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Dowhahuh???? Need something bigger so you don't get run over on the freeway? I have a Husaberg I'll sell 'ya . . .

Uh-huh. I'm pretty sure that one of the previous owners backed into something with one of the rear jacks on my current camper - resulting in a broken frame. That damage is what started me on the road to replacing all of the siding on my FWC. Lots of $$$ to fix that mistake. I've had two...

yup - on both counts. I once heard of a 'gesticulating sausage creature' being herded off to Mexico to explore the wide open nothing . . . and the last time I saw that particular gesticulating sausage creature (who has now grown into a cute little girl), she was doing just fine. She does seem...

I love mine. As Jonathan mentioned, they are smaller (narrower) than many camp chairs, but not so much as to be an issue for most people. Unlike Jonathan (who doesn't cast a shadow when he turns sideways), I'm not a small guy - and it's big enough to be comfortable for me (with room to grow -...

I disagree. It is not difficult to get a properly exposed & focused photograph - digital has made that part easy. Inexpensive software packages have made it easy & affordable for the casual user to *enhance* their own photos to bring out the colors, touch up blemishes, remove red eyes, etc -...

If you're camper stays on the truck all the time, this is the way to go. You can go a step farther and add in shocks that have been valved for the specific application. But - if the truck gets used without the camper more often than with the camper (which is the vast majority of people who own...

It all depends on the details of the whole package (truck, hitch, rack, & load). I used to haul two bikes (Husaberg & DR200) on a hitch carrier. 500# of bike with a load center that is quite a bit farther out than you would see with a single bike - so it can be done. The biggest problem I've...

Title, registration, & emission laws are pretty good here (Maricopa county - not so much) . . . but like with most things in life, there are trade offs. We have our share of crazy (political & fiscal) BS. Of course, being able to ride year round off-sets a lot of that when considering overall...

Nope. You'll need to pee in the yard at least twice to offset a 2-smoke, unless it's a really short ride.

While I agree that Scott's photo is of almost pure dust particles, and that your photo is much closer to the daily reality of pollution in the old pueblo - there is a visible layer of smog over the valley on my daily commute in from the west side (Ajo Hwy). Even from the top of Tumamoc Hill or...

This was given to me a couple years ago when someone was cleaning out their garage. I think this was made for a 4-cyl TJ, and I think it is all there, but I'm not 100% certain on either - but it's free & it's never been installed. It's located in Tucson, local pick up only.

I have a Tuffy overhead console (dual compartment) that came out of my 2003 Jeep Wrangler. It was designed for pre-2003 models - but will work on the newer (2003+) TJ wranglers if you are willing to trim the roll bar padding back a bit. It works fine with the factory roll bar, but is too long...

:xxrotflma Thanks for the morning chuckle. :bowdown:

Screen door = yes.

You will definitely have to do more maintenance on a older vehicle, and some of that maintenance is more labor and cost intensive than the maintenance that you would do to a new truck - but they don't just fall apart at 100K. They don't just fall apart at 200K either. If that were the case -...

You can do it for under $20K if you want to, and are willing to put a bit of elbow grease into it. Used FWC Hawks in good condition can be found for 6 - 8K with little trouble. Used Dodge or Ford 3/4 ton trucks, gas or diesel, in good shape can be found 10 - 15K all day long. With the...

Somewhere between $7,000 and $9,000 - depending on what the market is like for them up there. Down here it's still pretty hot, so they move quickly for top $$$. The last Ram I sold was for more than I paid for it, and all I did was scheduled maintenance and put miles on it.

Certainly there have been improvements - the brakes couldn't get any damn worse than a '99 Dodge and still qualify as "brakes" & undoubtedly there have been improvements in ride & handling. But that doesn't change the fact that if you put 1500 pounds of camper + crap in the back of a stock 3/4...

Definitely look to the 3/4 or 1-ton trucks. My dodge 3/4 ton (short bed) with a FWC Grandby, the rear suspension is on the soft side for off road use. Part of that is the fact that I have a short bed truck with a long bed camper - but at 800 pounds dry, then load it with food, water, gear...

Unless highway patrol has a scale . . .