chnlisle
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Pam and I stopped in to ATC on our trip to Sacto and Guinda. I cant emphasize enough what great guys Ben, Marty, Jeff and Don are. For openers I did 3K worth of damage to the truck. Dont ask. Suffice it to say pilot error and a very stout pole protecting a fire hydrant. Hey I'm an idiot what can I say.
While I was there I had them look at the Iota to try and figure out why the house batt doesnt charge on shore power. Marty traced it down to a hidden fuse and problem solved. I am going over to Iota this week and see if they have a better idea...like maybe a remote fuse. They also solved my 3way propane problem.
Incidentally both Marty and jeff who had 35 years at FWC said all four camper eyes should be pulling into the truck \\ not /\. So we changed those too.
And now for the really hot mod. Because we dont have the extended over head and because I'm old and get up several times a night I had this idea to extend the upper bed into the camper so that we can sleep front to back. This would make it so whomever feels the call at night wont have to climb over the other to get down. I asked Jeff if it could be done and he said no problem. I now have an upper KING SIZED bed with tons of up side and very little down side. The up side is self evident. The down side is a loss of half of the narrow little slidng door wall mounted cabinet and the extention has the bed slider portruding about 8 inches into the seating area. Marty thinks it might be a headache problem but you'll only do it once and to tell the truth it just doesnt appear to be a problem. So Pam and I are stoked we now have a great sleeping space in a short overhead Hawk. If you have a short overhead I highly reccomend you call these great guys and get this mod done.
Pictures and dimensions to follow.
While I was there I had them look at the Iota to try and figure out why the house batt doesnt charge on shore power. Marty traced it down to a hidden fuse and problem solved. I am going over to Iota this week and see if they have a better idea...like maybe a remote fuse. They also solved my 3way propane problem.
Incidentally both Marty and jeff who had 35 years at FWC said all four camper eyes should be pulling into the truck \\ not /\. So we changed those too.
And now for the really hot mod. Because we dont have the extended over head and because I'm old and get up several times a night I had this idea to extend the upper bed into the camper so that we can sleep front to back. This would make it so whomever feels the call at night wont have to climb over the other to get down. I asked Jeff if it could be done and he said no problem. I now have an upper KING SIZED bed with tons of up side and very little down side. The up side is self evident. The down side is a loss of half of the narrow little slidng door wall mounted cabinet and the extention has the bed slider portruding about 8 inches into the seating area. Marty thinks it might be a headache problem but you'll only do it once and to tell the truth it just doesnt appear to be a problem. So Pam and I are stoked we now have a great sleeping space in a short overhead Hawk. If you have a short overhead I highly reccomend you call these great guys and get this mod done.
Pictures and dimensions to follow.
