rickjo wrote:
jshupe wrote:
Avid Fox wrote:
Does your 2019 Dodge have a steel bed, rather than aluminum, as the Ford does now?
Here's a good video an info for a ram 5500 flatbed. About half price of a Douglas body, so he says.
https://www.stablecamper.com/truck-beds
Yeah, steel. I agree with you that the aluminum is the issue, not so much the weight of the camper if that weren't the case.
NO the aluminum bed is NOT the issue. I have had both. The 2004 steel bed was much worse. As I indicate in my earlier posts, the horse stall mats and Torklift tie downs have made bed damage in my aluminum bed a non-issue. My aluminum bed still looks new after 15k miles on the new setup.
Rick
If you look back at my posts, I specifically said that I think the HappiJac mounts and aluminum bed are the issue - I don't think the bed itself being aluminum is the sole cause, and in a round-about way suggested TorkLift mounts.
I've never seen the HappiJac mounts in person, but they appear as if they would let the camper pull on the bed, which would be a huge issue with aluminum. Since I've never actually seen them I'm not going to dive into further speculation.
