Maiden Voyage now some newbie questions...
Hey all, Since we finished the rebuild of our 70'ish TC we were able to take our maiden voyage of about 450 miles round trip. 90% of it was interstate. As you can see in my sig we have had a couple ...
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I have a 70's era 10 footer on a f250 and had similar feelings the first couple times out. You'll get used to it.
As for the stake bed tie down that's what I use. My are actually homemade. My camper is 3000 lbs loaded and ready to camp. I tighten the turn buckets as tight as I can get them by hand and put a turn or two with the a wrench, but my stake pocket tie down flexes a little on the "arm" portion. Are you concerned that the eyes are going to rip out of the camper?
Also I see no need to upgrade your tie downs like some will tell you, unless you are doing serious off roading. I have logged 1000's of miles with mine and never bent or damaged the bed as some will warn you about.
As for the stake bed tie down that's what I use. My are actually homemade. My camper is 3000 lbs loaded and ready to camp. I tighten the turn buckets as tight as I can get them by hand and put a turn or two with the a wrench, but my stake pocket tie down flexes a little on the "arm" portion. Are you concerned that the eyes are going to rip out of the camper?
Also I see no need to upgrade your tie downs like some will tell you, unless you are doing serious off roading. I have logged 1000's of miles with mine and never bent or damaged the bed as some will warn you about.
