Tie-Down Placement
I will be using Brophy clamp-on tie downs. Here's my camper hastily parked atop my truck. Yes, it's squatting. My question for the moment: where should the tiedowns go? Clearly, the rear t...
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This particular truck has a sprayed-on bedliner; and I DO have a rubber mat :-)
I think the squat has a lot to do with the spring suspension, even as a 4 x 4 with a "camper package"?? (It has a lush, limo-like ride as a daily driver) Ed bought me a really rough Ram 1500 to use just as a "rolling camper cart" - and THAT ancient old thing doesn't squat very much under the camper. But it has leaf springs. We brought the camper home with an F-250, and of course that didn't squat at all.
I'll get the tiedowns installed this week, re-load the camper; and we'll go for a ride to the Cat Scales.
Ironically, with the truck squatting this badly - the camper is perfectly level?!
I think the squat has a lot to do with the spring suspension, even as a 4 x 4 with a "camper package"?? (It has a lush, limo-like ride as a daily driver) Ed bought me a really rough Ram 1500 to use just as a "rolling camper cart" - and THAT ancient old thing doesn't squat very much under the camper. But it has leaf springs. We brought the camper home with an F-250, and of course that didn't squat at all.
I'll get the tiedowns installed this week, re-load the camper; and we'll go for a ride to the Cat Scales.
Ironically, with the truck squatting this badly - the camper is perfectly level?!
