Freefoundations9
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Just wanted to see some of your thoughts on my camper and securing it, reinforcing it etc. I have a 2016 5.7 liter double cab sr5. I bought it for the purpose of making it some sort of camper rig with the intentions of getting a regular truck camper. After I got the truck I found an Ez Lite fun sport that was made for a double cab tundra and it was something similar to a Callen camper in which it doesn’t have a floor. It sits on the bed rails. So I got a great deal on it and here I am. I drove away with it secured by 9 c clamps clipped to the bed rails (which is how the previous owner ran it for regular trips around town). The owner also installed the camper jacks after a little while of owning it.
I took it today to another shell/camper dealer for a solid install and he told me about the bed rails of newer trucks with Callen campers which attach the same way that become deformed, crushed and beaten down by the weight. He suggested I do some research on some things we could do to reinforce it.
So two questions. What do you guys think about the camper and the way it attaches to the truck ?
And how could I reinforce it to handle off-roading? I’d hate to wreck my truck but the places I want to go don’t require rock crawling or anything but they require some light off-roading.
I appreciate your suggestions!
I took it today to another shell/camper dealer for a solid install and he told me about the bed rails of newer trucks with Callen campers which attach the same way that become deformed, crushed and beaten down by the weight. He suggested I do some research on some things we could do to reinforce it.
So two questions. What do you guys think about the camper and the way it attaches to the truck ?
And how could I reinforce it to handle off-roading? I’d hate to wreck my truck but the places I want to go don’t require rock crawling or anything but they require some light off-roading.
I appreciate your suggestions!