5th wheel rails and a truck camper
We are thinking of adding a truck camper to the fleet, for the boonies. We are going to continue to use the 5th wheel. I want to keep the bed rails since they are very handy with a set of tie downs ...
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I'd vote for Option #1: a 4x8 sheet of high density foam board (HDFB).
Much easier, lighter to use/handle/mod, plus it would provide support to almost the entire bottom of the camper (exception being the area routed out for the hitch/bed rails).
We used several layers of HDFB to keep the front of our camper properly distanced from the front of the bed, plus more layers to keep the camper centered in the front (had a tendency to creep several inches left and right in high winds). Another plus for HDFB, it doesn't scratch the gelcoat on our fiberglass camper.
Much easier, lighter to use/handle/mod, plus it would provide support to almost the entire bottom of the camper (exception being the area routed out for the hitch/bed rails).
We used several layers of HDFB to keep the front of our camper properly distanced from the front of the bed, plus more layers to keep the camper centered in the front (had a tendency to creep several inches left and right in high winds). Another plus for HDFB, it doesn't scratch the gelcoat on our fiberglass camper.
