Loosening tie downs for off road TC'ing
In recent thread, a neat video was posted showing our truck camper members leaving their camping area and routing back out to the main roads. Gotta say I just love these "action" videos the members po...
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Jefe 4x4 wrote:
Jefe: Without a 3-point or 4-point truck camper attachment system on a flatbed, I have relied on "working" the four tie downs to be appropriate to the road surface. The frames on all pickup trucks are built to flex/tweak/rack.
....I have been doing precisely this approach since day 1 of camper new, when driving off-camber roads / trails. I personally would never do off-camber or truck frame twisting driving without working the 4 tie-downs to be appropriate to the road surface, risking wrecking our camper / tub framing. This is what I do; everyone has to decide for themselves how to approach this, based on myriad / infinite possible conditions, and camper size, build and weight.
