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Other than the landfill where can we weigh our rigs quickly and easily? Truck stops?

I agree they work, but I will always take a truck that has the ability to haul and tow more when I can. Here's the specs for my truck. It's saying I have a payload capacity of 2,187, which is A LOT heavier than an optioned-out wet weight Hawk, which I'm guessing to be around 1300 to 1500 lbs...

I'm not sure a 3/4 ton truck with a diesel is going to be prohibitive MPG wise. My Dodge Ram 2500 diesel has equal or better mileage than my buddy's Four Runner and Tundra. You couldn't pay me to go back to a smaller and powerless truck after owning my current truck. Cost though could be...

Here's what I ordered. Some will think or even say that some of these options are not worth it or needed, but they are what I wanted in a camper. I'll add other items like a refrig, roof rack tracks, solar, etc as time and money permit. Thanks again to all that commented on this post to...

Good points guys on the solar plug placement on the roof. I'll let FWC camper know what I've decided on the placement. It's going to be a long 8 weeks until it's ready. I think my wife is more excited than me.

Thanks Kilroy. Once again very helpful.

I pulled the trigger and placed the order today (before the $600 price increase after today). One question I had was the placement of the solar plug. I see benefits of both the roof or rear wall placement, but what do others think on placement. I need to let them know next week where to put...

Here's a few picts of my TireGate HG on my old truck. In these picts the spare tire is on there, but the two fuel cans are not. The picts are small so if anyone wants hi-res picts please PM your email address. Like I said, having the truck loaded with a camper and the tiregate fully loaded...

I'll post them once I have them uploaded somewhere else. Kind of annoying to upload them somewhere else and then put the URL here. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

Not to hijack this thread, but I run a TireGate HG on my truck. It holds a spare and two 6 gallon cans of whatever you want to carry. It goes into the trailer receiver and works quite well. The only issue I could see for some trucks is the weight of the camper and then this on the far back...

Ouch! Thanks Kilroy for the info.

Thanks Ramblinman. BTW, Waylon is in my top 3 all time favorites!! I got my wife hooked on him too. One way I want to save money on the camper is to do the hardware and electrical install myself. I've search WTW forum for topics on the install and the electrical and I have been unable to...

Does the Fan-tastic fan run both directions? Or does it just run one direction...pushing air up and out?

I changed my options to include the cheaper halogen rear floods since they will only be used intermittently. If I decide to go LED I can do that in the future. I just spoke with FWC and they said installing the Yakima tracks are the exact same process now or years from now. They know where...

My buddy has an outfitter and he seems to like it. It's been down to Baja a ton and is still livable!

Are the replacement LED bulbs as energy efficient as the LED lights installed at FWC? If they are that could save me some $$.

I'm leaning toward getting the second battery after the first year of use too. If the power draw from the heater is that great I could also subsidize my heating with my indoor-safe propane heater. Right now the way I'm seeing my list of options is that most of them are critical to me and of...

I agree on the roof tracks being installed by FWC, but I was thinking that I could have them do it at a later date in the future when we needed them. I wouldn't do it myself for fear of screwing it up. I plan on the solar plug for sure. I also think I'll swap out the rear LED lights for the...

Deleting the smooth fiberglass siding would be tough for me. It looks so good and IMO a huge step up from the aluminum siding that has been used for so long.

Awesome info guys. I really appreciate it. I've been looking and reading all I can on WTW about all makes and models of pop-up campers. We visited both the FWC and ATC factories a couple of weeks ago and decided to go with FWC over ATC simply because ATC didn't have anything for us to look...

I'll work on the options we're interested in and post later, but here are my location, my intended use and vehicle info. Location: I live in the central coast area of CA Plan to use in all of the western states year round (cold doesn't scare us!) Intended Use: Camping with family at both...

Thanks Beach. The info on the rear steps is exactly what I'm looking for. I'd rather not have to remove the fridge in the future, so maybe the rear wall steps should be added now.

Thanks Frank. I just posted a new link looking for some advice on the build and options.

My wife and I are going to pull the trigger on a new FWC Hawk. We've been going through the option list over and over again trying to figure out what we want vs cost vs getting it at a later date. Are there any options that really need/should be done when the camper is originally built vs...

Thanks everyone for the info. It turns out that my wife and I want a few more options than my friend's FWC and don't feel like having to retro them in at a later date. So, we're going to pull the trigger on a new one. It also saves me the hassle of getting there and back. Plus my buddy was...