Sagging Tanks
So I'll spare you the unfortunate details of WHY I need to take the camper off the truck tomorrow, but I do. Only for a few hours but it has to be done. It's been a few months since I've taken her off...
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RamblinAnne wrote:bighatnohorse wrote:
Your signature says the camper is a Bigfoot. isn't that a one-piece underbelly?
If you dump the tanks before taking it off the truck, it should not be a problem.
But I'm a little confused - if it's already on the truck, how can you tell that it's sagging?
Anyway, dump the tanks before using the camper off-truck.
So I noticed a bit of sag the last time I dumped my tanks. There's about a foot and half of camper length that sticks out past the rear bumper. (The part where I connect my sewer hose). The underbelly is a few pieces, last I remember. Definitely more than one.. I think 3 but maybe just 2. I'll snap some pics when I get it off of the truck tomorrow.
The underbelly of the BF's have a Fiberglass plate about 1/16" thick covering all the tanks. It is held on by 10,000 screws ahahahaaa! The fresh water tank is suspended with straps as you can see in the picture. There is foam between the removable plate and the Fresh water tank. That is used to help support the tank when sitting in the truck. When the camper is removed then the Fresh water tank is held up by those straps.
This is not so for the gray and black tanks, although there is 1 or 2 straps for the gray and black, but no support from the bottom of the camper in the overhang.
There support is devised by wood blocks and part of the floor...
Jim
