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Wonderful build. Some great ideas and fabrication in this thread. Got an antenna question. I see your running your CB and what I think is a 2 meter rig using hood mounted antenna brackets. My rig is a RAM3500 with a FWC Hawk. I'm deciding now how to mount mine...I'm leaning toward a...

Was driving across the US recently and stopped for a bit of a break at a Sportsman's Warehouse store...I needed some heavier socks. Walking around I decided to check the firearms section and saw that they had a couple of Ruger 10/22 Stainless Takedown rifles in stock. I had a 10/22 in the past...

I recently bought a similar in concept rig. 2005 RAM 3500 with a flatbed and FWC Hawk: I can't speak to building such a rig obviously but I knew what I wanted to upgrade to and the basic design aspects that I required. So far this rig has proven to be everything I desired. I think you...

This guy (or gal) is an OVERLANDER! (y)

I saw this jewel and bought it. The foundation is a Hillsborough bed…still has label. It appears to me that the underneath storage boxes and wheel fenders were custom fabricated. The upper boxes seem to be purchased stock units slightly modified. Whoever put this together had experience and...

Finishing up – Rig impressions, opinions, and other junk First in all honesty my stock Tacoma 4x4 or any other similar 4x4 truck platform could have met my overlanding and camping needs on this trip. A typical stock 4x4 truck in my opinion would be perfectly capable of accessing at least 95%...

Phase 3...the run for home, but first: After dropping Laura off at the Denver airport we (OZY and me) headed directly to the nearest dog park for some serious dog R&R. We found the Happy Tails Dog Park and made the most of it for an hour. OZY played really well with his new friends and he...

So where were we? Salida Colorado was a great day stop...but time simply slipped through our hands and we did not have enough of it to hit the Hot Springs Aquatic Center and take a proper soak before it would have been getting dusk. I really did not want to drive into a remote area I've never...

Phase 2 continued: Laura and I had talked about some “want to do's” for this trip. We put our heads together and decided that in addition to some remote camping we wanted to see some native peoples petroglyphs, see some dinosaur bones, and enjoy some hot springs. So with those...

We bought a used rig with a FWC Hawk. It came with a MaxxFan over the bed. Wonderful to reverse the flow and have it blow directly on you. Makes it do-able in hot/humid weather. AC would be nice...but for me it is out of character for what we got this unit for. We've done the...

I'll throw this out just as a reference point for folks. This might guide you as you choose a platform and camper as far as weight. Proper weight planning should be the foundation of your build. This is a 2005 RAM 3500 short bed with Hillsborough aluminum flat bed and aluminum storage boxes...

Phase 2: RAM'n around Utah and Colorado. I was really pumped up about this segment of my journey. The new to me RAM and FWC Hawk camper were certainly a focus area as there is a lot to learn and what kid (young or old) doesn't treasure the initial experience of a “new toy”! Now I've been out...

Ok, shifting gears...for the road trip West to Utah I was planning a fairly direct routing that included some nice state highways and some interstate running where time & distance was more important than looking at more flat land, corn and wheat. Leaving Northern Virginia I choose to mosey...

ONWARD: This trip naturally fell into three phases. The first part of this trip was the initial trek out to Utah to meet up with the RAM seller and allow each of us an opportunity to do a final in person vehicle inspection and do the transaction if all goes right (fingers were crossed here –...

The theme of this trip is transitions. I'll try to provide some enjoyable reading that summarizes my three week journey from Virginia to Utah, Colorado and back. Let's start with the transitions: First: there is the transition to what seems to be the new normal. Primarily dealing with Covid...

Thanks for the report. Great photos.

Great report thanks!

Can you please provide the measurement of the open floor area? Specifically the distance 1: between the Goose cabinets; 2: front bulkhead to rear tailgate; 3: floor to the lower edge of the topper (ie: maximum height of an object able to be loaded via tailgate).

Nice simple rig. I'm looking...but for now I'll just say you clearly take good care of that senior dog. Good for you!

Really admire the interior build out. Nice work!