New New Wolf Creek 840

Had the WC line been available from Northwood when I was shopping for campers in 2009, I'd have probably bought one of them instead of the AF811. Granted, I love my AF811.

One thing about the mid bath model is that the bathroom seems bigger.

That is correct. The shower and bathroom sink both drain in the gray tank.

I believe it has the shower draining in to the gray tank. In the past, with other brands of campers, there was a note in the literature saying the shower shared a black tank when that was the case.

Northwood MFG has never had a camper shower share the blank tank.

deltabravo wrote:
I've looked at a variety of campers. The thing about the step up to get in the bath area is so they can have decent sized black tank, which allows it to be taller, by raising the floor of the bathroom.

My AF811 is the same, but not as high of a step as the AF990

The step up into the bathroom didn't bother me as much as I thought it would when I looked at the Wolf Creeks in person. The skylight they use provides plenty of headroom, and if it means a larger holding tank, I'm all for it.

I do wonder how the shower drain is plumbed in these campers; hopefully it's to the gray tank, otherwise I could see the black tank getting filled up awfully fast. It's not as easy getting rid of black water as it is gray when you're parked for multiple days on end...

.......... wrote:
... a step up bath as they have in the 850. .

I've looked at a variety of campers. The thing about the step up to get in the bath area is so they can have decent sized black tank, which allows it to be taller, by raising the floor of the bathroom.

My AF811 is the same, but not as high of a step as the AF990

Exlporer wrote:

Mello Mike wrote:
I interviewed Donald Cochran at Northwood Manufacturing about the new Wolf Creek 840 and the Wolf Creek truck camper line in general. Lots of new factory pics are included.

Wolf Creek 840

Great article Mike!!! Learned a few more things about the Wolfcreek line-up that makes me appreciate and understand my 850 even more. Also a few things that make me wish I had talked to the factory in addition to the dealer......if I'd known the three-way fridge was available when I ordered my camper I would likely have chosen it.

Then again it may not have been an option at the time I ordered, like the low-profile Mach 8 cub I now see on the options list! At the beginning of my ordering process, a year ago, they told me mine would be the first 2014...that changed as I expected!

It's good to see the options list changing and to read that they have a lot more "things" coming down the line!

Thanks, Tim. The interview was very enlightening. When you really think about what he said about the Wolf Creek sales, the 850 model comprises about 11% of the company's total truck camper sales. That's pretty impressive.

OBSPowerstroke wrote:
Great article on the 840 Mike!

I've been tossing around the idea of adding a truck camper to my fleet and the 850 is #1 on my list since I want to keep my short bed F250 around and I know any of the heavier slide models just don't make sense on this truck.

I decided to stop by Apache Camping Center in Portland Wednesday afternoon on my way home from a week long trip to Bend to take a look at the 850 and I was surprised to see one of the 840's on the lot. It didn't even hit me what I was in until after I got out of it and into an 850! ;)

I now realize I have a bit of thinking to do between these two models, as the 840 feels much roomier in the kitchen/dining area, as there is no squeezing between the table and bathroom to get in and out of the camper like in the 850. I initially wrote off the 840 because of the cave-like effect in the cabover with the mid-bath and what I believe to be a lack of TV mounting options that allow one TV to be used in both the cabover and the dinette, but now I'm thinking those may be fair trade offs to get a little more elbow room in the main living area.

I was very impressed with the build quality of the Wolf Creeks and am glad to see manufacturers realizing there are people out there that are looking for quality, but don't want or can't carry a multi-slide behemoth or pay the price for a Northern Light or Bigfoot full fiberglass model.

I'm still in the daydreaming phase of a truck camper purchase, as I still really like my trailer, and it would be very difficult to justify the expense of a new camping rig, but I love the flexibility I would have with a truck camper. There's just so many places I would like to go that I know my trailer either wouldn't survive the trip or fit once I got there.

Thanks, Josh. You can't go wrong with either model.

Mello Mike wrote:
I interviewed Donald Cochran at Northwood Manufacturing about the new Wolf Creek 840 and the Wolf Creek truck camper line in general. Lots of new factory pics are included.

Wolf Creek 840

Great article Mike!!! Learned a few more things about the Wolfcreek line-up that makes me appreciate and understand my 850 even more. Also a few things that make me wish I had talked to the factory in addition to the dealer......if I'd known the three-way fridge was available when I ordered my camper I would likely have chosen it.

Then again it may not have been an option at the time I ordered, like the low-profile Mach 8 cub I now see on the options list! At the beginning of my ordering process, a year ago, they told me mine would be the first 2014...that changed as I expected!

It's good to see the options list changing and to read that they have a lot more "things" coming down the line!

Great article on the 840 Mike!

I've been tossing around the idea of adding a truck camper to my fleet and the 850 is #1 on my list since I want to keep my short bed F250 around and I know any of the heavier slide models just don't make sense on this truck.

I decided to stop by Apache Camping Center in Portland Wednesday afternoon on my way home from a week long trip to Bend to take a look at the 850 and I was surprised to see one of the 840's on the lot. It didn't even hit me what I was in until after I got out of it and into an 850! ;)

I now realize I have a bit of thinking to do between these two models, as the 840 feels much roomier in the kitchen/dining area, as there is no squeezing between the table and bathroom to get in and out of the camper like in the 850. I initially wrote off the 840 because of the cave-like effect in the cabover with the mid-bath and what I believe to be a lack of TV mounting options that allow one TV to be used in both the cabover and the dinette, but now I'm thinking those may be fair trade offs to get a little more elbow room in the main living area.

I was very impressed with the build quality of the Wolf Creeks and am glad to see manufacturers realizing there are people out there that are looking for quality, but don't want or can't carry a multi-slide behemoth or pay the price for a Northern Light or Bigfoot full fiberglass model.

I'm still in the daydreaming phase of a truck camper purchase, as I still really like my trailer, and it would be very difficult to justify the expense of a new camping rig, but I love the flexibility I would have with a truck camper. There's just so many places I would like to go that I know my trailer either wouldn't survive the trip or fit once I got there.

I interviewed Donald Cochran at Northwood Manufacturing about the new Wolf Creek 840 and the Wolf Creek truck camper line in general. Lots of new factory pics are included.

Wolf Creek 840