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SOLD -- Selling my 2011 Hawk. I'm in the Sacramento, CA area. Original owner. Only used about twice a year on average. Well maintained, well kept. Applied 303 protectant to vinyl popup material once a year. Everything works and is in great shape. Kept on a F-150 for about 1/3 of the time...

I've camped at "tent only" sites in some campgrounds and even asked the ranger if it was OK before I camped there and it was never and issue. Most of what I've been told is the reason for having the tent only sites is to eliminate generators. Also many of the tent sites couldn't park a big...

The fan you hear is from the converter.

Definitely E rated for any truck camper configuration. Also, first thing I'd do is replace the factory shocks and put a rear sway bar on.

Cool, looking forward to your experiences by moving from 1/2 ton to 3/4 ton. I'm in a F-150 right now, and I think if I ever do move up, I'll go for a 1-ton just for more headroom in payload/CWR.

I have a Honda EU2000i that I only pack on trips where I feel my solar won't keep up, which means usually when I go on winter trips or trips in dense forest. I have 200 watts of solar and 2x 79Ah batteries, so that keeps me going on most trips without the need of a generator. But, it is very...

photohc, very cool thanks! By the way, have you noticed an improvement in efficiency of your fridge since installing the 2nd fan and Reflectex?

@photohc, can you post or PM me how to installed the 2nd fan? I have the same fridge as you and want to try and improve efficiency by installing an exhaust fan and also more insulation.

I have upper and lower vents with my Dometic 80. I hear a fan come on when the fridge is running, but of course that's the built-in fan on the fridge, right? I didn't have FWC add the fridge fan option. I think I'll add more insulation around the fridge and maybe add another fan. Is there a...

I have the Dometic CR1080 in mine, and yes it sucks down the power. I'm wondering if the Isotherm CR85 is going to be a big enough reason to upgrade to pull out my CR1080 and sell it. Tech specs show 380w/day avg. for the Isotherm. My Dometic comes close to double that. Anyone have one of the...

I replaced both the porch light and flood lights with LED lamps. Here's what I use, and am super happy with the results LED porch light bulb: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008HDXS1U LED flood light bulb: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009Z6OBOG

I read on the Renogy site for these flexible panels: "To avoid hot spots, please try to mount the panel so that there is minimal direct contact between the panel and the surface it is to be mounted to. We recommend that there be at least a half inch of space between the solar panel and the...

I have a front hitch bike rack. Love it. Just inexpensive Allen brand, but does the trick. Installed the front hitch myself, easy breezy.

I have a ramsond mono 100w panel on the roof. Morningstar mppt-15L controller, 2x deka 79ah baterries. I also installed an additional solar plug on the side of the camper to plug in a renogy suitcase 100w panel. The ramsond is a great panel, have had really good luck with it.

DrJ, what is your solar set up like? How many watts and Ah are you pulling from it? I have a similar set up as you, and drawing about 50-55 Ah /day average, with a 160 Ah dual battery bank, but my 100w solar can't keep up after 3-4 days. I am thinking about adding a 2nd solar plug to the...

You should be able to get two sets of 60" tracks as I believe the end caps are just that, caps, and butt each end of the 60" tracks up end to end. This may be the way FWC does it in the factory, not sure.

I'm pretty sure the F250/350 don't have beds as deep as the F150 so the camper will look to sit higher with the gap between the bottom of the camper and the bed being more significant. The normal bed length is also 6.75' (vs. 6.5' on the 157" supercrew F150) from what I remember from my...

Too cool! Wow, I remember seeing Primus back in the Gilman Street days in Bezerkely, circa 80s. Way cool to see him into FWC scene. Hope to run into him out there! Les Claypool from the band Primus picking up his Four Wheel Camper today. :) .

My Hawk is about a year old now, and I got it with the rollover couch option. The upsides I felt the dinette offered was a more table-centric seating position for playing cards, laptop, writing, etc for a couple of people. The dinette also opens up more view access for the side window. The...

I'll 2nd Gormley Green. I just got a set of Toyo Open Country A/T Load Range E, 10 ply on my F-150 XLT 4x4. I got a tad larger tho, from 265/70-17(stock) to 285/70-17 and love them!

Re: Jacks - I think the jacks are a necessity, unless of course you plan on leaving the camper on the truck all of the time. I'm not sure how I would store or take my camper on or off without them. Takes about 15 minutes to take the jacks off or put them on. I don't leave them on while the...

Awesome, thanks Mark! Looks about the location I was thinking of.

Where are folks mounting their charge controllers in the FWC? I want to get a MPPT controller, but it requires a good amount of air space around it, so I think mounting it down in the battery compartment somewhere is out, especially since there's not much room anyways with two batteries. I have...

Re: my prev post- - Looks like I can easily find the roof beams on the seamless FWC roof by going inside the camper. The wood strips that are attached to the ceiling of the camper are apparently where the roof beams are. They aren't spaced necessarily evenly, but I can measure them inside and...

Anybody know how to easily locate the aluminum roof beams on the new seamless roof? If I knew how far they space them I could measure off the Yak tracks they installed, but not sure about the beams perpendicular.