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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Never had my camper move forward after it has settled against my front bed stop.
Shift to the rear? NEVER. I do not accelerate nor brake hard going backwards to know if this will happen.
Shift left and right at the front. At the most 1/4 inch.
Shift at the rear.... At the most 1/4 inch..
Driven in 40+mi wind, no shift.
Stationary in 60-70 mi gusts from head on, sides or rear, no shift.
How do I know? My camper sits on 3/4 plywood. The plywood sits tight in the bed, does not shift. The screws that attach the bottom camper inspection, water tank black and gray, plate have worn into the plywood. so I can see that there is no movement.
Have I bounced to the point of airborne going down the road and being tossed hard to one side or the other YES... Just finished an 8000 mi trip to Alaska/ Prudhoe bay. Towing a trailer and camper on the truck... We hit a couple of Frost heaves that were not visible or I missed them (unmarked).... And the road to Prudhoe bay rough in spots... and the list goes on... Back rock/dirt roads.... My camper has never shifted... My Happijac tiedowns are always a bit loose... I have never bent my back stock ford bumper which the rear Hjac's are attached..
The flexing of the frame/bed like Reddog1 describes I have witnessed on potholed/big rocks when driving SLOW... I can see the camper actually rocking a bit, independent of the truck bed. I do not become alarmed, my tiedowns are angled in the front, not pulling straight down... I sure as heck do not want my camper TWISTING with the frame... Hell it might pull out my camper tie down anchors.
Almost 200,000 mi in 14 years...
Jim
Shift to the rear? NEVER. I do not accelerate nor brake hard going backwards to know if this will happen.
Shift left and right at the front. At the most 1/4 inch.
Shift at the rear.... At the most 1/4 inch..
Driven in 40+mi wind, no shift.
Stationary in 60-70 mi gusts from head on, sides or rear, no shift.
How do I know? My camper sits on 3/4 plywood. The plywood sits tight in the bed, does not shift. The screws that attach the bottom camper inspection, water tank black and gray, plate have worn into the plywood. so I can see that there is no movement.
Have I bounced to the point of airborne going down the road and being tossed hard to one side or the other YES... Just finished an 8000 mi trip to Alaska/ Prudhoe bay. Towing a trailer and camper on the truck... We hit a couple of Frost heaves that were not visible or I missed them (unmarked).... And the road to Prudhoe bay rough in spots... and the list goes on... Back rock/dirt roads.... My camper has never shifted... My Happijac tiedowns are always a bit loose... I have never bent my back stock ford bumper which the rear Hjac's are attached..
The flexing of the frame/bed like Reddog1 describes I have witnessed on potholed/big rocks when driving SLOW... I can see the camper actually rocking a bit, independent of the truck bed. I do not become alarmed, my tiedowns are angled in the front, not pulling straight down... I sure as heck do not want my camper TWISTING with the frame... Hell it might pull out my camper tie down anchors.
Almost 200,000 mi in 14 years...
Jim
