16 replies to this topic

[buckland]

My payload is 1450 on the long bed. I put on the Boise spring pack. I will not worry. The truck has a towing capacity of 7000 lbs.

For a small truck it will do. 

 

PS I do want to add that going up to E rated tires somehow needs to be added to the equation of load capacity. No doubt it is a certain percentage but one hard to nail down definitively.

Edited by buckland, 04 November 2017 - 11:26 AM.

[Vwjkb]

Buckland did you have to have the eye bolts mounted in your truck bed or were you able to use the pre existing factory tie down eyes.

[buckland]

I was fine with the tie down eye bolts....I have the diesel and the one in front drivers side is a tight fit due to the DEF tank tube but if you are slow and careful it fit fine. Follow the same FWC measurements for the holes in the bed measured from the back bed wall. I did have to add a D ring to lengthen the turnbuckle. !2,000 mile trip on serious roads and it said put.

[longhorn1]

Buckland, I think Vwjk was asking about the truck manufacturer tie-downs, not the FWC eye bolts. The truck manufacturer tie-down are not designed to hold a camper and should never be used for any camper. He needs to use the FWC eye-bolts.

Edited by longhorn1, 31 December 2017 - 08:03 PM.

[Vwjkb]

Thanks longhorn1 and buckland

[buckland]

Clarifying for the above:

Yes to the FWC EYEBOLTS through the bed. Follow YouTube FWC eyebolt install video. Do not use the "tie downs" on the bed wall!

[kmcintyre]

When I put new bolts in my new truck, I used grade 8 with a 4x4" top and bottom plates that I made.  I also put them on the top and bottom of where they go through the camper plywood.  If those pull out/through, I'm in big trouble.