2017 ford 450 drw

With a truck as heavy duty as an F450, there shouldn't need a need for those struts.

I've traveled probably 30,000 miles with m combo and never saw a need for those things.

You might want to check with Lance about your particular camper.

From this thread after you asked the same question ... http://forums.woodalls.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29173655/gotomsg/29181950.cfm#29181950

usmcshepherd wrote:
I spoke with a Lance rep about those cab over struts for my 1172 as well and he said they were not necessary any longer on the new campers. Just FYI!

I considered those struts when we first got our camper but after our first few trips decided that they weren't needed. We have almost 60K miles with the camper with trips throughout the Yukon and Northwest Territory and have never had second thoughts about not getting them.

We have wore out 3 ford trucks with our 1996 Lance and we have not needed hood struts yet.

deltabravo wrote:
With a truck as heavy duty as an F450, there shouldn't need a need for those struts.

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Before I say what I have to say, a big huge CONGRATS on getting what will inevitably be drooled all over by the rest of us... You know, between you and that new Host Mammoth that ZB39 got... I'm feeling like my shabby run down set up needs a refresher.

I have an F450, previously an F350DRW. The frame of the truck twists, albeit less in the '17s, but the camper is meant to not have a torque factor applied to the bunk area. It just rolls back and forth happily with the bed of the truck. I would think with such a heavy truck, if the cab and bed needed to flex and you didn't allow that flex due to the struts, you'd create quite a structural issue with the TC.

9,000lb truck wants to flex and a 4,000lb TC doesn't want to let it, something's bound to give in a not happy way.

No facts to back this up, just MHO...

Why add upward stresses to the cabover??.... Is Lance in some odd way weaker than other campers?? (I doubt it..).... A solution in search of a problem, JMO