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- If we run the furnace, make coffee and cook meals everyday, how often will we need to refill the propane? I believe FWC uses a 16,000 btu furnace on their units. The Propane Gas Association of Canada says you get 21,622 btu/lb. So, you should be able to run the furnace for about an hour and...

For those coming to Canada, having the propane on is legal is some provinces but not others. Here's the link with the details: Provincial RV Regulations From personal experience, I would recommend turning the propane fridge off while coming across the Canadian border (or returning to the US)...

There have been a number of threads over the last while about electrical problems this being perhaps the most dramatic. For anyone following, advice to use a voltmeter is common. They are very useful tools. Spending a bit more will get you a voltmeter with a DC amp meter built in. These usually...

Beer. Or whiskey. Didn't see those two on the FWC option list. I'm guessing after-market. My vote is the heater and then the pump/hot water heater. If you live in Canada, heaters aren't options unless you limit yourself to July and August and only travel in the south. The pump/water heater...

Maybe you could have a bit of fun and have the camper painted in a custom design or colour to match your truck. That way, it would be very distinctive and hard for anyone to use or sell without the cost of repainting. Makes it easy for the police to find too.

Nice to see a company willing to help out its customers. We had a bit of a problem with the upholstery in our new Grandby. A quick note to FWC Canada then forwarded to FWC resulted in an email from Stan letting me know a replacement cover was in the mail. My thanks for their service too.

Hi Grant, When I ordered our Grandby, I had FWC install the full length Yakima rails. These accept the same racks I use on the truck cap when I'm not carrying the FWC. On the front rack, I've installed Yakima's Boatloader which is simple sliding extension that fits onto the front rack. In use...

Whew! I was afraid for a minute there that something available on the Internet wasn't 100% as advertised <_<. Thanks for the correction. Now I can sleep at night again.

And thanks for the voltage drop calculator. I measured .2 volts drop to the refrigerator on about a 12 foot wire run of 8 gauge wire and the calculator says 2.2 volts. I saved the link for more use later. Steve Steve, are these numbers correct? You measured a .2 volt drop but the calculator...

Just a couple of quick thoughts. I just picked up our new Grandby with the Dometic/Waeco compressor fridge. My initial view is pretty positive but I reserve final judgement until I've used it for a long hot trip. It certainly gets the fridge cool and freezer cold. In cooler spring temperatures...

My Dad had a Starcraft from the mid-90s. It may not be a fair comparison to the one you're looking at. We used it a couple of times. It had lots of room and the appliances worked fine. As I remember it was quite heavy and used a 2X2 wood frame which isn't nearly as robust as welded aluminum, at...

One local example, SuperHitch, 17K lb hitch, can run a 12K lb 48" extension. http://www.torklift.com/p.php?w_page=superhitch 17K lb 2 tube SuperHitch receiver http://www.torklift.com/t.php?w_page=supertruss 12K lb 2 tube SuperTruss extender to match Thanks K7MDL! I'll send these over to my...

Largely irrelevant to Doc's original question but pertinent to the discussion of antenna sensitivity, I bought a little cheap (<$50) GPS receiver from GlobalSat to plug into my computer. The idea is to use a Notebook PC to run OziExplorer with the GlobalSat supplying the NEMA position data. This...

You can get some serious hitch extenders. Very common to see them on dually trucks under 11ft campers towing 20ft trailers or jeeps. Thet have chain and turnbuckle support on the sides, and can have parallel square steel pipe extensions, with weight distribution hitch also. Works fine, gets us...

The XM on my Tundra works in the garage but it is wood. You could do a little experiment. Take a couple of aluminum baking pans and put them over the antenna then see if you get reception. My guess is not but you might get lucky. I wonder why Toyota but the antenna on the back of the Taco and...

I think the other question you may want to think about is axle weight. On the inside of the driver's door frame, you should find a sticker that give maximum axle weight for both front and back axles (I'm assuming that's not just a 'Canadian thing'). With these numbers in hand and the fully...

My brother looked into hitch extenders for his truck because he wanted his ATV in the truck while pulling his travel trailer. I don't know which ones he looked at but he says they are only meant for light duty. Apparently they aren't Class V like the OEM on most new trucks and don't work with...

I see a number of folks are thinking about gluing up their own blocks. I've use 3M™ Foam Fast Adhesive 74 for years, mostly to glue kneeling pads into canoes but also to glue layers of foam together. I've been pretty happy with the results.

Another question White Dog - you say you kept the factory coverings and have 3" of the original foam plus 3" of memory foam. My 2012 FWC only has 4" thick cushions. Are yours thicker, or did you have to compress the 6" of foam that you have in order to stuff them into the coverings? I found a...

I belong to a turning association and I've never seen one of our members take his socks off during a demonstration. :lol:

Slicing off an inch of the existing foam and gluing on 3" of memory foam was $329 CAD. I suspect prices would be cheaper in the States. They always are. We decided on 3" of 'Venus' foam because that is what my wife found comfortable. However, she has back and knee problems so she is rightfully a...

I think if you look carefully, you'll see that FWC has put 1X4s flat on the bottom of the camper, at least that's the way mine is. I would be tempted to pry these off and substitute something that is 2 3/4" thick in their place (or however the math works out). If done right, this would give you...

I'm glad you got your point #1 correct. Seems funny to see the camper on a trailer behind the truck. So close but not quite there! Congratulations. I'm sure your trip list is increasing by the day.

The issue might be when you are filling the tank. If the vent is below the filler opening, water will start to come out the vent (presumably inside the camper) before it 'seems' full from the outside. Also, if the hose you are using to fill the tank is relatively snug in the filler hole, you...

We have taken a slightly different approach. It only took a couple of nights in the new Grandby to realize something had to be done. However, we wanted the mattress to stay in the original factory covering. We took the factory mattress to our local foam supplier, explained the problem, and...