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Bigfootchevy
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Aug 04, 2014

Plywood & Rubber mat question ( Who's on first )

Got a new truck and had to add a 3/4 inch of plywood to the bed of the truck to ensure camper was high enough above sides of truck box. My question is does the plywood sit on the bed of the truck o...
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Bigfootchevy
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Aug 15, 2014
Farmerjon wrote:
Bigfootchevy wrote:
Tried the 1 inch foam and it worked fine. Cannot say better than plywood but at least it lighter and I believe more flexible.

Cannot figure out why GM changed the box of the 2015 trucks so that the box sides are higher in the rear than the front of the box.

Seems to cause some forward rocking of camper. The camper seems more flexible than it was with my 2011 truck.

Paul

Why would the height of the sides cause rocking of the camper? the camper isn't resting on the sides is it?


I don't think the sides of the truck are causing the rocking, the height of the sides has caused me to either use foam or plywood to raise the camper. My camper is a basement model and is already high enough. I just know that with my 2011 truck (same truck) I didn't have the rocking. No, the camper is not resting on the sides of the box but its very close in the rear by less than a 1/2 inch. At this point I have no idea what is causing the rocking. I expected the camper to sit flat in the box and never move.

Paul

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