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Grit_dog
Nov 25, 2018Navigator
^^ If you’re driving roads that tear the tiedowns apart on your truck or camper, they’re the wrong roads or you’re driving it like a Baja truck.....
The camper will theoretically ride x country and back with no tie downs as long as it’s kept from shifting forward or side to side.
Think about the weak link in the equation in extreme situations. Would you rather it b the truck frame, camper tie down mounts, tie downs snapping or a $30 replaceable in 1 minute part yielding?
Seriously, put a set of torklift tie downs on the truck and some hardware store chain and turnbuckles. Drove to AK, all over the AK backcountry , across the L 48 , Frost heaves, river beds, fire roads, nothing has broke.
Start messing with pre engineered systems though, and unless you know what you’re doing, you’re likely to break something you don’t want to.
The camper will theoretically ride x country and back with no tie downs as long as it’s kept from shifting forward or side to side.
Think about the weak link in the equation in extreme situations. Would you rather it b the truck frame, camper tie down mounts, tie downs snapping or a $30 replaceable in 1 minute part yielding?
Seriously, put a set of torklift tie downs on the truck and some hardware store chain and turnbuckles. Drove to AK, all over the AK backcountry , across the L 48 , Frost heaves, river beds, fire roads, nothing has broke.
Start messing with pre engineered systems though, and unless you know what you’re doing, you’re likely to break something you don’t want to.
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