Straps instead of bolt down too risky?
Looking for options to secure my new Cari Cowboy? I have a step side truck, so I had to go with bolt down because the usual turnbuckle system would not fit in the step side bed. Bolt down works fine, ...
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Couple of this you can do to make backing up easier:
Purchase an after market rear view camera. I have a 2017 GMC 3500 which comes equipped with a rear view camera in the tailgate. When I put my camper on, I have to remove the tailgate which contains the camera. I don’t have a issue backing up my trailers with the camper on ( side x side and snowmobile trailers) however I was tired of seeing the empty blue screen when I put the track in reverse when the camper was on, so I go the camera. There are lots of the market to choose from.
The second thing you can do it put a front end receiver hitch on your truck and then when it is ti e to put your boat in the water. Unhook your boat Trailer, turn the truck around, remove your hitch insert that has the trailer Ball on it put that into the front receiver, hook back up to the boat trailer and drive it into the lake much easier. My neighbour years ago had neck surgery that left him unable to turn his head fast, and he had a hard time backing up his boat. So he mounted a trailer ball onto his front bumper. Now he was driving a 1974 Chevy pickup, which had a bumper that he could mount the ball to. The truck you have I think you would have to mount a front reviver.
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Purchase an after market rear view camera. I have a 2017 GMC 3500 which comes equipped with a rear view camera in the tailgate. When I put my camper on, I have to remove the tailgate which contains the camera. I don’t have a issue backing up my trailers with the camper on ( side x side and snowmobile trailers) however I was tired of seeing the empty blue screen when I put the track in reverse when the camper was on, so I go the camera. There are lots of the market to choose from.
The second thing you can do it put a front end receiver hitch on your truck and then when it is ti e to put your boat in the water. Unhook your boat Trailer, turn the truck around, remove your hitch insert that has the trailer Ball on it put that into the front receiver, hook back up to the boat trailer and drive it into the lake much easier. My neighbour years ago had neck surgery that left him unable to turn his head fast, and he had a hard time backing up his boat. So he mounted a trailer ball onto his front bumper. Now he was driving a 1974 Chevy pickup, which had a bumper that he could mount the ball to. The truck you have I think you would have to mount a front reviver.
Soup.
