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Avid_Fox
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Apr 13, 2021

Arctic Fox 1150 is breaking my 2016 Ford 350 dually

Wondering if anyone else has this issue also: 2016 AF1150 mounted on a 2016 F350. After about 15000 miles with camper, I noticed stress cracks in the bed, at back corners. At 65000 miles, it's just...
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n0arp
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Apr 14, 2021
Kayteg1 wrote:
mellow wrote:
Torklift puts the blame on HJ for this damage: https://www.torklift.com/index.php/blog/entry/preventing-bed-damage-from-my-truck-camper


Where?
All I can see is TL comment
TL wrote:
It is important to recognize that pickup trucks are now built from thinner metals and truck campers are increasing in size.

So they indicate the installer education is a factor.
Nothing wrong with the design for what it was design for.


Although there are small metal parts with this type of tie down that come into contact with the trucks heavy-duty frame, the contact is incidental and lends negligible support as the primary strength. The support for this type of tie down is the truck bed and rear bumper and not the truck’s frame.

Negative side effects from bed-mounted designs are lack of support and potential for damage to your truck bed.

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