Wooden fail safe camper alignment tool

Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli wrote:
I'd thought about doing this sort of project but what has kept me from doing so came true for me one day. We were parked at Deception Pass and somebody backed into the left rear TC jack. The whole camper rotated in the bed. Fortunately no damage happened to the TC but the Honda Odyssey rear gate had a large dent in it. I am pretty sure the freedom to rotate saved the TC which I feel would have been damaged had I had installed the positioning devices. The TC has a little shifting back and forth in the bed but it has never been a problem.
Installing a stabilizing, guide, positioning system can work both ways. For me, it paid not to have it. I's your choice on the pros and cons to do it.

Just FYI.

Reviewed your Platcat installation earlier. Very nice work. I presume it is still delivering for your benefit.

We used the Platcat every day for 2 months this spring in New Mexico.... March through May.... it snowed on us 3 times in May. We set the Plat cat at 70°F and the furnace at 68°F.... about %am the firnace would make one run... just enough to catch up and circulate the heat. The Platcat and the PVSolar make life simple...

thanks for mentioning it.

Chet

Kayteg1 wrote:
What is holding the rear blocks from jumping out of the bed?

I didn't put any feet on them!

Actually.... they are gently wedged into place as the camper is lowered.

Enjoy your build

Chet

I'd thought about doing this sort of project but what has kept me from doing so came true for me one day. We were parked at Deception Pass and somebody backed into the left rear TC jack. The whole camper rotated in the bed. Fortunately no damage happened to the TC but the Honda Odyssey rear gate had a large dent in it. I am pretty sure the freedom to rotate saved the TC which I feel would have been damaged had I had installed the positioning devices. The TC has a little shifting back and forth in the bed but it has never been a problem.
Installing a stabilizing, guide, positioning system can work both ways. For me, it paid not to have it. I's your choice on the pros and cons to do it.

Just FYI.

Reviewed your Platcat installation earlier. Very nice work. I presume it is still delivering for your benefit.

Behind the wheel well is a simple spacer that can't move forward and back.... and is pushed up againest the trucks bed wall as the camper drops to the bed floor... it can't move.... until I remove the camper... then all 5 pieces lift out until the next time I load the camper.

Easy build, self aligning, inexpensive

It just slides in like the left side

Right front corner (passenger side) and my toes

the front corner blocks are seperate but fit snugly... there is a tie down loop that the block slides under.... the blocks can't move... they are wedged as the camper is lowered.... they are not tied down

The front guide stops just under the top edge of the bed.... to use... just back up againest the camper until it touches... then as as I lower the camper it rides the boards down to the bed... same on the sides