Attention all Wolf Creek 850 Owners

bigfootford wrote:

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

Jim,
I understand what you're saying, but this comes straight from the NW factory. Not me. They recommend only Torklift tie downs for their campers. This is what they told Nolan after his incident. And when I said it was a "bad design," I was referring to the Wolf Creek 850 long-bed front tie down points not the Happijacs. However, in both incidents involving front tie down failures, Happijac turnbuckles were used not Torklift's. A small sample size, yes, but it's something that can't be ignored either.