Foam Board or Rubber Mat For Under Camper?
I have ordered a new Northern Lite camper for delivery next spring. I see on Northern Lite's website they recommend putting a 3/8" soft rubber mat in your truck bed under the camper. The dealer t...
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Possibly, there was some misunderstanding about how my Ford truck is set up for 5th wheel use. The rails for the hitch are mounted on the frame of the truck, UNDER the truck bed, not above the bed as these hitches are typically mounted in the truck bed. As a result, the hitch sits INTO, not on top of the bed.
There are four circular steel puck holes each about 2" diameter that the hitch fits into, and locks in place in the bed, and there are rubber, or hard plastic, covers that fit over these holes when the hitch is removed. It is those covered holes that protrude from the truck bed slightly, but I can easily cut out 4 holes in a sheet of plywood where these holes are, so the plywood would fit flush on the truck bed, and block it where needed otherwise.
As I said before, I am inclined to follow NL's recommendations, as several of you have now said you were told by them to do.
There are four circular steel puck holes each about 2" diameter that the hitch fits into, and locks in place in the bed, and there are rubber, or hard plastic, covers that fit over these holes when the hitch is removed. It is those covered holes that protrude from the truck bed slightly, but I can easily cut out 4 holes in a sheet of plywood where these holes are, so the plywood would fit flush on the truck bed, and block it where needed otherwise.
As I said before, I am inclined to follow NL's recommendations, as several of you have now said you were told by them to do.
