Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ Slippery Slide, Camper slips in truck bed

My slide in camper slowly shifts to the left while traveling. We load it center it and tie it down with Happijac's and it moves to the left and the tie downs will rub against the side of the truck bed on the right side.

We have tightened it down tight, but this still happens. We have no bed liner in the truck. It sits directly on the bed.

Does this mean the left springs of the truck are weaker? Can I slip a board in between the wheel wells and the camper floor to keep it stable?

Help??

I have a rubber mat that fits in the bed of my truck, this may help your camper to stop moving around. Got my tru Advanced Auto but im sure you could get it tru just about any parts store.

I have a box liner in my F250 (which is probably too slippery to sit the camper on) so I installed a sheet of half inch plywood in the box with 1X1's screwed to the plywood on each side to keep the camper from moving sideways. I also put a board across the front to keep the camper from rubbing on the box liner. To ensure that the plywood didn't slide backwards or sideways I put some wooden pieces ahead of and behind the wheel wells. It makes it a bit heavier but the camper never moves.

A rubber mat should solve the problem. Plywood will still allow some slipping.

I made some custom frame mounted tie down bars for my 99 dodge, they are made with 2 in square tubing and have forged eye bolts in the ends. My camper has flush mounted D rings. What I'm wanting to know is what I should/could use as my actual tiedowns. Can I just get some forged turnbuckles and connect it with chains? Or do I absolutely have to have the spring loaded turnbuckles? blink.gif

I made some custom frame mounted tie down bars for my 99 dodge, they are made with 2 in square tubing and have forged eye bolts in the ends. My camper has flush mounted D rings. What I'm wanting to know is what I should/could use as my actual tiedowns. Can I just get some forged turnbuckles and connect it with chains? Or do I absolutely have to have the spring loaded turnbuckles?  blink.gif

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I made my tie down mounts, but I used pipe. (that's all I had at the time).... I'm planning to buy a F-250 diesel and I'll make another set, but use square tubing next time!

I've been using chains and turnbuckles for a long time!.... On my next truck, I'll use something different, because the turnbuckles are just too slow to take off and put back on, but they do hold the camper in place very well.... When I pull into a campground, I'm in a hurry to get the camper unloaded and setup!

Here's an old picture of my tie down mounts with the chains & turnbuckles.... I'm still using this same setup!

Can I slip a board in between the wheel wells and the camper floor to keep it stable?

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I have a bed-liner in the bed of my truck.

I mounted a board on ''each side'' of the camper and put carpet on them... I also mounted a board on the front of the camper.

To put the board on, I loaded the camper and measured how much space I had between the camper and the wheel wells... Then unloaded the camper, cut some boards and put some outdoor carpet on them and mounted the boards to the camper.

Now when I load the camper, the boards are against the wheel wells and that keeps it from moving side-to side!.... But, don't put the boards too tight against the wheel wells, because that will be too tight and it may not fit! lol

My bed-liner doesn't fit tight against the wheel wells, and when I load the camper the bed-liner moves in just a little bit.

Having the boards on the camper also helps when loading the camper... I just watch out the back window when loading and the boards guide the camper in place between the wheel wells.

I read all the time where people are using a laser beam to load a truck camper, or marking a line down the center of the bed and having a mark on the center on the camper and lining them up when loading a TC.

You don't have to do that if you have a board on each side of the camper! ... The camper will go in the center of the bed every time when loading, and it won't move side-to-side!

Hope that helps!