joerg68 wrote:
If your camper has the old style aluminum siding on a wooden frame, you can remove it from the lower end upwards. The siding consists of about 1' wide strips running the length of the camper, stapled to the frame. Remove trim and sealant, pull staples, remove siding. You can not remove strips in between.
If your camper has an aluminum frame, composite walls, or any other "more modern" design, things will be different.
Search the Truck Camper University for "rot repair" to get an idea what other folks have done.
You may have just overstressed the mount ... or there may be a structural issue behind :-(
Good luck with the repair,
Joerg
It is aluminum panel siding. Do you start from the top or bottom removing it?
The D ring is pulling the lower body of the camper apart so I don't think that it is a lag screw but think its a eye bolt.
The tie downs I have came with the camper and are adjustable threadall type design. They are camper tie downs. I tightened them down snug by hand then tightened the jamb nuts. I don't really know how it could've been over stressed really. It's setting on a long 20'000# capacity gooseneck so I'm thinking there's less flex with it then a pickup truck bed would have.
