My Camper is Moving Sideways in my P/U Bed

languiduck wrote:
Mine sort of bounces around a lot on hard bumps and might even rock back and forth on occasion depending on speed and the terrain but it always stays centered. I can't help but repeat what was already said earlier, which is I bet the biggest reason yours moves so much is the drop in bed liner. Could you remove it for a trip and see if that helps? Use the rubber bed mat.

I removed my hard bed liner and found that it just rubbed the paint off in a bunch of places and held water and dirt causing rust. Needless to say I'm not a fan. I can't think of any good reason to have one...I'd rather have no bedliner than a drop in plastic one.

If it still moves then it would be easy to make something from 2x4s to keep it from sliding sideways.

Given that I am 2500 mi from home, I am stuck w/ the liner for this trip until I get back to TX.

Living in TX, rust under the liner is not an issue, and when I removed previous bedliners from my P/Us there were some bare paint spots that were shinny, with no rust at all. That was even true in Alaska, where most things rusted.

I was hoping that fastening the liner down with stainless screws everywhere would cure any tendency for it to cause problems under the heavy rubber mat, but I guess I can buy a 3/4" piece of plywood for under the mat and bolt it down to the bed for camper use.

I hate to drop $550 into a spray-in liner on my 11 year old truck, but it's a keeper so maybe I will bite the bullet and do it.

I also have to use shims under it to raise the front of the Bigfoot up so my doors will open w/o hitting the overhang. By shimming more in the front, the camper rides and sits parked level with the horizon, and clears the doors.