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My wife and I took a shakedown camping trip in the new camper over the weekend before our 6-week trip in three weeks. One conclusion was that while the mattress was OK, we needed a bit more to avoid soreness in our hips from sleeping on our side. Luckily we had a couple of the memory foam pads...

My propane alarm has been going of randomly for a few days now. It has been when it warms up in the afternoon. I talked to Aaron at FWC and he said that it might be outgassing from the flooring used in the camper when they are new. I have a 2017. Hopefully it will stop over time. I haven't had...

Selling my 1989 Syncro Westy Van with 2.5 Subie conversion. See write up with photos on the Samba classifieds. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2172896

Nice job. I was just thinking about how to use that space. I was thinking of making an open bin there sort of like you would find in the dash of a car or pickup. Probably should decide what I want to carry there first.

I love mine, which came with our 2017 Fleet. They are tough, and I know this from being stupid and leaving it up when I went to bed while camped in Olympic National Park. It was only misting when I went to bed. I made sure one leg was lower than the other so water would run off. Apparently not...

Thanks Hoopy. I think you are going to really like it.

Good suggestion about keeping another sticker. I actually picked up a "Montana" version of Denny's FWC sticker when I picked the camper up in Bozeman in case I wanted to swap it once the temperatures warmed up a bit. Instead of elk, it has a jumping trout on the side and looks pretty cool. I...

Pretty funny, although it might be frowned upon by local law enforcement. Now if I lived in Oregon or Washington . . .

Thank for all of the comments. Now I'm thinking about replacing the rear sticker with something a little more fun. It would be great to see some examples from forum members.

When I purchase a vehicle the first thing I do after bringing it home is to remove the dealer’s cheesy license plate frames, and then take a hair dryer to heat up and remove any dealer stickers on the back. I didn’t spend $$$$ to drive a rolling advertisement for a car dealer. I...

Thanks. I considered using Allen bolts to make it a little harder to remove. I could also run a small cable and padlock between the third hole in the jack mount and the aluminum plate I used to mount the can. I don't worry much about theft where I travel. If I had to leave the vehicle parked in...

Here is another example of mounting a Rotopax gas can on the jack mount. This is the 2-gallon version.

Twins reunited. Hey, anyone know this Oregon-licensed Fleet (on left) I bumped into in Mt. Olympic National Park about three weeks ago?

Beautiful photos and landscapes.

This will be fun to watch. Make sure to post photos of your progress.

Squatch, you are correct. The propane door is now on the passenger side near the back. No problem removing the tanks when on the truck. Looking at the photo that you posted it looks like FWC has also changed the tiedowns for the tanks. My straps run vertically around the tank going through the...

You are going to have a lot of fun with your new Fleet. If your labradoodle isn't fairly old (mine is 10yrs old) I would suggest getting some sturdy steps like the List Giant steps we bought after reading about them on this forum. My old lab was able to get up the steps a couple of times, but...

Congrats on the new camper. While I just rejoined the pop-up community, we had our first pop-up truck camper about 18 years ago when my boys were little and we had great adventures with it. Your kids will never forget the trips and I'm sure they won't mind if things are a little "tight" in the...

One thing I forgot to comment on was the experience of driving with the camper on the truck. My fear was that while it would be acceptable to have the camper on the truck during the camping months, it would sap the power to the point that it wouldn't be very fun to drive. I'd have to say that...

Too bad I didn't get to meet the driver. I probably saw a dozen or more FWC campers during my trip. They are pretty easy to spot with that stripe running around the middle. Also saw some towering, lumbering non-pop-top campers being blown around on the highway and that reinforced my decision to...

Brad, I do keep a journal that I began when I picked up the camper, but it is more a record of where I camped, good sites, and anything out of the ordinary, such as having to switch propane tanks at 2 a.m. or having an elk in my camp in the morning as I did in the Hoh Rainforest on the Olympic...

I will be curious to see how much better solar performance I see when I use the camper with full summer sun, rather than low-angle October sun in the cloudy PacNW. What was really useful to me was the Victron battery monitor with the bluetooth. This allowed me to learn how much power was being...