sabconsulting wrote:
I think the spring action of the tie-down will be very important:
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This picture was shared by Chris Scott in a thread in his Horizons Unlimited overland travel forum relating to the building of camper bodies on flatbed trucks. I don't think you will be facing this extent of chassis twist, but you are right to consider it and allow for some twist in your tiedown design now rather than end up with structural damage to your newly built camper.
FYI this looks like a British Army Bedford MK someone is converting. I've driven these offroad and they are designed to flex.
Steve.
This is the exact reason I went with a service body, over a flat bed. While I am a big fan of Flat bed, without needed modifications, like a headache rack and other boxing, you will have twisting, the longer you go. With a service body, all the compartments provide protection to minimize twisting. For this reason, my TC is attached to the Service Body, not the Frame. The TC and Service Body works as one unit. While I am a fan of Flat Beds, one must plan for this issue, the longer the bed becomes and the OP looks like he is doing this well.
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