How was this one tied down before it flew off !

[woodhog]

TC takes flight

[Hemi_Joel]

Perhaps there was a big old dip in the road that sent the camper Airborne before it blew off

[Frank_Mehaffey]

This is just a thought, and perhaps not a relevant one to the conditions of the road, wind, wind direction and speed, and the trucks speed...but......If there had been a much stronger frame and/or bed anchoring system that can take that kind of force, would have it been worse if the chains had not given way and taken the whole truck with it in a blow over?

[burningman]

I’d say from what happened it’s GREAT that it slid off and didn’t roll the truck over instead.
It’s also great the camper didn’t then slide into anyone... which still could have happened if it took the truck with it.
If I had to smash into an oncoming camper, I’d prefer it didn’t have a truck with it!

[SugarHillCTD]

From what I can see on that photo, those chains look pretty thin and they appear to have broken mid-span.

I agree- it looks to be a home built tie down system.

If that is an EC 992- it is ok on a heavy SRW.

[Gary_Morency]

Don't all Eaglecaps need a DRW that might have helped cause the problem maybe a good dip in the road.

[joerg68]

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.

[newman_fulltime]

I thought that was rams new farm truck version with a fold up flatbed :S

[wnjj]

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.

[jimh406]

Just needed a DRW Ford ... man those RAMs have weak sides.

Yes, I'm joking ... mostly.

[NRALIFR]

That RAM Cummapart :W

:):)

[Kayteg1]

Aren't we missing a reply here?
Per counter this supposed to be 4th reply, when shows as 3rd?

[Buzzcut1]

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

[Lwiddis]

More moorings would have been a good idea but I don’t see any.

[Kayteg1]

TC was hold to the truck by "moorings" :e