So what are we talking about here in regards to force on the tiedown points and the actual tiedown mechanisms?
My 20 foot flatbed is made up of a heavy steel frame (I think about 1/4 inch thick 4 x 2 inch box tube, will have to double check). The camper will sit directly on the flatbed, so there isn't a lot of distance between the bottom of the camper and the bottom of the flatbed frame (really it would be just the 4 inches thickness of the bed tubes.
These spring loaded turnbuckles like the torklift seem to be made really long to reach around a normal truck body, which I don't have. I would need to have them stretch far foward or rear of the tiedown points to get enough length between the camper and flatbed for the length of the tiedown turnbuckle.
Perhaps I should try to find anchor points on the c channel frame of the Isuzu under the flatbed. This would give me 20 inches or so of lenght to fit in a turnbuckle tiedown. The downside of that is I have these ugly long turnbuckles under my truck right where I want to mount storage boxes.
Anyone have pictures of a flatbed camper mounted to a flatbed?
