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There is excellent uncrowded camping and wildlife viewing to be had just outside of the park too if the campgrounds in the park are full.

Make sure to document the the process of adding the new side liner. I'm considering doing this soon to my 80's grandby as well. Someone had done somewhat of a botch job on a new liner in the past with my camper and I'm very interested in your project, good luck

I wish fwc made a camper that would bolt onto my first generation 4runner. That would be a very capable rig!

I'd really like to see how you did that. Every time I've contemplated narrowing the floor pack , I've decided it would be too big of a job. Pictures if you can!

I'm in the same boat, older camper without the velcro. I have some repair glue for my vinyl based cataraft that is incredibly strong called Vynabond. I know it will adhere to the vinyl in the camper but I haven't tried it on the nylon velcro yet. If you were to use the idea from a previous...

Mr. Glock is always riding shotgun when I travel. +1

I've got a 1980s Keystone on my 2000 F250. If your truck is the mid 1999 truck (newer Superduty body style) then you have a narrow tailgate opening like mine. I think my tailgate opening is 61" (if I recall correctly) and my Keystone is 59 1/2", so it's a tight squeeze. If I remember my...

Great Idea, that would definitely cut down on amount of space that needs to be heated up. You might even be able to make a partition with reflectix type material to keep the heat in the living are better too. hmmm...

Thanks DR, I like the foam Ideas for the platform, I'll definitely use those ideas if I can. I've read about the camper truck fit lists on the fwc website and it seems like their might be a grey area in the 99' style of truck. My 88' camper fits my "old" body style (93-97') f250 like a glove...

Hey All, Sorry this may be a redundant/dumb question but I may be upgrading my old pick-up with a new version here pretty soon. I've googled this site and the web and haven't found anything pertaining to dimensions of a pre 1990 (1988) grandby and a 1999 f250 psd long bed truck. Other than it...

Climbing anchors are intended to have the loads applied in a direction close to parallel with the surface that they are mounted on. The worst possible placement for a "bolt" (as they are called) is one where the load will be perpendicular to the surface. This is due to two concerns. First is...

I had the same problem. I soldered the connections and covered them with shrink tubing. Then I covered the wires (two in my case) with flexible black tubing that is cut lengthwise on one side to allow you to open it up and put it around the wires (tubing was found at radio shack). Then I...

Though not near as elegant or quality, these things work great if space is a premium. They fold up and out of the way when not in use. I like the home made version more though. nice work! http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/campers-world/mug-holder-brown/coa49635

Quick question: Was your hawk pre-wired for the fan or did you have to run wires over to it? My grandby is two years older than yours and I hoping to know what I was up against before I start tearing into my roof. Thanks

I never really thought about the pos. and neg. wires being switched. It was already wired when I bought the camper used. I'll take apart the breaker box that it's installed in and see what goes where. Sorry for the poor grammar, I'm obviously not an electrician. ;)

I tried to wiggle it, twist it, and even force it in as far as I reasonably could. Maybe I'll just have to get a new socket to wire in. You'd think most 12v male/female connections would fit, but maybe not. Thanks for the input.

So I am still perplexed by the this 12v outlet. I've tried almost every small 12v electronic in the outlet and still have no power to them. I can get my circuit tester light thing to light up when I carefully touch the ground wire to the back of the socket and the positive to the side of the...

I used to have a fifth wheel with compartment doors that looked just like those. My Grandby that I have now is older and doesn't have those types of doors so I'm not completely sure about what style hinge you have. Anyways, almost all the doors ended up getting worse and worse until they would...

I found 8 ga. wire by the foot, connectors, 30amp inline breakers, a marine grade male/female plug, and a solenoid at my local NAPA and everything works great on my recent rewire. I ran the wires through a black garden hose piece from my marine plug in the bed all the way to the solenoid under...

Hello, I just had a quick question regarding the 12v outlet in my new (to me) grandby. It has one 12v cig. lighter outlet that is not factory, but it runs through the breaker box and to the new agm battery and all the wiring appears to be correct. The problem is, I cannot get my very small...

Another idea is to use bolt hangers for rock climbing for the tie down anchor points. They are all tested and most have a failure strength of around 8-10,000 lbs. They mount flush as opposed to being tall like an eye bolt/carriage bolt. They are designed to reduce leverage which seems like...

I have a feeling I'm going to be confronting the same issue of not wanting to cut the side of the camper for a fill port/vent hose. I was wondering why you couldn't just have the vent line just stay inside the camper some place where it will stay clean and is obviously higher than the tank so...

cool, thanks Stan!

Just the info I've been looking for. Thanks a bunch everyone. chances are I'll just bring my cordless and have to drill when I get there and take the measurements, though the wal-mart straps did cross my mind haha. thanks again -jon

Hello, First post here. I'm looking to get a Grandby camper for my long bed pick-up. We're most likely going to get a used unit (unless FWC has a half off sale haha). So my question is, where is the approximate location of the mounting bolts in the pick up bed? I'm not too keen on dropping...