Steep Off-Road Grade with Truck Camper

[Team_Lien]

Does anyone know how steep of a grade you can drive up on a rough 4x4 road before your camper will slide out of the back of your truck? I think I remember reading once that, due to the friction of the weight of the camper on your truck bed, you couldn’t drive up something steep enough to cause the camper to slide off the back without rolling the truck. I have a Dodge dually 4x4 with an arctic fox 10 foot camper. The camper is on the truck bed without a rubber mat.

Thanks, Mike

[LouLawrence]

Aren't there also toggle screws holding the shell to the pickup bed?

[ppine]

You must secure the camper to the truck bed. You can use turnbuckles and cables. The best way is to use adpaters to secure it to the frame.

Counting on friction to keep in place is a huge potentially very dangerous mistake.