Been a fan of this site for awhile and learned alot from the various posts. I bought a 8 footer nco a year ago and have finally found the time and space to work on it. I have been getting parts here and there and hope to get it road ready by spring. It took awhile to find one near Chicago but persistence pays off and I found one a couple of hundred miles away . It was missing one of the hyd. rams but I located a replacement. Going through the unit I found the original oweners name and I called him in Iowa and talked about his travels through Canada fishing. Its been from Vancouver to Nova Scotia . My goal is to use it for a remote hunting base and I will keep it mostly original with modern upgrades. I currently run a Ford F150 that I would like to use,although some suggest a larger rig and airbags. Still dont have the anchoring system down yet, but thats down the line I suppose. Its going to be used for hunting so any other guys recommend hunting related mods? Thanks, Bob.