towpro wrote:
Page 2 it is said this is a short bed truck.
the camper COG is about 24" forward from the rear of the truck. That means there is around almost 1/2 the 5000 lbs weight of that camper resting on those 2 crushed points.
The camper has a floor length of 118" also add in about 2" for those rubber bumpers on front of camper that hit bed.
The truck bed is 75.6".
The camper is hanging out of back of truck by around 44"
That means almost 1/3 of the camper is cantilevering off the back corners of the truck bed. Neither camper or bed is designed for that stress.
Negative. It's not a 990. OP corrected himself. It looks like this and it only cantilevers about 2' off the back of the bed.
FWIW, these campers work will with the tailgate left on as well, although unneeded for additional support.
This is a shortbed Dodge and the same model camper.
(I suspect the OP may have his camper loaded very heavily though, or a couple events could have started the destruction and the weakened structure then degraded more than it would have under less severe conditions?
