How Much Bounce From Your Cabover?
Hello, How much bounce, movement up & down from your Cabover, 1 inch- 2inch?, as you drive along? Does balance, centre of gravity have an effect? Weight in Cabover effect on movement? How ...
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I found that much of my camper bounce was from a beer canning effect of the bottom of the truck box, once I placed a sheet of 3/4" plywood between the truck box and camper bottom bouncing was reduced.
I also placed/slid wood slates between the plywood and the convolution's of the truck box floor, so that the entire surface of the truck box is supporting the weight of the camper, not just the high sections of the truck box ridges that are raised above the truck box's cross members.
My Bigfoot camper floor bottom was also not level, it had a 1/8" plastic inspection plate cover that caused the camper to sort of rock on the newly stiffened truck box bed. I could actually feel the camper move or shift when cornering. So I leveled the bottom of the camper by adhering 1/8" rubber sheeting to bottom of the camper wherever the inspection cover isn't.
The camper now feels like it is much more a part of the truck and not a separate item.
I think if you take a close look at how lightly the truck box is built between the truck frame and the bed surface it could become obvious to you, where the bounce is perhaps originating from and how the heavier the camper, more the issue.
I also placed/slid wood slates between the plywood and the convolution's of the truck box floor, so that the entire surface of the truck box is supporting the weight of the camper, not just the high sections of the truck box ridges that are raised above the truck box's cross members.
My Bigfoot camper floor bottom was also not level, it had a 1/8" plastic inspection plate cover that caused the camper to sort of rock on the newly stiffened truck box bed. I could actually feel the camper move or shift when cornering. So I leveled the bottom of the camper by adhering 1/8" rubber sheeting to bottom of the camper wherever the inspection cover isn't.
The camper now feels like it is much more a part of the truck and not a separate item.
I think if you take a close look at how lightly the truck box is built between the truck frame and the bed surface it could become obvious to you, where the bounce is perhaps originating from and how the heavier the camper, more the issue.
