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jornvango
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Dec 13, 2013

Newbie question: how to tie down camper on the truck?

Hi everyone! We have recently joined the truck camper community. A few days ago, we bought a 2002 StarCraft M-1150 truck camper which sits on our 2008 Dodge Ram 3500 6.7L diesel 4x4 dually. We ar...
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SoCalDesertRid1
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Dec 13, 2013
camperpaul wrote:
When I had a Pathfinder TC on a 3/4 ton Chevy crew cab truck, I used "stake pocket" anchors similar to these:

Those are fine for lighter campers and/or older trucks.

For a late model truck with paper thin sheet metal and a big heavy camper, being used off road, I would definitely NOT use the stake pocket tie downs.

Twisted sheet metal will be the result!

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