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- TC was hold to the truck by "moorings" :e
- More moorings would have been a good idea but I don’t see any.
- looks like the tie down chains failed. the square bars off the hitch are still there and you can see bits of chain on each side and at the front of the bed hanging down. Perhaps they used too weak a chain. who knows what the turnbuckles looked like
- Aren't we missing a reply here?
Per counter this supposed to be 4th reply, when shows as 3rd? - That RAM Cummapart :W
:):) - Just needed a DRW Ford ... man those RAMs have weak sides.
Yes, I'm joking ... mostly. jimh425 wrote:
Just needed a DRW Ford ... man those RAMs have weak sides.
Yes, I'm joking ... mostly.
Weak sides means the truck stays on its wheels. Less expensive to fix that way.- I thought that was rams new farm truck version with a fold up flatbed :S
- The tiedown bars look like a homemade version of the Torklift principle. You can see 3 of the 4 tiedown points on the picture - none of them seem to be badly bent, so they held up good. All of them have some length of chain dangling. The chain used may have been of the open/non-welded link type, and not strong enough to hold the camper in place.
The damage on the truck looks like a side wind from the left started to roll the truck & camper to the passenger side, the driver's side tiedowns gave way, and the camper rolled over the passenger bedside to the right. The driver may have tried to correct the roll-induced curve by steering away from it, making things worse. Or maybe the specific road conditions just conspired against them.
How the camper came to sit upright like it does is hard to understand, though.
In any case, it looks like no one was hurt and the truck needs a new bed and maybe new seat covers. The camper looks like it held up pretty good, too.
Many moons ago, there was a video on our local forum that showed such a situation developing from inside the truck cab. Luckily, they were able to get the truck & camper back on all four wheels without accident. Watching it (with sound) was ... interesting. - Don't all Eaglecaps need a DRW that might have helped cause the problem maybe a good dip in the road.
