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 bed-liner in the bed of my truck.
I mounted a board on ''each side'' of the camper and put carpet on them... I also mounted a board on the front of the camper.
To put the board on, I loaded the camper and measured how much space I had between the camper and the wheel wells... Then unloaded the camper, cut some boards and put some outdoor carpet on them and mounted the boards to the camper.
Now when I load the camper, the boards are against the wheel wells and that keeps it from moving side-to side!.... But, don't put the boards too tight against the wheel wells, because that will be too tight and it may not fit! lol
My bed-liner doesn't fit tight against the wheel wells, and when I load the camper the bed-liner moves in just a little bit.
Having the boards on the camper also helps when loading the camper... I just watch out the back window when loading and the boards guide the camper in place between the wheel wells.
I read all the time where people are using a laser beam to load a truck camper, or marking a line down the center of the bed and having a mark on the center on the camper and lining them up when loading a TC.
You don't have to do that if you have a board on each side of the camper!... The camper will go in the center of the bed every time when loading, and it won't move side-to-side!
I mounted a board on ''each side'' of the camper and put carpet on them... I also mounted a board on the front of the camper.
To put the board on, I loaded the camper and measured how much space I had between the camper and the wheel wells... Then unloaded the camper, cut some boards and put some outdoor carpet on them and mounted the boards to the camper.
Now when I load the camper, the boards are against the wheel wells and that keeps it from moving side-to side!.... But, don't put the boards too tight against the wheel wells, because that will be too tight and it may not fit! lol
My bed-liner doesn't fit tight against the wheel wells, and when I load the camper the bed-liner moves in just a little bit.
Having the boards on the camper also helps when loading the camper... I just watch out the back window when loading and the boards guide the camper in place between the wheel wells.
I read all the time where people are using a laser beam to load a truck camper, or marking a line down the center of the bed and having a mark on the center on the camper and lining them up when loading a TC.
You don't have to do that if you have a board on each side of the camper!... The camper will go in the center of the bed every time when loading, and it won't move side-to-side!
