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Very nice trip report. Thanks for sharing. Your pictures are much better than you give yourself credit for.

Cool. I was wondering how to search Wander the West. Will be giving it a try. Thanks

I'd seriously consider the extended bed. I know Sean says it is harder to raise, but I think the benifits outweigh the exta effort to raise. If you want a larger bed, you can put in a short slide out.

You won't find the factory in Eagle, but you will find a very knowledgable and helpful dealer who has been in business for years, Sean Dempsy and his wife Diana. We bought are Hawk from him last year at this time. He is much closer to you than the factory! Before final purchase, I suggest...

This is my favorite site, but it's asking a lot to have it be run for free. Below is a Jeep site I enjoy alot. He has done a nice balancing act of making something off his site while keeping it enjoyable to use. Thought you might get some ideas. You obviously have two companies that should be...

You should really try to see Bar Harbor area and Acadia. It's been a number of years since last there, but the scenery is definitly not Montana. You can try to stay in Acadia, but I'm sure it will be hard to get in. There are numerous private campgrounds along the way to Acadia, and a lot of...

I'm using a Ryobi 18v and it is working ok. I don't get as many up and downs as a Dewalt, but it's about 1/3 the cost.

What are we looking at behind your camper? Part of some kind of trailer storage?

We've had our Coleman for about 3 years also. Thing works really well. It does provide hot water quickly. Problem I have with it is it fairly bulky and I haven't come up with a good way to store it.

I was at Cliffs Extreme Terrain in northern IL. Haven't been to the Crandon Jamboree. You? Where in WI are you? I'm in Racine. Were you at Lake Geneva raceway in the photos? I see you live in Wisconsin. Have you been to the Northwoods Jeep Jamboree in Crandon?

Tried to get two pictures on last post, but could only get one. Was the picture too big, 163kb? Just ran accross the way to size pictures last week, open with Paint (comes with windows), go to Image, then skew/sketch and set size. Guess I'm a bit slow with some of this stuff. Items sticking out...

My Jeep here. Only been Jeeping for a few years but having fun. Doing trails with off road club really helps the learning curve. Before we started told wife I didn't want to get all muddy. Oh well.

I'm building a custom box for one of these racks now, want large enough but not high enough to block airflow. It may provide some kind of aerodynamic advantage, but it will provide some storage. Does stick out farther than 14 inches though, closer to 26 inches. Rack frame itself is about 20...

In the FWC forum thread Ben indicated he was heading for Kansas City. I think a big truck camper show/rally is going on this weekend. Anyone else going, or been? Obviously won't be able to say until you get back. Thinking about trying to put on places to go list for next year.

Wish we had gotten the extended bed for the extra mattress room and less hassel setting up/taking down. We have more hassel than most I suppose because wife needs extra padding or her hips get sore. Haven't decided yet if I wish we had gotten the Granby instead of the Hawk, or ATC equivilent...

For a $100 bucks I got a wireless back up camera with a monitor that goes on the dash from Walmart. Right now it's mounted on the bed cap that I use to cover the tools I'm hauling around. I will probably try to get an extra camera to mount on the FWC. The way I have the camera mounted it is at...

Edohart, Was this a FWC heater or another? Anyone else using water heaters? We bought one of the coleman ones and it works pretty well but is pretty bulky. Don't know where we would carry it with the limited space on the FWC. EdoHart "The one feature he has that I don't that I really like...

Thanks. Great lead. I get paranoid about backing up battery. Have accidently left dome light on and found dead battery in the morning. Still think a solar panel is a good idea for topping off batteries when not moving.

I've been considering a solar panel but wondering about size to get. Hayduke, have you had much chance to use your panel? Anyone else using solar panels? There's a plug on the top of my Hawk which is suppose to for hooking up a solar panel. I have a 15 watt solar charger to use if I'm in one...

Found this in recent off-road magazine. http://tiregate.com/index.shtml Makes use of class III receiver most of us have.

You can't go wrong with burning dead animal parts and eating them. Wash it down with water that grain has rotted in, MMMM boy, nothing better.:D simimike, This is priceless. Original?

Thanks. I was thinking of a mounting place such as you described. Sure would be good to be able to see back there sometimes. Let us know how it works out.

The other day I noticed that Wal-mart is selling a wireless back up camera with a 2 inch monitor for $99. The camera is designed to bolt on to license plate mount. Any one using this set up?

Can do on the pics but it will be a few days. Getting ready to head home from FL tomorrow. If I sold it I think there would be a revolt from the wife. I seem to trailer fairly often when the FWC is on, sail boat or Jeep, so set up works good for me. Only change I would like to incorporate is...

Finally got picture of step. Main shaft going into receiver is solid steel. Being able to have step and tow is convenient. I have no idea where this is available. I would like to modify it with storage on each side like Brian. I've been using a heavy duty step that fits into my receiver and...