Wolf Creek 850 roll over story

1mtnman wrote:
I see some of these very large truck campers using front bed and bumper tiedowns and I just don't understand how that can be a safe setup when we are talking about a 3000-4000 lb camper.
I would never haul a camper using any system that did not utilize the truck frame to attach the tiedowns. There are a lot of us who take these campers into out of the way and rough areas where other RV's dare not go therefore you can't be too concerned about how safely your camper is tied down.
Many camper manufactures make recommendation as how there units should be tied down and one would expect a reputable dealerships do the same however I'm sure this is not always the case.
The incident sure gives those of us who haul these units a chance to evaluate our setup and learn from someone else experiences.

Before I post this just to let you know that I use Torklift frame mount tie downs. But to say you wouldn't use any tie down that doesn't tie to the frame, I take it you haven't looked how Happpijac's are fastened to the truck then you need to take a look. Happijac tied downs

If you look at the diagram you well see that the Happijac's also tie to the frame. If I didn't care about drilling holes in my truck bed I would have no problem with the Happijac tie downs. In fact many years back I used the Happijac tie down system, this had to been in the 70's when I used them.

To the OP I'm glad nobody got hurt. Truck and camper can be replaced, I know it sucks but can be done.