trail-explorer wrote:
THe fact that the camper has shifted to the side and blown out the front side of the truck bed has cause it to not sit correctly on the floor of the truck bed, which is the likely result of why the bed is collapsing.
Do you have a rubber truck bed mat to help keep the camper from sliding around in the bed?
What kind of camper tiedowns are you using, Torklift frame mounted or something else?
What are you using between the camper tiedown anchors and the truck's camper tiedown points - turnbuckles or Torklift fast guns?
I've never seen the side of a truck be blow out like yours has. Id say the camper keeps shifting that way and causing the problem.
Answering your questions in order.
I have a nice sticky rubber mat same exact size as the truck bed.
I have Torklift frame mounted tiedowns with fast guns. Properly tensioned.
It’s the truck bed giving out that is causing the problem. Not the torik lift products. Also, I’m not sure if everybody else puts on the same amount of miles I do. I put on something like 15,000 miles this summer. Traveling across the country and back. A truck camper moves around when you put on that many miles over rough roads. That’s just how it is. Sometimes it can slide backward. Sometimes it can slide to the side. Mine slides to the side because the truck bed has collapsed.
But yeah. I just posted that while you were editing yours. I agree. A new truck bed. I’m just going to get a flatbed. And have it be all the way down at the frame. I’ve had enough messing with this stuff. I’m done. I won’t replace it with a standard truck bed. Not strong enough.
