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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Since we are on the subject of tie downs... My camper will be kept on my truck with (old technology I assume?) belly bars. Two of them. One front and one in the back. (there is no bumper on my truck due to the size of the camper) These bars are tied into the frame (so to speak) and I am using turn buckels attached to each of the four jacks that are permanently attached to the camper (1976 Amerigo) What do you think of this setup as far as safety goes?
Is there any type of shock absorbers in your system? I'm always concerned about the constant pulling on the camper by the twisting of the trucks frame.
I used heavy duty springs on my camper and have had no issues.
On my camper, the tie downs attach to the jack attachment points. I had to greatly reinforce this area as the whole camper was falling apart at the four jack mounts.
These are stainless steel plates that are attached to the bottom and the side of the camper. Spreading the weight and tying the sides into the bottom. Solid as a rock now!
And in the front I added aluminum angle iron to the jack mounts
