Cracked the bed of my truck

nvlaircrew wrote:
So, this summer my camper spent a lot of time on the truck. Made several long trips. One to Inavale Horse Trials in Oregon and another to Kalispell, MT for The Event at Rebecca Farms. In September I made the trip up to elk camp for the opener then came back down to go to another horse show, Aspen Farms Horse Trials. Then back up to elk camp for a couple more days of hunting. Well, when I took the camper off afterwards this is what I found:



I have been to the body shop for a quote to fix it. Not worried about that part. More concerned about what caused this crack. The camper has been on two trucks and I've been hauling it since new with no problems until now. This is the first time I've taken it up to elk camp, but I have been on other roads with just as many potholes as the forest service road to camp.

Anyone else ever have the same problem? What did you do to keep it from happening again? Suggestions welcome?

Thanks

I would do as I suggested earlier. The pink high density foam should help spread the load. Looking at your picture closely, the crack is actually located at the seam which is a hair over four feet wide. Your camper is riding right on the edge of where that crack is. As the camper the Sways slightly in the bed, it will put excessive amount of weight on that seam. Again, a full penetration weld will fix it and hopefully the foam will spread the stress out a little.