Attention all Wolf Creek 850 Owners
Hi all I own (owned) a 2012 wolf creek 850 and the passenger side front anchor bolt was spliced in with a small sheet of plywood. This piece of plywood failed, ripped out and my Wolf Creek rolled...
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Mello Mike wrote:
mkuzmuk,
The Happijac has a tendency to pull forward and pull this splice out. Bad design? Yes, but again this design issue is only found on the long-bed version.
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I disagree with this statement. From the early 70's I have had 3 campers with tiedowns in the front that were just turnbuckles and chains not Happijac's. They were mounted the same way HJ's are done in the front. On an angle to "HOLD" the camper forward, not "PULL".
That is the way it is suppose to be done in my book. Primarily not held "DOWN" but held "FORWARD" to keep the camper from shifting rearward.
Thousands of campers survived this method of tiedown from the 60's to date.
We have seen many tiedown mounts damaged by the straight down method over the years.
Jim
