Hello, great site for advice, thanks.My 99 Ford superduty has a tall cab and need about 4 inch spacer to keep camper above it when offroad? Used 4 2x6s laid out across the bed to get it home and was touching the roof!Picked up 2 stout pallets that are 5 inches high and 4x4 in size and looking for input on using them with a rubber mat?Will anchor the pallets with blocks off the wheel wells.Will use chain to lengthen tie downs if needed. Have read about hard foamcore, but sounds pricey and hard to find.What are folks using for spacers? Thanks

On our 2001 F350, I made a 4' x 8' frame out of 2x4's (laying flat) and then attached a sheet of 1/2" plywood to that and then screwed the whole thing to the bottom of the camper. That made the spacer about 2" thick. Sounds like you need more than that. Maybe you could have two layers of 2x4's or one layer standing edgewise.On my rig, the roof was closest to the cabover right in the middle of the roof. There was a lot more clearance at the side edge of the roof. This worked out well since most of the movement was on the side edges from the camper/bed rocking side to side.Good luck,bradw

Thanks Brad, what do you think of just using couple stout pallets?

Broncorambler wrote:Thanks Brad, what do you think of just using couple stout pallets?Just a personal preference, I would spend a little money and use redwood lumber for weather/water reasons. I think that most pallet wood is not of the highest quality wood. IMHO

For the base layer; a 1" 4' x 8' stall mat works great.Our 2002 Citation camper had a aluminum square channel frame screwed to the bottom of the camper. I think it was 3" channel. KEN

No reason that wouldn’t work. It’s cheap and easy, slap a rubber mat on top of them and if the camper moves around more than you’d like, revise the plan. Although if they are wedged tight to the wheel wells they shouldn’t move. Maybe consider a thin sheet of plywood to tie the pallets together. Few screws that you could remove to take the pallets out individually. 2” thick 40psi foam board is about $50 a sheet so $100 saved if you can use the pallets. Foam is readily available though at building supply places

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ORbiker
Explorer
Jan 06, 2021
For the base layer; a 1" 4' x 8' stall mat works great.

Our 2002 Citation camper had a aluminum square channel frame screwed to the bottom of the camper. I think it was 3" channel. KEN
MarkTwain
Explorer
Jan 06, 2021
Broncorambler wrote:
Thanks Brad, what do you think of just using couple stout pallets?

Just a personal preference, I would spend a little money and use redwood lumber for weather/water reasons. I think that most pallet wood is not of the highest quality wood. IMHO
Broncorambler
Explorer
Jan 06, 2021
Thanks Brad, what do you think of just using couple stout pallets?
BradW
Explorer II
Jan 06, 2021
On our 2001 F350, I made a 4' x 8' frame out of 2x4's (laying flat) and then attached a sheet of 1/2" plywood to that and then screwed the whole thing to the bottom of the camper. That made the spacer about 2" thick. Sounds like you need more than that. Maybe you could have two layers of 2x4's or one layer standing edgewise.

On my rig, the roof was closest to the cabover right in the middle of the roof. There was a lot more clearance at the side edge of the roof. This worked out well since most of the movement was on the side edges from the camper/bed rocking side to side.

Good luck,
bradw

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