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[kcowyo]

So Stan or Ben or anyone else who knows for sure -

Someone recently emailed me about my FWC after seeing some of my pics. Thet were wondering why the access trap doors for the turnbuckles are round and square. I dunno....?

They both allow for easy enough access but is there a specific reason?

[kcowyo]

...as long as I'm asking random questions, I have another.

I have an older model Ranger II, with the double stacked bunk. How much weight can be put up there without causing frame stress?


For instance, one day in camp it started raining. I pulled my loaded 45qt cooler (50lbs...?) inside and threw it up on the bunk out of the way. One night in Death Valley when it was 16F degrees, six of us piled in my camper to stay warm. One woman, not a big woman but an adult crawled up on the closed bunk while the men BS'd below. Is this too much weight in the closed position?

Without having put a level to it, it seems from looking at the closed cab over from the outside that it slopes slightly to the pass side. So is there a weight limit or recomendation for what can be placed up on the bunk?

[timtana]

I dunno but both of mine are square on my 2007!

[jimjxsn]

FWIW - my openings are both rectangular.

[craig333]

Oh thanks very much, now I have to go look and see what mine are

Square and round.

[benburnett]

The round hole is in the back because you don't have much room there between the camper and the inside of the truck bed. Hence, you only need to get to the turnbuckle to take it on and off.

The larger hole up front is so that you can get to the turnbuckle and store some things if you want in the space that is there between the camper and the truck bed. I would not suggest anything small that can slip between the wheel well and the camper though.

The bed can hold a lot of weight. I have had 300 pounds on it with it out. Closed you can put what every you want up there. The frame that surrounds that bed is a solid channel of aluminum with a wood reinforcement running down it. There has never been a case of the bed bending down in the history of FWC or ATC. If it looks like it is lower on one side like you say, I would say to put some air in the tires on that side or close one eye next time you look.

[Stan@FourWheel]

ditto what Ben had to say


as long as you are not stacking bricks up in the cab-over bed, I don't think you will ever be able to get big enough people to bend the cab-over.

I have only see one camper since I have been with FWC (it was a used camper) that had a bent cab-over bed. I don't know what the heck the guy did to it, but it must have been pretty extreme. Just stupidity or he got in an accident? Never got the real scoop on what he did to it.

Outside of that, it is a rock solid design !