What holds it on truck

A decent tie down system......most use Happijack or Torklift

Gravity, friction and a tie-down system. I use torklift frame mounts on the truck and fast guns.

Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
Sorry for the dumb question but I know nothing about Truck Campers other than they are really neat.

Question: What actually holds the camper unit on the truck, how is it attached?

Jack

Here's a link to one of the companies that makes tie down systems for truck campers.

linky

Thanks everyone. Now I am educated.

No such thing as a dumb question!

This is what the FAST GUN TIE DOWNS look like...



Roy Ken

Romantic attraction.

Love.

Gravity.

Dumb luck.

Sometimes bolts.

Other times tie downs.

portscanner wrote:
Romantic attraction.

Love.

Gravity.

Dumb luck.

Sometimes bolts.

Other times tie downs.

Had to laugh at this! I agree sometimes it feels like dumb luck. Hard to believe those four little lengths of metal can hold 5000 lbs in a bed of a truck sometimes!

TimH

Gripnriprod wrote:
No such thing as a dumb question!

Actually the only dumb question is the one that is never asked.
The tie down system for a TC has come a long way yet retains mostly the basics when you consider how they work. From the days when a TC was simply bolted to the floor of the truck bed and maybe somtimes they would bolt into the frame rails, The Happijack system that utilizes the truck bed body, The Torklift system that utilizes brakets that are attached to the frme of the vehicle, Even the old stakepocket tiedown system that is part of the truck bed yes the systems are all different yet the same.