camper rich
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Picked up our new FWC Grandby today at Equipt Expeditions in Salt Lake City. It was nice to see how much room it has compared to their Hawk display model. It is a front dinette and has a self contained shower and cassette toilet, Isotherm 130 compressor fridge, king size bed, 160 watt Zamp solar panel, water heater, and they installed the two 6 volt Lifeline golf cart batteries I purchased. It also has the Batwing Awning and camper jacks.
It is installed on my '08 Dodge 2500 extended cab shortbed with the tailgate down. The truck has Timbren suspension inhancement both front and rear and new Pro Comp shocks. It dropped 1-1/2" in the rear when the camper was lowered onto it. I did not have my Warn winch on the front to help level it, but it will be there for our trips.
I haven't had a lot of time in it yet, but I did notice it has a BlueSeas voltage separator under the dinette seat. FWC also added the wooden pads to the bars on the roof so that we can use our On Stage speaker stand to lift the roof when I have my kayak up there.
On the way home I stopped and had the propane tanks purged and filled.
Our first trip will be a run over to Denver to pick up our new Ruger Offroad Trailer that I will need to carry my inflatable boat and motor to Baja in January.
This is my second FWC, the first being a 1998 Ranger II Shell that I bought new and just sold after 15 trips to Baja. At 70 years old I hope I get another15 trips out of this one.
It is installed on my '08 Dodge 2500 extended cab shortbed with the tailgate down. The truck has Timbren suspension inhancement both front and rear and new Pro Comp shocks. It dropped 1-1/2" in the rear when the camper was lowered onto it. I did not have my Warn winch on the front to help level it, but it will be there for our trips.
I haven't had a lot of time in it yet, but I did notice it has a BlueSeas voltage separator under the dinette seat. FWC also added the wooden pads to the bars on the roof so that we can use our On Stage speaker stand to lift the roof when I have my kayak up there.
On the way home I stopped and had the propane tanks purged and filled.
Our first trip will be a run over to Denver to pick up our new Ruger Offroad Trailer that I will need to carry my inflatable boat and motor to Baja in January.
This is my second FWC, the first being a 1998 Ranger II Shell that I bought new and just sold after 15 trips to Baja. At 70 years old I hope I get another15 trips out of this one.