deltabravo wrote:
With a truck as heavy duty as an F450, there shouldn't need a need for those struts.
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Before I say what I have to say, a big huge CONGRATS on getting what will inevitably be drooled all over by the rest of us... You know, between you and that new Host Mammoth that ZB39 got... I'm feeling like my shabby run down set up needs a refresher.
I have an F450, previously an F350DRW. The frame of the truck twists, albeit less in the '17s, but the camper is meant to not have a torque factor applied to the bunk area. It just rolls back and forth happily with the bed of the truck. I would think with such a heavy truck, if the cab and bed needed to flex and you didn't allow that flex due to the struts, you'd create quite a structural issue with the TC.
9,000lb truck wants to flex and a 4,000lb TC doesn't want to let it, something's bound to give in a not happy way.
No facts to back this up, just MHO...
'15 F450, 30k Superhitch, 48" Supertruss, 19.5's, Torklift Fast Guns
'12 Eagle Cap 1160, 800watts solar, Tristar MPPT, Magnum Hybrid 3k Inverter
'15 Wells Cargo 24' Race Trailer, 600 watts Solar, TriStar MPPT, Xantrex 2kw inverter
'17 Can Am X3 XDS Turbo
