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Firestone bags for 5 years I have added leafs for different trucks and the suspension never was as smooth as the original suspension and almost always was harsher unless really loaded. With the firestones I keep the camper on all the time and air it down when empty and add a little when...

Mine was leaking too from my Thule rack rail. I wonder why, sometimes had a case up there plus 2 - 6.5 Gallon tanks of gas I removed all the bolts, cleaned and re-siliconed all the screws. What I didn't realize is that the leak can travel along the roof support and come out up front at the...

I have not taken any off road hard hits but I did try and flex the frame in low 4x4 climbing up stacks of split logs on one wheel, curbs, rocks, etc. and no hits.

After adding the new air dam on a 3000K trip I never got below 18 and saw a high of over 20mpg. This was mostly highway and I kept it at 65mph. I saw a nice improvement of about +2mpg after adding the new air dam. I have a scan gauge and watch the mpg. It is amazing how much a slight tail...

No bugs on the air dam, tons of bugs on the camper leading edge, some bugs at the lower sides at the base of my access cab door windows. I will shoot a few pictures along with the mounting pictures in a few days. On the way up there was quite a few bugs on the leading edge of the camper and I...

OK here is what you really wanted to know, did the MPG increase? I drove over 3000 miles round trip to Montana and saw an increase of at least 2 MPG. I used to get typically between 16 and 18 MPG with my 2000 Tundra with the camper on the back going an average of 65 miles per hour. With the...

I will be passing through Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Rexburg, St Anthonoy on my way to Montana probably on Monday and have a Hawk on the back of a Tundra and if you are in the area I would jump at the opportunity to show her off. Four years ago when we drove to Alaska I can't tell you how many...

Something going on is very interesting and I wish I had one of those wind tunnels and could put the truck in it with a little smoke and watch the air currents. I am again amazed how much wind noise is gone. I guess if air acts like water then there is a wake of air that is accelerated along...

I have been thinking about doing this for over a year. In fact I had the additional 4 inch post for over a year, with the price of gas I finally was convinced it was worth it. I just copied my fishing rod case design http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=491 and purchased a...

I have a Tundra 4x4 access cab with a 5 speed manual V-6. I would say speed that has more to do with mpg than just what type of vehicle. I drove the truck camper for 4 months and over 20K and what I found was that if I kept it 55mph and under that I got 20 mpg traveling the whole time. I was...

I have a bad back and have lifted the roof with two 6 Gallons of gas up top plus a Thule Case pretty full but it is about technique. I have a 6 inch piece of evazote camping pad for the top of my head. With the back door open just stand up lifting with your legs only. Don't wear a baseball...

Could it have been me? We were going over San Marcos pass in the morning returning from Rancho Oso, turned off on East Camino Cielo and took it down then on the 101 into Carpinteria.

I am in the process making a V out of 4 inch box white fence plastic. I made a fishing poll holder at the back if the bed above the window and will be attaching the V below the bed. A 98" piece cut to a 45 degree angle in the center will work perfect. It starts at the front of the bed and...

We drove our Tundra to Deadhorse with the Hawk on her back in 2004. I wish I could have stayed. Camped a few nights along the river outside of Deadhorse and woke up with Caribou surrounding the camper. One day the wind stopped and the mosquitos almost picked the truck off the ground. We wore...

For a short bed truck, I think the extended bed over the cab would be better than hanging over the rear bumper if you are going to do any off road work. I backed into a bush and it hit the camper, if the camper stuck out past the bumper I bet you will hit some hillsides for sure on those 3 or 4...

Just wanted to share a picture of how beautiful our rigs are. I always carry two cans of gas on the roof, with the price of gas now around 4 bucks, that is about 45 dollars sitting up there, might put a lock on them in the future.

I know it doesn't happen when driving, just sitting closed in the rain. I looked at the top roof latch and it does not have any sealer on it like all the screws on the roof, I hit them with some silicon and will see what happens, it will probably rain in a week or so, if not I will see if I can...

Yes I have Thule Racks but the leak is more forward than the racks. I put in the tracks for the rack in myself in the exact same holes as the roof bolts with new silicone plus the proper plastic thule spacers with new rubber washers for the screws

I had the camper sitting and not driving for two real downpours. Both rain storms in total was about 5 inches. I have always thought I had a small leak but thought it could be because of driving in the rain, this time the camper was not moving. The far front of the camper on the drivers side...

I traveled to Alaska with a Thule box plus two 5.5 gal gas cans up top for over 3 months with a bad back. I used a small foam pad on top of my head for the back lift and because I have support across the front about 2 feet high used the flat of my back to lift the front. It isn't that huge of...

I put some small scratches through the paint on the roof today while putting on my load bars for my Thule case. Is this going to be a problem? Should I hit them with a little touch up paint? I know that aluminum oxidizes when exposed but is anyone doing anything to their roof besides washing...

Has anyone used one? I bet they are making them as fast as they can if they are really tough and will worK:rolleyes:

5 speed....great idea..why didn't I think of that. I have a couple of dry bags that I never use and would be perfect for that. Thanks for the tip! I will use it. I too live out of coolers for long periods of time and hate the floating food problem. Our attempts at solving that have not worked...

Cooler Ice Trick with dry bags I lived out of two Coleman extreme coolers for 4 month while in Alaska. I usually use frozen 2 liter bottles on weekend trips in California and quite often I return from 3-4 day trips with the ice still frozen. In Alaska I hit all the snow banks that I could...

I love my Zodi Extreme pump shower. I don't use the portable propane, just put it on my Coleman stove and watch the temp rise. Always have a extra shower head in the camper, they will brake when you step on them in the dark:eek: . I think I got two extra heads for 2.50 each at REI. I took a...