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memilanuk
Apr 13, 2021Explorer II
rickjo wrote:
All the weight of the camper is on the two side rails. The space on the bottom of the camper in between is not weight bearing.
I'm new to all this truck camper stuff, so just for clarification... are you saying the bottom of the camper is not bearing the weight like it *should be*, or that it's not *designed* to be weight bearing?
I was under the impression that the 'wings' of the camper weren't supposed to bottom out on the side rails, that the bottom of the camper *was* supposed to be bearing all the weight? I thought I'd read about people putting various spacers - from 3/4" ply to 2x lumber to horse-stall mats to 2" rigid foam - to boost things up so the camper would clear the side rails. And that Ford tended to have higher side rails (deeper bed) than most...
Like I said, I'm very new to this, and just trying to make sure I understand.
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