Truck Camper Load Guide
I came up with a load-guide for truck campers today, and I thought I’d share it with you all. It’s simple, lightweight, portable, and it’s using materials I was already carrying with me anyway except for two 16 penny nails. I trust those won’t be the straws that broke the F450’s back.
I’ll try to let the pictures do most of the talking. I made one for each side from a length of braided rope, a bungy cord, and a nail in two of the leveling boards I carry.
See the nail? Put the boards under the front jacks before you raise the camper off the truck. You can toe the boards in or out to make the rope parallel with the tire sidewall. I put the nail in the end of the boards so it doesn’t affect the stack-ability of them.
Just keep the gaps even on each side as you’re backing up, and you’re straight and centered.
This is where I hook the rope on the rear jacks. That’s the bolt on the lower clamp around the jack tube.
Backing under.
If the front of the camper is flush up against the board in the front of the bed......
And these two measurements are equal, it’s perfect.
:):)
I’ll try to let the pictures do most of the talking. I made one for each side from a length of braided rope, a bungy cord, and a nail in two of the leveling boards I carry.
See the nail? Put the boards under the front jacks before you raise the camper off the truck. You can toe the boards in or out to make the rope parallel with the tire sidewall. I put the nail in the end of the boards so it doesn’t affect the stack-ability of them.
Just keep the gaps even on each side as you’re backing up, and you’re straight and centered.
This is where I hook the rope on the rear jacks. That’s the bolt on the lower clamp around the jack tube.
Backing under.
If the front of the camper is flush up against the board in the front of the bed......
And these two measurements are equal, it’s perfect.
:):)
