Question on using a tailgate
If you Ave a truck camper that fits within the length of your truck bed, and you can close the tailgate, what happens if you are in the camper and someone closes it? Are you trapped inside the camper...
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Kayteg1 wrote:Travels with Yoly wrote:
When I saw the heading for this thread I thought it was a discussion on whether or not you should leave a tailgate in place rather than remove it and allow the 2 extra feet of camper to extend beyond the bed ? The two surfaces are perfectly level with each other so the tailgate really wouldn't see that much of a load ... or would it ?
My long campers have holding tanks below the floor level in the rear.
Than seeing how the 6000lb camper rocks during driving, I don't think the tailgate would survive under it on long run even if I could have tailgate under.
Our camper fully loaded is only 2280 lbs and the bottom, front to back is perfectly level. The camper is 8 feet and the bed length is 6'-5" so maybe 1'-7" on the tailgate. I also think it might reduce some of the fore/aft rocking. Hope more people chime in with knowledge. We're new to truck campers :-)
