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I can't recall the details from memory but I can help a bit: unscrew the hinge plate and stamped on the back is the hinge makers web site and the model number too! Ours broke in a similar manner as in your photo and I was going to order one...I just used JB Plastic Weld as a temporary fix...and...

Very nice rig! Your right about the SlumberJack Tarp. The perfect tarp for a truck cap camper. Just the right size and so many ways to rig it.

Our FWC Hawk has been through a couple of very strong thunderstorms. I'd venture to say at least 35-40 mph winds. No tendency to collapse from wind load noted. No real "flapping" either of the vinyl canvas...an occasional puff would move it in/out but no "tent flapping". Of course thunder is...

This was my go to truck & small game rifle until I picked up the Ruger 10/22 I recently posted. I'm retiring it. An older Stevens Firearms Company 22/410 combination. Top barrel is .22, the bottom .410 shotgun. Nice wood stock. The rear lever opens the action, typical external manual...

Great report. Your photographs are wonderful! Thanks for posting!

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 –...