Tie downs
I am new to truck campers. Looking at used ones. Can I safely mount a 1000 lb camper on my Ram 1500 short bed using heavy duty ratchet straps and the factory tie downs in the bed. Looking for opinion...
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Joe Glidewell wrote:
.. I scariest thing I've heard of is if the camper tries to hop/rise up off the truck bed when you go over a bump in the road or when your truck bed flexes you could damage your anchor points on the camper. The screws or bolts could rip out of the wood frame.
You can also damage anchors by using jacks with tie still attached.
Ask me how I know?
I've been observing TC behavior and even the cabover is huge area, they don't seem to have enough air even at 75 mph that would lift it off the truck. With good rubber mat, this is all it holds in 99% of situation.
Ties are for extreme vibrations only, when rocking motion might have the camper "walk" on the bed.
