About to purchase my first Hardside truck camper the Wolf Creek 850 but am not sure weather to go with the dinette or roll-over sofa. Am interested in hering pros and cons for each. Hopefully there are a few 850 owners on here! Oh, and yes I'm new to RV.net this would be my first post!

Welcome to the TC Forum.Hopefully, you will get suggestions to your question.Wayne

Exlporer wrote:About to purchase my first Hardside truck camper the Wolf Creek 850 but am not sure weather to go with the dinette or roll-over sofa. Am interested in hering pros and cons for each. Hopefully there are a few 850 owners on here! Oh, and yes I'm new to RV.net this would be my first post!Welcome to the forums. You are making a great choice. The WC 850 has been a great, light weight camper for us. To answer your question, I have the dinette and prefer it because of the storage. The roll-over I hear is more comfortable to sleep on, though, so I guess it depends on your priorities. Storage or sleep comfort?Are you getting a short-bed or long-bed version?

Mello Mike - planning the shortbed version for the outside storage. Great blog by-the-way.....Northwood should give you some advertising credit! I have found it difficult to get details on various options so have looked every where I can online for photos and videos.....your video is one of five that helped me choose the 850. Comfort of the roll-over sofa will probably win-out since it will most likely be an adult that sleeps there on occasion. Storage I think the 850 should get an award for best in class!

Exlporer wrote:Mello Mike - planning the shortbed version for the outside storage. Great blog by-the-way.....Northwood should give you some advertising credit! I have found it difficult to get details on various options so have looked every where I can online for photos and videos.....your video is one of five that helped me choose the 850. Comfort of the roll-over sofa will probably win-out since it will most likely be an adult that sleeps there on occasion. Storage I think the 850 should get an award for best in class!Thanks for the compliments. I have to agree about the storage. This camper is loaded with it if you get the right options. Are you getting an oven and microwave with yours? How about the Onan generator?

Mello Mike wrote:Exlporer wrote:Mello Mike - planning the shortbed version for the outside storage. Great blog by-the-way.....Northwood should give you some advertising credit! I have found it difficult to get details on various options so have looked every where I can online for photos and videos.....your video is one of five that helped me choose the 850. Comfort of the roll-over sofa will probably win-out since it will most likely be an adult that sleeps there on occasion. Storage I think the 850 should get an award for best in class!Thanks for the compliments. I have to agree about the storage. This camper is loaded with it if you get the right options. Are you getting an oven and microwave with yours? How about the Onan generator?No, to all three. Want to maximize storage and minimize the weight. Still debating other storage options (extra ward in cabover and the new bumper). Heard from a dealer today that other campers with the roll-over sofa have been hard to sell.....mainly because of how they installed them in an elevated position (another mfg. apparently). As an 850 owner with a dinette do you find any difficulty accessing the curbside truck bed thru the door under the fridge.?

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More2Explore
Explorer
Nov 19, 2013
Realized I had not posted photos of the couch that started this whole thing!!! Here are three shots:
Butch50
Explorer
Oct 08, 2013
Not that it is going to influence your decision as it has already been made but just wanted to tell you that when we had our AF1140 we ordered it with the roll over sofa as we wanted a more comfortable place to sit than at the dinette. Anyway what I did is take out the big long table that was in it and then I got 2 butcher block cutting boards and added the same bracket to the bottom of them and then used the existing table legs for them. Makes 2 small tables for us and didn't have to mess with the big table when we wanted to relax without anything in front of us.

Congrats on the new camper.
Mello_Mike
Explorer
Oct 08, 2013
Cool! Looking forward to seeing it.
More2Explore
Explorer
Oct 08, 2013
Well the moment of truth is here!!! After 4 months and 8 days from the day I placed the order I'll finally be seeing a Wolf Creek 850 in person and it will be mine!!! All the anticipation and waiting are about to pay off! Will post a picture of the "sofa" that started this whole thread.
trail-explorer
Explorer
Jul 31, 2013
LEDs weren't an option back when I purchased, but I upgraded everything with lights from here

Rollover sofa wasn't an option back then either. Dinette only provides seating comfort for a limited amount of time.
bobndot
Explorer II
Jul 31, 2013
AS i look at the floorplan of the 850, im guessing the tv goes inside the drivers side cabinet of the cabover.
I think i would buy a thin 22" flatscreen and mount it on the outside of the cabinet door directly above the sink. It could be easily viewed from the sofa as well as the cabover bed, saving you the tv cabinet for additional storage space.

Best of luck with your new 850,

Bob
trail-explorer
Explorer
Jul 31, 2013
For long term sitting comfort, the rollover sofa will be a winner in that regard.
Mello_Mike
Explorer
Jul 31, 2013
Wow, that's a bummer. Sorry you have to wait so long. I noticed the new Wolf Creek's have updated exterior graphics. The new graphics are a big improvement over the graphics on my 2011.

If you get the opportunity get yours with the bumper and Fox Landing. I wish mine had both.
More2Explore
Explorer
Jul 31, 2013
Mello Mike,

To answer your questions on the options I went with:

The roller over sofa which started this whole thing!
Passenger side ward in cab over
5cbf frig
Big drawer under oven
Shortbed boxes
outside shower
Bunk over dinette
Elec jacks
Extra propane
Roof rack and ladder
Side and rear awnings

They offered a "special options package". At $1000 off since it was to be the first one and included the following:
Diamond plating
Smooth roller slides on all drawers
Special monitoring panel (they had a special name for,it)
LED lighting inside and out
There was something additional I think

Oddly the Northwoods website shows this stuff as standard now!

Not really sure what is happening with mine.....will wait for more word on a delivery date.
More2Explore
Explorer
Jul 31, 2013
Bummed out today! Was expecting my Wolf Creek 850 to be delivered during the next two weeks sometime........only to learn today that the factory decided not to run mine first? The dealer called the factory and learned mine won't be coming off the line till some time the end of September!!! So I guess mine is just barely started or its still a couple words on a piece of paper. We reset the countdown today and started changing plans for this summer!!!