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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I thought this horse was about dead, but no, I want to beat on it some more.
After reading and re-reading posts, especially HMS BEAGLE, I'm thinking I could be creating an issue. My Bigfoot has a 3" kickout at 6' from the front that goes behind the wheel well, then the rear skirt kickout behind that. The way I'm loading now with the 4x8 plywood and the rubber truck mat on top of that, the edge of the camper is not supported behind the wheel well. I created a void behind the wheel well the depth of the plywood. I'm thinking maybe just leave the plywood at home and use only the mat since it would provide continuous support behind the wheel wells. But I like the idea of spreading the load across the bed corrugations and am not sure if the mat alone would do that. Bigfoot has a decal on the back of the camper that says to protect the truck bed use a rubber mat or plywood.
For those that have cut plywood in pieces, have you ever come close to having one of the pieces slide backwards? I doubt it would with the weight of the camper on it, but....
After reading and re-reading posts, especially HMS BEAGLE, I'm thinking I could be creating an issue. My Bigfoot has a 3" kickout at 6' from the front that goes behind the wheel well, then the rear skirt kickout behind that. The way I'm loading now with the 4x8 plywood and the rubber truck mat on top of that, the edge of the camper is not supported behind the wheel well. I created a void behind the wheel well the depth of the plywood. I'm thinking maybe just leave the plywood at home and use only the mat since it would provide continuous support behind the wheel wells. But I like the idea of spreading the load across the bed corrugations and am not sure if the mat alone would do that. Bigfoot has a decal on the back of the camper that says to protect the truck bed use a rubber mat or plywood.
For those that have cut plywood in pieces, have you ever come close to having one of the pieces slide backwards? I doubt it would with the weight of the camper on it, but....
