Tailgate for a truck camper
Do you have to remove the tailgate for a truck camper?
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If the tailgate surface isn’t “raised” where it’s taking more load by holding the camper off the truck bed, it won’t hold too much weight with a camper that can be run without any support beyond the truck bed.
And if the camper fits with tailgate down, if both of these conditions are acceptable then it’s not a problem.
Regarding rock chips, I was concerned about that and after driving our camper to Alaska and hundreds of miles of dirt roads up there, there were zero rock chips. Also never experienced tailgates getting chipped in many miles of hauling many things with tailgate down.
Granted most trucks I have had have had mudflaps. So that probably helps.
And if the camper fits with tailgate down, if both of these conditions are acceptable then it’s not a problem.
Regarding rock chips, I was concerned about that and after driving our camper to Alaska and hundreds of miles of dirt roads up there, there were zero rock chips. Also never experienced tailgates getting chipped in many miles of hauling many things with tailgate down.
Granted most trucks I have had have had mudflaps. So that probably helps.
