Question for Four Wheel Camper owners and others w/no jacks

Good question. I know that 4WC mounts their campers through the bed floor with eye bolts but jack wise, I know you can get jack brackets but I've never seen one with jacks attached.

I'm curious too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYlaydCjP7Q

Never owned one but had a long conversation with an owner while visiting death valley last winter. This is what he described in video. Temp Jacks. The campers are bolted through the bed and not as easy to take off and on. Many leave them on full time was what he described. 4WC does have models with jacks and you could probably order any model with permanently mounted jacks.

I have also seen these tied down with traditional type tie downs.

From a TCM article:

Tom explained that removing the jacks made the camper lighter, gave the rig more side-to-side and bottom clearance, and improved visibility.

So it looks like everyone just removes the jacks as part of the loading process.

I had two overhead truck campers I bolted to my 4X4 pickup bed and loaded and unloaded with cable jacks.One a Security 8ft and the other a 8ft Kit..I still have the cable jacks for emergency's and to stabilize my other campers off the truck.

Back in the day they were either bolted to the truck bed or used stake pocket brackets(much quicker) for a tie down point.

They guy who did the video offered the unit to me but his asking price was too high. I'd love to have one or an Alaskan.

I had a FWC Hawk for 12 years, I used turnbuckles to tie down the internal eyebolts. You worked through small access panels inside the camper but it was only about 5 minutes a turnbuckle. I had hydraulic corner jacks with wheels on them and they were double nutted with wing nuts so I could take them off and on in minutes. I kept my camper on a scaffold because I used my truck for work. I could just throw the jacks on and wheel the camper to my truck, tie it down with the turnbuckles and remove the jacks because some of the places I went back then would have tore a jack off or limit where I could take it.

That's the kind of utube video I like. Fast and to the point. I was wondering if he was going to get it into the garage, whew!! Must have made it. Glad no AC on top. Wondering why it's now for sale.

kohldad wrote:
From a TCM article:

Tom explained that removing the jacks made the camper lighter, gave the rig more side-to-side and bottom clearance, and improved visibility.

So it looks like everyone just removes the jacks as part of the loading process.

It's interesting in this article, there are no "cons". That's unusual for TCMAGAZINE to not find something wrong in a review.

Because, like an Alaskan, it's a helluva truck camper, of course no slides and entertainment centers but like an Alaskan it's meant for off road camping not a campground. Camping at your favorite fishing spot or on a hunt...what it's all about.

Been considering changing my jacks over to quick detach as well. Some of the places I go, jack legs are an issue....and why I run HJ's. The TL tie downs, I'd surely catch on something.

I always have my spot mirrors trained on the bottom of the jacks when off road, watching to make sure I don't catch them on something. been close a few times.