ever heard of a camper slide off the back?

enblethen wrote:
I have seen a few. One is the Lance 1172.
Lance 1172

It's still in the truck.

When you consider the location of the jacks, a typical 2000 lb TC, and less than 1/3 of the TC is forward of the front jacks, it would be very difficult to convince me it could tip forward. The 2 people would have to weigh in excess of 1400 pounds or more. True, there are lighter TCs, but the two people would probably need to weigh more than 1000 lbs.

Reddog1 wrote:

SugarHillCTD wrote:
This seems to be in the same (dubious) category as an unloaded TC tipping forward when 2 people climb into the cabover bed.

This would be possible if the front jacks failed or sunk in the ground. I think extremely unlikely, but possible.

Without tie downs, I see the TC sliding out under the right circumstances. Are you suggesting we do not need tie downs?

Wayne

No I'm not. But in the past on this forum there has been mention of actually seeing a TC tip forward on undamaged, unsunken front jacks.

I was questioning if either situation has actually happened, therefore the dubious comment.

Kayteg1 wrote:

d3500ram wrote:
If one were to have a camper behind and it were to be place on a very powerful pick- up like this one .

That is why some prefer BUS CONVERSIONS

I'd hope both would have rear kitchens. A side galley wouldn't cut it.

d3500ram wrote:
If one were to have a camper behind and it were to be place on a very powerful pick- up like this one .

That is why some prefer BUS CONVERSIONS

Heck you don't even need a powerful pickup if you "grease the pig" so to speak. Put the camper on a slick plastic bedliner, with no tiedowns.

People complain about their campers shifting around on here ALL THE TIME. If a camper can shift, it can sure shift enough to fall off the back of the truck.

A TC sliding off the bed is entirely possible given the right conditions.

A lot of folks here lately have been asking about COG behind the rear axle. If one were to have a camper behind and it were to be place on a very powerful pick- up like this one then it is very possible to drop a camper on the road when say taking off from a stop light.

SugarHillCTD wrote:
This seems to be in the same (dubious) category as an unloaded TC tipping forward when 2 people climb into the cabover bed.

This would be possible if the front jacks failed or sunk in the ground. I think extremely unlikely, but possible.

Without tie downs, I see the TC sliding out under the right circumstances. Are you suggesting we do not need tie downs?

Wayne

This seems to be in the same (dubious) category as an unloaded TC tipping forward when 2 people climb into the cabover bed.

Oh, the wonderful hills of Branson, been there many times. We have started out at those stoplights & parked in those parking lots on the side of the hill at the shows. I worry more about my parking brake holding than the camper coming off the truck. As long as you have a proper tiedown system I don't think you have any worries.
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