Search results

  1. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Prepping Ram 2500 for Hawk question

    You can access that part of the bed. I did my camera after the bed was installed. I used the stock camera in a plastic molded box and mounted it high on the driver side next to the door. The 360 areiel view still works just fine. I used an extension...there is a company that supplies all the...
  2. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Yet another air bag question

    Glad you got a reasonable truck to carry the weight. I would run airbags and the Daystar (?) cradles. Or a long travel airbag. Since you are only slightly augmenting the payload you don't need a crazy multi bellows bag. I have a 3500 Ram on a Carli "leveling" kit, factory rear springs...my truck...
  3. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Spare Tire Swing + 1up + Hawk

    I have the Rigd, 1up combo also...as in the video I would not recommend that rack unless you do something to address the bouncing. Even around town in my commuter car I run an old inner tube tied to the seatpost and tied to the car to take the bounce out. Offroad the bounce is terrible...I mean...
  4. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Questions regarding "So, you want to setup a good electrical system in your camper?"

    Slightly confused on adding a portable to a series wired roof configuration. If all the panels are running via the controller why is a portable a no go here? Isn't just additional current into the controller?
  5. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Thetford 345

    I had the dimensions and it looks like it might just squeak in there. I was hoping for the extra water and black tank capacity. You are referring to the open compartment on the very tail end, correct?
  6. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Thetford 345

    Will the Thetford 345 fit in the little cubby area at the rear of a Hawk with a rollover? They sell the 135 to fit there, but it looks like the 345 would fit.
  7. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West FWC roof SAE plug...

    That's a nice cover...I opted for just a cover only https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0111RNZDY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ...my plan was to spice into the stock wiring and run about an extra foot of wire through the cover via the gland nuts on the cover and then terminate...
  8. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Hawk Victron MPPT

    I put mine in the large cabinet under the sink...on the right side face...https://photos.app.goo.gl/1X6br82PynDKBCCTA
  9. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West FWC roof SAE plug...

    Should have been more specific...FWC Hawk 2019.
  10. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West FWC roof SAE plug...

    Has anyone removed/replaced/etc the roof SAE plug? I think I would like to replace the plug with a small RV roof solar plug and run wire and MC4 plugs instead of the SAE. Seems to MC4 would be a better suited connector for long term roof top use. I was hoping there's enough wire slack in the...
  11. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West All Veterans and Gold Star families to get lifetime NP passes

    At Death Valley I showed the ranger a Vetrans ID card and got my lifetime pass. Was super easy. They didn't have the actual passes as the program is new, she said to get back to a park in the near future and they should have the actual passes for us. Semper Fi
  12. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Barrel latch at rear lift panel

    Yep, door open and lowering front first, as described by FWC and many others as the proper method. It is not that is hard to pull down, or at least pull most of the way down. It is that the struts feel too powerful, to me, and push the front back up to the point that one would push the push pole...
  13. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Barrel latch at rear lift panel

    Thought about doing just that. Pressure and vacuum are pretty cool forces.
  14. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Barrel latch at rear lift panel

    I too have a difficult time, intermittently, with this issue. I am still quite new to the FWC and about half the time, for no obvious reason, I cannot push up hard enough to latch (and sometimes unlatch) the latch. I thought it was the thermal pack material getting in the way and causing enough...
  15. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Repeater freqs in Death Valley?

    I love my Garmin InReach...I have loved the 2 way comms and have used them to get out of a pickle more than once where I did not need a calvery. That said, I have had some connection issues when deep in a canyon or even under some very heavy forested canopies. If I were to travel alone I would...
  16. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Temporary tie down of fwc

    When I went to pick up my Hawk...I used the stock bed tie downs in front...used the hooks ends of a ratchet strap as an extension and ran the stock turnbuckles...I still the stock Ram tie points and turnbuckles with a quick link as an extension. In the rear I used ratchet straps from the jack...
  17. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Here is how to prevent getting locked out of camper

  18. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Total Newb to the electrons

    Good call...I tried to find the manual the other but couldn't. I have the wireless version, so your link was not the right one, but got me to the right place. Thanks much.
  19. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Total Newb to the electrons

    The parameters are a tad vague...https://www.vmaxtanks.com/SLR125-12Volts-125AH-Deep-Cycle-Solar-AGM-Battery_p_38.html I basically fully charged the two batteries let them sit overnight with no load at all. I think they settled at 12.78v. Then I set that as the new 100% charged and used that as...
  20. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Total Newb to the electrons

    In my perfect world I hook all the reds together and all the blacks together and call it good...I do not, however, live in my perfect world. I am a new, to me, 2019 Hawk owner, it has 2 batteries already. I had a VMax Tanks 125ah battery lying around that I replaced with one of the factory FWC...
  21. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West Side Surf/SUP Racks for Fleet on a Tacoma

    https://saltmade.co/collections/camp/products/fwc-side-rack-jack-bracket-based-80-20-rack-system?variant=32583675183184 I was just talking to a buddy at Goose Gear today about using 80/20 for this application. We had some ideas, but the Salt Made brackets are stainless and that added strength...
  22. C

    RV LIFE Forum Hub, Wander The West 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton, what are most people using for their FWC?

    I went 1 ton on the new Ram. I knew I wanted plenty of payload room to play with.
Back
Top Bottom