cleary wrote:
I would be concerned about the stress applied to the bed hauling a camper. My 06 F350 Dually has stress cracks around the bolts that hold the bed to the frame. The rear opening has spread enough that the tail gate won't latch without using a ratchet strap to pull it together. The only significant weight this rig has hauled is the camper.
Chuck
I have the same problem (and more) with Dodge dually bed.
I don't think it is the load stress and about 70 percent of spot welds have circular crack around.
From my metallurgy classes I remember that something like that comes with weld getting internal stress at the factory, combined with vibration. Load would bend the weld, but would not crack it.
Than my friend using his Cheby for construction had whole bed developing long cracks around tail lights. Cheby denied warranty claim, because he put contractor tool boxes on contractor's truck.
So the tail light are hold by duct tape.
