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Looks like it will lay over to the right into that big rock once the rear axle drops over the rock the Driver's front is currently on, unless there is something i don't see. How would i know? Only rolled this one 12 times. Helldorado Canyon, Moab 1997: This would have been no. 13 if it hadn't...

Northstar has agreed to substitute a PD-4546V for their stock component and add the slight difference to our tab. After riding in her brother's new Ford pickup, Jeanie now wants to keep the old Lance 165-s/Dodge Cummins for the really gnarly trips and buy a new(er) 350/3500 pickup with auto...

Red, thanks for the run down on the potential woes of the Laredo. We were in AK in June of 2003 with the Lance, our first long trip, and the state birds found their way through a tiny separation in the escape hatch screen and ate us alive. We were parked on a sandbar in the Stikine River, so we...

RegCab, this is our bucket camper. It has everything we really need and none of the things we don't need. Every aspect has been carefully thought out and the company bends over backwards to join your wishes. The only thing I worry about is the possible period of adjustment after picking up the...

Alright! The…die…is…cast. After a long gestation period, and looking 1st hand over dozens of small hardside truck campers, the search has ended. We ordered a 2020 Northstar Laredo SC (self contained). After a good chat with Mike Smith @ Truck Camper Adventure and his bona fide experience with...

yesmad, I was hesitant to buy a new 90's GEN I Cummins diesel Dodge because of the anemic power when pulling heavy loads over hills and altitude. Yes, they are bullet proof with that dependable mechanical injection, but the drivetrain in the 90's left something to be desired. Most GEN I's are...

Kris, Ah, so it was an SM-420 with the 7.05:1 low gear. At the time, around the turn of the millennium or before, i believe, I was going through a phase of collecting every low geared transmission I could find and finally needed to pare down the stock. To keep them out of Jeanie's purvey, I...

Several short vids of our attempt at Beef Basin. Click on my drop box links. We never made it because of the 2 feet of snow on a 20% grade at elevation. This was the first time I've ever had to stop and let the mud dry before trying to continue. You will see the unintended consequences of True...

Alex, good to hear from you. Yes, we did the whole thing. We came to town expecting to just come in the backway into the needles district through Beef Basin. On a whim, Bro John's book on the White Rim said it was possible to show up at Ranger Headquarters to see if anyone had cancelled, last...

On the White Rim Trail, Canyonlands, UT April 9th, 2019

Desert Dan, good to see you again. I"m the one with the '49 Willys as my 1st 4WD. And you used to work for AutoClubofSo.Cal. The mud was so waterlogged it took about 8 hours for it to dry enough to keep from sliding off the road on our way to Beef Basin. We never got there. Too much snow. 1st...

Elephant Hill is the tough ingress (also called the GateKeeper) to the Needles District of Canyonlands south of the river. It is 4WD only and has some back up sections and lots of steep rock crawling with one section only 93 inches wide. We were supposed to enter the area by dropping down...

I learned that there is no substitute for being there to see how close to the edge it truly is, no matter how many youtube vids you watch. My first go round with Elephant Hill was in June 1971. That kid in the middle just turned 50. It was my 3rd time over the White Rim Trail.

I'm still assembling pix of our whirlwind trip that included parts of Canyonlands N.P. including a fast trip over the White Rim Trail and an aborted attempt at Elephant Hill. Details will be in the T.R. but here is the defining reason to have a popup on the Elephant: the RF wheel of the truck...

driller and yetti, I had a good look at the entire Northstar hard side catalog and could find no model without a cassette toilet. I did like the layout, however. A guy on the NuCamp/Cirrus facebook page said I should find a different dealer, as he special ordered one with an accounting of clear...

driller, the 850SC looks like a good one for those that want a pop up and a cassette toilet. Neither of these features fit our Fall/Winter/Spring camping/travelling style. The good thing about a pop up is the fact that there is little weight up high. My bro has an OUTFITTER! 9.5 and it is truly...

The replacement for the XTC saga continues. This afternoon we drove to Scatt's RV in Roseville (a suburb of Sacramento) and had a good look at several campers. BJ, a former used car salesman had us look at the Cirrus 820 first. It is truly better in person than the glossy photos would suggest...

kris, it's a small world here in CA. I remember meeting you in a grocery store parking lot and you hoisting an SM-465 out of my aluminum basket on the rear of my Dodge RAM. We're still in it for a few more years and want to go out with a flash and a new camper. The Cirrus 820, IF it can be pared...

Rising, we'll saunter down to Sacramento tomorrow and check out an 820. I asked the sales person what the time frame was on special ordering a new 720 or 820. The answer was 3-6 months, which seems like an industry wide come back. jefe

It also keeps the sun off your windshield. You are REGCAB, you know. There was a guy on RV.net that had a Lance NS bed extended cab long nose on his reg cab Dodge. It almost reached the front of his truck. He was always in the dark. jefe