silversand wrote:
Sleepy:
You've been quite busy!
I really like the design. Very well thought-out. We have the same bed interior stamp-out as yours (both 8 foot; the only difference is: our truck is 1 model year newer, and is an SRW).
Our truck camper's "tub" section (the part in the bed when loaded) may be slightly differently dimensioned than the Lance you have. And, we have long rubber spacer blocks on our camper's bulkhead, but this would be easily adapted with a slight design change.
Great work,
Silver-
Be careful when you work on the bulkhead from outside.... one of Lance Camper Customer Services main complaints is when Owners try to attach bump stops to the front of their campers.... they drill and lagscrew into the water tank. The tank is closer to the corners than you'd think.
BTW, I built these guides and installed them several years ago. We have used them without a thought or problem ever since.Kayteg1 wrote:
Travelon wrote:
Airborne?:h...Then something is wrong with your rig. I have traveled within CA for 50 years and never been airborne, loaded or empty. Maybe stretching the truth a little there. ;)
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It is normal that 10,000 lb suspension will not flex when holding only 4000 lb of empty truck weight and roads are not getting better in CA.
It become common that truckers when approaching I-5 underpass will change to the left lane, becouse the joints on right lane are so beaten up that trucks fly.
It varies from road to road. Took wife lately to San Jose on 880 freeway and wife promised to never ride in truck again.
Then drove i-80 to Reno last week and it wasn't that bad, although on some stretches the rear wheels got kicked into the air.
No joke about CC turning off becouse shaking trigger accident sensors.
Had porcelain sink on the bed once and regardless slower driving on 15 miles trip, it arrived cracked.
That is why I want everything at least double secured on my truck.
I agree, the roads are in bad shape....
partial solution.... slow down
think about the physics of a FAST moving mass hitting an unmovable object (the edge of a pot hole.
If you are going fast enough to have a 2500 to 4000 pounds of truck camper or another load go airborne... you are going too fast.... don't bother to build alignment blocks... you'll tear up your truck sooner!
You are not required to even drive the speed limit if road conditions are dangerous.... and we all agree that they are.
As I mentioned before.... the alignment blocks don't have feet... they can't jump out of the trucks bed at ant speed or altitude.... if the truck camper is above the bed.... it would fall back between the blocks and reposition it self exactally where it was before
Good luck....
sleepy
my edit for typo's