Hondo Garage's New Thing

has anyone went with the freight delivery option, and if so, how was that experience from the time it was ready to delivery? I will likely be going that route for a variety of reasons.

 

Mine is complete. I am in Houston and I am told to expect delivery in mid-Febuary

 

I'm on that trip as well woot!! Karen said they are coming through Midland and Austin and then on to Houston in mid Feb.

 

OK, here's some pics. I'll have more later. I'm in possession of a GFC roof rack prototype too. It has a new design for the camper clamp downs too. I'll have a photo.

 

I talked with King and they recommended exchange to a 2 in longer shock shaft which is a relatively cheap fix. The only thing im not sure of is if the travel on the Deaver U402s is the same. I think it is or roughly the same.

Have you come up with a fix?

 

I ended up picking up a full set of ADS from a member here. The rears are 2" over the Icon's, with triple bypasses and an external reservoir. Still getting used to the bypass noise.

 

Why is the “Campers Completed” number blank on the leaderboard now?

 

Someone probably messed up the Excel spreadsheet and the equation that drives that number is broken. Or they stopped completing any, took all the money and ran away to Baja to retire.

 

Who here is running a GFC on a 3rd gen DCLB?

 

Don't know, but I think the number completed is 136, or 9 units completed for the week ending Friday. Might be a new record and approaching their goal stated awhile back of 10/week (If I remember right.)

 

I did something similar between the two (bias included) and someone on here threw a fit haha.

 

I will be. Mine is set for delivery mid Feb

 

@ace7196 @slowboater

 

Pics from the side?

Just thinking about future setups after I run my 2nd gen into the ground. Probably won’t want to get an access cab again to fit a 6ft gfc.

 

I've got a GFC on a 3rd gen DCLB - here are a few pics:

 

Looks great. Thank you

 

New camper clamp down design? Perhaps these will serve as a base for future GFC accessories such as fold down seating/bunk. I like the way that these are nicely machined parts not cheap aluminum ones with sharp edges.

 

Interesting. To be honest, those don't look as clean as the current/past hold down brackets, at least the welds anyways. I see they also used the sealed southco latches as well.

 

At least there's a provision for attaching things. I wasn't referring to GFC current/past clamp downs but to the aluminum ones used by other manufactures. You're right they're not "machined" parts but they did take the time to round off the edges. They're also designed for F150 rails.

A while ago there was discussion about the Southco's leaking so they switched to the sealed ones. Then it was found out by somebody that the unsealed ones could be locked from the inside. I wouldn't mind having the unsealed latches on the rear panel only so I could lock it from the inside for stealth urban use.
One of my latches pops open if not locked when driving and going over bumps.

 

Ah, gotcha. So these latches are for an F150 bed?