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I think the initial problem stemmed from parking for a week and living out of it. It was hot and humid. The fridge was probably pulling way too much power and we had both ceiling fans running 24/7. The batteries got fully discharged that week. I didn’t realize at the time that wasn’t good. After...

I guess I should and I say that, I’m pretty set on going lithium. I am definitely not a DIYer. From what I read I can pretty much swap out the battery without making other modifications. My truck is a 2020 F250. I’ve read about concerns with the alternator. Is that still a concern with newer...

Hi We have a 2021 FWC hawk that we bought new. We made some mistakes our first year and ran our batteries down too low several times. So, we need to replace them. I was hoping to get some advice on what we should do. Currently the camper is set up with two deep cycle AGM batteries that...

Hi All We have a 2021 Hawk FWC that we bought new....we've had it about a year. I am hoping someone can explain to me the basic ins/ outs of the battery and solar system. I have tried to research, but electrical stuff really confuses me. When we bought the camper the folks at FWC told us to...

Looking for some help/ advice about our CO2/ propane detector going off. We bought our FWC new last summer, so we have had it about a year. Since the beginning of this summer our CO2/ propane detector has been going off a lot. it often goes off in the middle of the night when were sleeping...

Hi all Wondering if there’s any tips or tricks for mounting things to the exterior of our camper. We have a 2021 hawk FWC with smooth exterior siding. I’d like to figure out a way to mount our camping chairs and small travel bbq to the outside of the camper. Anyone done anything like this...

I like that idea. Do you have any photos of this set up?

Thanks for all the replies. So it sounds like a telescoping ladder leaned up against the roof of the pop-up won’t cause any damage to The roof of the camper?

Also…can I use a telescoping ladder that would lean against the popped up top of my FWC? Or would that damage the camper roof?

Looking to get a ladder and store it on the front of the camper (over the window that faces the truck cab). Any suggestions on a lightweight packable ladder? Any suggestions on a set up (ideally adhesive) that would securely hang and hold the ladder in place? Thanks!

Thanks for the awesome update! Happy to hear your out there making it happen! This will be our first baby, so we’re a bit nervous too

Hi all This is our first winter with our camper. We plan to use it a lot at our local ski mountain. I was wondering if anyone has tips for how they store and transport there skis and boards in or on their camper? We used to just put them in the bed of the truck or on the roof of our other car. I...

Thanks for the video on winterizing. That was also explained to me when we picked up our camper. My question is what should we do when using the camper in freezing temperatures? Should we not have water in the camper if temps will be below freezing? Also if we get occasional freezing temps where...

Hi all This will be our first winter with our new FWC. When we picked it up at FWC they explained to us how to drain the water and then flush out the lines with an air hose. We plan to use our camper throughout the winter as a home base for us and our new baby at the local ski resort on ski...

Ya we got the sleve adapter. It’s allows for a ton of movement. We got a “hitch tightener” but it’s kind of a hassle. Would be nice to fun a swing arm that has a 3” hitch

Ya I dunno why Ford made them 3”….it’s kinda frustrating. The adapters seem like crap….they allow a lot of movement.

Seems like the Yakima is made for 2” receiver. Can’t find anything on the Wilco off-road about receiver size

Hi Wondering if anyone can suggest a quality hitch swing arm? We bought one made by Kuat for our bike rack, but the quality is poor and it resulted in our rack sagging and damaging our bikes. We have a 2020 f250 and there hitch is a 3” receiver. So any swing arms that work on a 3” receiver...

What about just getting in and out of the camper when its off the truck to load/ unload items?

After 34 years of car camping and 32 years of backpacking I’ve never had a bear encounter related to food (seen plenty on the trail). But, the camper dose change up how I do things, so I was curious on what precautions everyone takes. Sounds like a general agreement to store the food out of...

This has probably been covered before… Is it safe to get in/ out of the camper once it is off loaded from the truck and lowered to the ground?

I think its pretty standard knowledge that bears have learned to break into vehicles. But like JaSAn said, usually most common in high tourist areas. Back in the day we used to always store our food and coolers in the vehicle...but try not to any more. We use our truck to store the dog food...

Wondering what peoples thoughts are on storing food in your camper, cooking and your camper and your level of concern with bears? I know in campgrounds you are not supposed to store food in your car (or tent obviously) because bears have been known to break into cars. And when backpacking you...

So a 12 on the monitor means that the battery is fully depleted? We’ve seen it down to 11.8…is that bad?

That’s some good insight….thanks! Any idea how to know if there’s enough power in the batteries to keep the fridge, fans and such running?