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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jimh425 wrote:
Seems like people should slow down and watch how far they go offroad with a heavy load. I don't know about you, but I've seen lots of twisted frame pickups on hilly farm land from hauling hay.
Somehow, hauling a camper on a off camber or otherwise tilted road seems to be recipe for disaster. No doubt the frames will bend, but the question is will the bend back. :) For a one time thing, I'd say it might be better to unhook the tiedowns, but the problem with that is that the bed would then flex more than normal.
Speed has nothing to do with it, and it's not so much the off camber road as it is the not graded for years road with the rock raising first one front wheel several inches above the other three than the rear several inches above the others with a pothole doing the opposite a few more feet down the road, then repeat at random. That is the twisting action I don't want imparted to my camper tiedown points. Anybody traveling that type of road at any sort of speed deserves the damage they get as well as the tow truck bill.
