Complete newbie needs help
Hi, I plan on traveling in a TC in a few months and need help finding basic newbie info about how everything works. I can't find a manual for my camper and I know nothing about trucks, truck campe...
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Cornstalk wrote:ajriding wrote:…
Your rear tie-down system is fine. Not as good as the frame mounted one, but it will suffice.
I might see about having a dealer install Happijak on the front and getting a receiver hitch installed for the back. Then I can use that bar the TC seller gave me. He also gave me turnbuckles, but they are not spring loaded. I guess they'd be fine for the rear, since that bar will have "give" (like you said).
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If your rear long-bar set-up is as flexy as I think it will be, then you probably do not need any sort of spring. The square tube will literally be the spring, and much more of a spring than any tie-down spring on the market.
When I drove home my TC I rigged up a very similar bar, but it was Unistrut, which is 3-sided square tubing, not a full 4-sided tube like you have. The Unistrut is more flexy than what you have because of the missing side, but even knowing that it did flex quite a bit more than I wanted it to.
Not knowing the specifics of the steel used I can't say what yours will do, but let us hope it can work as the spring.
You should get the receiver hitch. Go ahead and get a Class 5 (class V) hitch, its only a few bucks more but will be the last one you ever need to buy.
U-haul seems to be the best economy for having them installed, as they are willing to do work cheap knowing you are equipped to rent their trailers after.
