Truck camper dolly thoughts / sanity check.
I have been reviewing my options for a camper dolly. When the camper is off of my truck, the camper and truck sit side by side in a carport on a gravel surface. This surface is somewhat flat, but not ...
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I would skip the jacks, you can level with plywood boards for the purpose.
As far as moving the camper support, which it is more than a "dolly" in the sense that you are not using the "dolly" to move the camper, but just to support the camper off of the truck, put some 8" to 10" balloon tire casters, on the side of the support and tip the dolly over onto the casters to move it around.
Ours is steel, welded together. If I made it again, it would be a combination of welded ends with the sides being bolted together, just to make it easier to store when the camper is off the dolly. I may make this modification this winter.
Good Luck.
Rick
As far as moving the camper support, which it is more than a "dolly" in the sense that you are not using the "dolly" to move the camper, but just to support the camper off of the truck, put some 8" to 10" balloon tire casters, on the side of the support and tip the dolly over onto the casters to move it around.
Ours is steel, welded together. If I made it again, it would be a combination of welded ends with the sides being bolted together, just to make it easier to store when the camper is off the dolly. I may make this modification this winter.
Good Luck.
Rick
