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The panels on my 4WC had been through several hailstorms with no issues. None of those included the large hail they get on the plains, I would say 1/4" or less. That glass is pretty strong.

" Nice thing about the camper. I can do something incredibly stupid like that and not lose any feet over it. In fact I'd probably sit tight till I could self rescue just so no one found out how dumb I am" That is what I would do too. I've done a few dumb things that I was not about to admit to...

I made the trip to Alaska (by motorcycle) twice when I lived in Wisconsin. Once in 1980 and again in 1989. I was unemployed both times. I remember great scenery. I remember a lot of rain the first trip. I remember riding through an area on the Cassiar Highway where there had been an...

matth Wow, you made some serious tracks to get back that soon! If you want a taste of spring, come on down next weekend. We are scheduled for 93 Friday and Saturday. Better than the 42 I have now, but the rain is very welcome.

Sold! Congratulations to matth. We put it on his truck this morning in Flagstaff - windy, cold (for me anyway) and snowing lightly. This was the first time I've had it off the truck since it was installed at the factory, so neither one of us had ever loaded a camper before. It went well in...

You will only need about 150-200 Watss from your inverter to run a Mac and cell phone charger. Everything else you have is running from 12V from the battery and not from the inverter. But I have not seen an inverter that small that includes a battery charger. You would have to run a separate...

Email received. I have a sale pending.

Yes, that would be possible. I will try to send a PM with my address and directions. Do you have a GPS?

I am willing to travel, but for that far I would need help with the gas and motel costs.

Delivery to Flagstaff is no problem.

I have a 2006 4 Wheel Camper Hawk shell model for sale. I bought this new in March 2006. It is a shell model with furnace, roll-over couch, awning, and mechanical jacks. It has the extended cabover bed. I have added two 75W solar panels, two 100 amp-hour batteries, and a 400W inverter...

I use a Fluke 115 that I got at Sears. It only goes to 10A. If you are troubleshooting a solar system you can look at each panel separately but you can't look at the controller output if its over 10A unless you use a shunt. The same holds true for your alternator output. For that you need the...

brett13, I looked at that panel and I don't see anything wrong with the specs. Since a manufacturer is not given I would assume it is a made in China knockoff, but I don't know that for sure. " For the extra $175 or so, one could get a bigger panel." Just remember that you will have to lift...

I'd get the 10 amp controller. Using 2 different controllers one the same battery often works, but not always, and never at full efficiency. Also 2 6 amp controllers will likely cost more than 1 10 amp unit. I have a 16 amp controller because I got it for free. There isn't any penalty with...

That is my plan... :)

I've lost about 2.5 - 3 MPG on my 2005 GMC 2500 6L gas engine. I don't know exactly because I didn't drive it much before I put the camper on and it hasn't been off since.

Now that is some serious hardware! That makes my GMC 2500 gasser look pretty puny. Then again, on those long trips back from the mountains on Sunday nights (I live in Tucson) the AC and comfy seats and soundproofing are kinda nice.

The outputs of the DC-DC charger and the solar controller should be connected directly to the battery. Keep those wires as short as you reasonably can so they can "read" the battery voltage correctly. There is no problem having 3 sources charging your battery at once. They are all designed to...

Trying to open it with 4 unlatched doesn't work either...

Not even when I was riding motorcycles. 60 a few times, but never 80!

I use a USB modem from Verizon both on the road and at home. Its kind of slow sometimes but I don't have cable at my house. This actually works better on the road many times than at home. Maybe I should stay on the road...

Yeah, I had a sidecar for a while on a 1969 BMW R50/2. Slower than a rock (but only slightly faster without the sidecar) and mighty cold in the Wisconsin winter. I ended up rolling it on a right-hand turn and earned a custom 3 piece wrist for my efforts to protect that helmet and the head in it...

Yeah, I had a sidecar for a while on a 1969 BMW R50/2. Slower than a rock (but only slightly faster without the sidecar) and mighty cold in the Wisconsin winter. I ended up rolling it on a right-hand turn and earned a custom 3 piece wrist for my efforts to protect that helmet and the head in it...

I will be there Friday morning. I also have Monday off.

My left front tie-down failed the same way, also on paved roads. I think the biggest load these tie-downs see is when you meet a big truck on a 2 lane road. I'm pretty sure that is what did mine in. I replaced it with a U-bolt but now I have the bolt ends / nuts in the storage compartment - not...