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Any 1/2 ton pickup with tow it. The ReCurve R3 weight distribution hitch is one of the best on the market to keep your camper level going down the road. Solar is a must if you want to go up in the forest and camp for several days. Have Fun!

@@PJP320 Picked up a Ram 150 V8 Hemi. You said your fridge runs on 12V and your single propane last a long time. Our fridge will be using propane mostly. Any idea how long 2 x 20 pounders would last? Also have 2 x 40 watts solar (that came with). Should we upgrade to 100 W? thanks ! Oh and lastly, Is the weight distribution hitch a must have?

@@marygrabill7127 No idea on how long the (2)20 pounders will last, but those fridges are very efficient. The solar depends on the battery. We have a 200 AH battery with 300 watts of solar on the roof now and I have a 100 watt briefcase that I plug in sometimes if its cloudy. Most days when we get up in the morning with everything running on 12volts, we have about 90% battery capacity remaining. If you still have a lead acid battery on the front, you can only use 50% of the AH capacity, so just see what your power consumption is for a few trips before adding more solar. Everybody is different. We just had a few rainy days in Colorado, watching the 12 volt TV and DVD player for a several hours and had 88% battery capacity the next morning. The weight distribution hitch will be a must. When you put 31 gallons of water in the tank which is over the front axel and forward a bit....load the camper for your trip....the tongue weight could push 500lbs., and really squat your Ram. You want the camper level so your tire wear on both axels is even. You will see campers on the road nose down a lot as well as campers that are level with load distribution hitches. It the Ram has the camera up front for the anti collision stuff, it will not work if the truck is squatted pointing the camera up in the air.

Tried to catch the water on the hailstone several times. Really got to live there to get that run. It is still on my bucket list along with Richland Creek.

Make sure the solar panel mounting screws get changed out. Ours backed out in Arkansas on some bad county dirt roads.

We looked at the 1720. Bigger shower is great, but no sink or storage in the bathroom. I just added an LG TV that is 19 volt DC with a step down to 12 volt DC. Now everything except the AC is running off of the 200 AH AGM battery. We recently went back to the Buffalo River...(last video)on those bad county dirt roads and the solar panel screws started backing out. Changed them all out so that wont happen again.

The Buffalo is an amazing place! This trip was just about the river, the old homesteads and cemeteries would take a week to try and explore them all. Hundreds of caves, waterfalls and just great God fearing folks all over that place.

I had to reattach the solar panel this weekend in Arkansas. It was mounted with the wrong sheet metal screws. I think they may have a recall on that as well. Solar panel flying off on the highway would be a bad day for everybody around.

Wow thanks for the heads up

Kids like you never chew'd Fukem

Bedrail to top of rack is 16 inches. The RTT is 8 inches, plus the 1 inch extruded aluminum rail under the RTT that mounts to the rack.

Has not got really cold yet, but it will and the ducks will be thick.