truck bed reinforcement?
After reading the post about tie downs, it got me wondering if anyone with a short or long bed has ever had the cross joists under the bed bend, crack, or loosen up, especially if you have had occasio...
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....aren't truck (pickup truck) rear frame rails (and anything connected to them, like truck bed) designed to twist torsionally?
I've seen pick-up truck beds (including 1 ton designs) torsionally twist so much, that some rear tail gates get damaged. So, torsional twisting of truck beds are part of the truck's design. Given this, imagine how much flex stress can be put (transferred) on/to the cinched-down truck camper tub LOL
In my mind (and I'm gettin' old LOL), anyone wanting to arrest this built in behavior has to 1) redesign their entire rear truck frame (and leave the truck bed alone) as a torsionally-resilient structure (and keep the truck bed as is); or 2) mount a flatbed to the factory rear frame on something called a 3-point pivot system...
...but anyhow, I'm not a structural engineer. There is someone who is quite qualified to address this issue on this Forum, handle: Travelnutz.
I've seen pick-up truck beds (including 1 ton designs) torsionally twist so much, that some rear tail gates get damaged. So, torsional twisting of truck beds are part of the truck's design. Given this, imagine how much flex stress can be put (transferred) on/to the cinched-down truck camper tub LOL
In my mind (and I'm gettin' old LOL), anyone wanting to arrest this built in behavior has to 1) redesign their entire rear truck frame (and leave the truck bed alone) as a torsionally-resilient structure (and keep the truck bed as is); or 2) mount a flatbed to the factory rear frame on something called a 3-point pivot system...
...but anyhow, I'm not a structural engineer. There is someone who is quite qualified to address this issue on this Forum, handle: Travelnutz.
