Skamper slide in camper
I just picked up a Skamper camper. Anyone know anything about them? Are they still around? It has the pop up roof. I specifically wanted one of these as one place I want to go to has a rail overpass t...
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Reddog1 wrote:
Typically, there are 8-bolts that tie the bed to the frame mounts. The mounts welded on the bed itself are sheet-metal. My point was/is, those bed mounting points frequently split. I have looked under many pickups, and rarely do I see one that does not have more than one cracked. You can reinforce the frame, but that is not what fails. I have never seen a 5th wheel plate that mounts to the sheet metal of a pickup bed only. Doesn't mean there is not one, but I have never seen it. All I have seen, sandwich the bed between the plate and frame mounts, but not bed only.
I found perfect mounting points on the frame. I added four identical tie downs to the bottom of the ones in the bed and these are attached to the frame with heavy duty turnbuckles. The weakest link in this set up is rated 6,000 pounds. I think 24,000 pounds of tensile strength will be sufficient.
