you again. Yeah, I had to go back to Electricity 101 to figure out how 4 Wheel wired this thing. What was confusing me was when I'm plugged in to shore power and the circuit breaker for the frig is OFF why the frig was running, when the 12V master knob was pushed IN (i.e...

If anyone's still reading this...another bizarre development in the diagnosis of my frig... The frig plugs in to a regular wall-style outlet in the storage cabinet next to the frig. I'm assuming this is so the frig can run off shore power when connected, and the circuit breaker is in the ON...

@Sagebrush....thank you for your reply. I am aware of the detente, and I can feel it go over a 'bump' when I turn it to zero, but the frig compressor keeps running. Was wondering if it might be the dial itself that's faulty... @rfg....sounds like we have the same issue. Is your refrig old...

...today I noticed it was running, even though I had the knob turned to the "0" position. Green LED light was on, nothing else. I pulled the fuse to turn it off, hoping it would magically reset when I reinserted the fuse...no dice, at first. I pulled the fuse again and went in the house to...

OK...as promised, I'm responding to my own thread to relay how I feel about my decision to move up to a 3/4 ton truck, for anyone still reading this. Been almost a month since I bought the Chevy 2500 HD Z71 6.0L, 4.10 rear axle double cab. My Hawk was a little too heavy for my Silverado 1/2...

@Dynobob....yeah, second one from those guys. They do a good job with pricing. I have a couple relatives who worked in the auto sales business, and I think I have a pretty good idea how things go, and where dealers make their money. Smith works exclusively on volume, volume, volume, and they...

Dynobob....You're definitely on target with the gas issue. It kills me that, in this day and age, gas pickup trucks get the abysmal MPG they do. Your pics of your one ton look great. The camper must be like a feather in that bed. I suppose I'm hoping for a similar experience. I've weighed...

@2tallDA...I agree. If I had kept the 1/2 ton I would have changed out the tires to E. The ride with the stock tires wasn't bad, but my bigger concerns were payload capacity, axle weight, braking, not killing someone because I'm too loaded, etc. Typically I've stayed the course with decisions...

Hi all....I'm shown as a newbie here, but have actually owned my Hawk for 2 years now....just don't comment very much. I enjoy reading what others post more :) . In any case, just wanted to talk a little about trucks. There have been some good threads on this site regarding the efficacy of...

Stalking Light....when you say multiple strips, do you mean cross strips under the panel itself, in addition to the perimiter strips....or are you saying that the perimiter strips are more than one layer thick? In other words, one strip on the perimeter layered on top of another strip, in order...