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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dave17352 wrote:Trackrig wrote:
Usually there isn't enough room to allow the TC to more around in the bed. Since you have room, after it's loaded, put one or two pcs of 1X4 between the each wheel well and the bottom sides of the TC to hold it in place.
Bill
X2 My TC moves a little in my bed but I don't pay any attention to it. It generally moves a little when I hit that unexpected bump in the road.
Believe me, if mine hadn't shifted so much- I have zero from my left jack to my rear door handle, and almost 10" space on the right (I had 5" on each side when I started out) I wouldn't worry. That's 5" of side movement at the front of the camper in a few hundred miles.
Amazingly, all the tie-downs are the same tension as when I left (though the LF one is now pinning my fuel door closed and I couldn't open it w/o removing the tie-down).
I don't believe a few 1X4s will hold it given the weight of the camper, but I suspect the rail set described above (made from 2X6 or more) will have a shot at tamping the wandering beast.
