Wolf Creek 850 roll over story
Well, Since I opened this can of worms here is the entire story. First let me say I have been a long time truck camper owner and I am no rookie. I have gone trough several truck campers. I recent...
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1mtnman wrote:
My point was regarding the use of the bumper tiedowns that are used in many cases with large campers. The bumpers just aren't built to support the loads placed on them by these heavy campers. We have seen in the past several times just on these forums references to the bumpers being bent when using this support method.
Yep, especially since in this incident it was one of these rear Happijac tie downs that failed.
I think the main objection with the Happijac tie downs are the rear tie down points, not the front ones (though many don't like the idea of having to drill into the truck bed). For this reason, some TC owners use a combination of the two, using Happijac TD's for the front, and Torklift TD's for the rear.
