My Camper is Moving Sideways in my P/U Bed
I have an '03 Dodge quad-cab dually in which I had a 11ft6" Lance truck camper that the front end tended to shift to the right as I drove, and now my new-to-me 9.5 Bigfoot camper is doing the SAME thi...
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I have a bedliner but have a 3/8" rubber mat between it and the camper floor, and the liner has a zillion stainless screws holding it in place.
I had to raise the front of the BigFoot 1.5" so my doors would open (the BF has contoured edges to the overhang), and this levels the camper since my dually is 2wd and the tall rear springs make it tail-high unless I have 2 tons back there.
I was concerned wood rubbing on the fiberglass would wear through.
The bed of the p/u is probably 12" + wider than the camper in front of the wheel well projections, giving the camper plenty of room to twist in the box, all at the front (it's tight side-to-side at the very back end).
I have a bedliner but have a 3/8" rubber mat between it and the camper floor, and the liner has a zillion stainless screws holding it in place.
I had to raise the front of the BigFoot 1.5" so my doors would open (the BF has contoured edges to the overhang), and this levels the camper since my dually is 2wd and the tall rear springs make it tail-high unless I have 2 tons back there.
I was concerned wood rubbing on the fiberglass would wear through.
The bed of the p/u is probably 12" + wider than the camper in front of the wheel well projections, giving the camper plenty of room to twist in the box, all at the front (it's tight side-to-side at the very back end).
