How is it currently secured in the truck? Turnbuckles in the bed, Brophy bed brackets, HappiJac system, or Torklift? Do you have a rubber truck bed mat? A spray in truck bed liner isn't enough, a rubber mat is needed and required by most camper manufacturers. My camper can't slide around as I use the HappiJac system with centering guides up front and I use a Camper Cradle in the rear with a rubber mat on the bottom.
so how is the camper actualy held down? I have never seen the happy jack setup myself.
The front brackets have bolts through the front of the box, and then an angle bracket the bolts down through the box to the frame. The rear bracket buttons mount through the bumper and then there is a long steal bar that bolts from the bumper up and forward to the trucks frame (most have not idea this frame brace exists they assume its just the bumper buttons).
The camper then is attached from the camper's factory tie down points to the truck with spring loaded tie downs or turnbuckles. I use TorkLift Fastguns for their quick and easy use.
Ha. I always wondered about the Happijac on newer trucks with tin can bumpers. Used to be straight to the bumper when bumpers were real. Both my squarebodys had direct to bumper only rear camper mounts.
Heck at one point Ford F150s had 2 piece rear “bumpers” lol. Like the early 2010s years. You could “adjust” them just by jumping on, pulling on, or a swift kick with a steel toe boot!
Those bumpers wouldn’t anchor a tie down for a small carton of styrofoam egg crates without bending!
ya I would love to be able to aford torklift fastguns, heck I would be happy with just one where the gas tank is 🤣
Accessing the gas tank was one of the prime reasons I went with them. HappiJac makes a similar tie down now at much less money, around half!
