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portscanner
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Jul 28, 2020

About to return to truck campers - but need help

We traded our class C for a Ford F450, a Lance 1181 and some cash. Ran our new rig across the scales and the scales said we were 1K lbs over the GVWR. (not a big heartbreak - this really wasnt the ...
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portscanner
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Jul 29, 2020
KD4UPL wrote:
If you don't have spring loaded turnbuckles you rip the tie down points off the camper. You either need the Happijack turnbuckles or the Torklift turnbuckles or their equivalent.
I had 4 folding rings installed in the deck of my aluminum flatbed. They held great for 7 years. I used happijack spring loaded turnbuckles front and rear.


Thank you! that information helps me out!

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