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Craig -- or anyone using the Safety Seal system: Do you have the "big tire" version of the Safety Seal kit? That's what the other guys linked to, so I assume that's the right one...but the product description doesn't say if "big tire" means "3/4 ton pickup" or semi...or Menrad camper i...

welcome! hey add your location to your profile so we know where your at! you might be close! we could all show up for beer!

i went for the safety seal product as well. the tools are top notch strong as bull!

i like to lassen forest area quite a bit. there are a lot of places to go that are outside of the park but within lassen national forest.....with no fees, and no people! thanks for the pics!

when i pulled mine out it was a LOT of work....very difficult. just had to bite the bullet, used a big breaker bar and a tight fitting socket. it was tough, tough, tough. in the end, i won. i put a anode rod with a drain fitting in to replace the original.

Well if you've met Herr at a rally you would know he processes a lot of hot air the flamingo kid.....bah.....i liked the other moniker better........Princess ha ha ha

i sure do appreciate the tool that i won! i have found a number of uses for it over the past weeks travels. very useful. thanks so much.

Are you saying just sleeping in your camper drove down the levels or were you running an unvented heater? If just sleeping in there, you must have really sealed up your rig, I can't imagine the stock configuration not having enough drafts in the turn buckle ports, sideliner, etc. How were you...

I was up in Oregon with my two brothers visiting relatives during the last week. We were up at John Day and since I thought it was going to be cold I buttoned up the camper before we retired for the night. When morning came around I tried to start the coffee but my lighter wasn’t working. I...

here is the weather for kirkwood, resonably close... http://www.wundergro...rchType=WEATHER the elevation at kirkwood is 7500, so these temps will be lower than what we would see at 3500 foot level. here is the weather at Pioneer, its at 3000 ft...

Where are you seeing that? Just looking at a random yellow top optima (D27F) spec sheet they say 13.8-15V during bulk/adsorption and float at 13.2-13.8V. Optimas are better at taking the higher charge supposedly. Deka AGMs list 14.4-14.6V max (you thinking of the Gels which are limited to...

it looks as though the voltage limits are too high for AGM battery types. DEKA says not to charge above 14.1 Optima says 14.2 The IQ4 goes up to 14.8

man oh man this is nice, thnaks for posting all the pics!

fussing with with ice and carrying coolers is a pain. the fridge will work out great for you!

we wont get there till sat morning - keep a spot free for us!

i think that what ford is doing is: 1. saying that swaybars, overloads, and more alternator capacity are required in their opinion before you put a 20 foot tall lance 12 foot camper on the truck. i think they are being prudent. they HAVE to look at worst case scenario. 2. they are making...

wow, you put out a lot of effort to document this very well. thanks

Thanks for the replies so far. Kcowyo, my understanding with State Farm so far is that if the camper is off the truck and in the garage (where mine unfortunately is until I get my truck), it is covered under homeowners, but there is a contents limitation and it is only covered up to 1k. Good...

softer is ok unless you sleep on your side like i do.....my hips bottom out if the foam is too soft.

I'm getting ready for some October nights in the Sierra and Death Valley (Saline Valley) in November. This will be my first winter with a FWC. I found that reflectix is sold in 24" width, which fits perfectly for the pop up section on my Hawk. We tried a six foot scrap secured with self...

I walked into Home Depot and picked up the cheapest multimeter I could find. It works wonders for voltage readings but the amp range is only 200mA, useless for me. After finding this, I walked down to Radio Shack to find something in the 30 amp range, but they didn't have anything over 10A...

It does seem funny to me that 'we' (light camper owners) are worried about the weight of our campers in fullsize trucks - when there are a million guys driving around with 2500-3500 pound way over weight slide ins and not thinking twice about it. With that said - I'd get the camper package...

i assume you would have the dual sense. what remains to be completed?

The whole starting deal is part of why I have the VSR/ACR. Can leave the aux bank isolated at the battery switch, but still have the alternator charge it while running. If you go with the "dual sense" version of these units then any solar input will close the circuit and top off the starting...

I may just go out and toss my ammeter in between the camper and the truck and see just what it does when I start the truck. Its never tripped the breaker. how would you know? its thermal...it would reset on its own. i sure would like to see the results!