HOW-TO Mount A Truck Camper To A Flatbed
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- I've been asked a countless number of times "HOW DO YOU SECURE THAT THING?" Today I get to share with you guys the three ways we keep our customize Lance Truck Camper from moving around on our Ram 5500 Flatbed.
That's was very informative. I didn't know all that work was necessary for a camper .
There’s certainly some initial set up work to get your configuration dialed. Once you’ve got your baseline stuff set up it’s usually a 15 minute process to load the camper and 10 to unload.
Very nice installation. I have found with my truck camper that when you get it on the flatbed and your within an inch or two, you can cheat with the jacks and move the camper to wherever you need to be. So if your too far to the passenger side. When your lowering the camper to where it barely touches the bed then raise both passenger side jacks a small amount and you can watch the weight shift and the camper will move to the left side. I only do this for a few inches off. If your off a lot then i reposition the truck. You can also do this technique front to rear. Been watching your videos from almost the beginning and love them. Keep them coming!!!!
Thanks so much for watching our videos and also thanks so much for the suggestion! I call that suggestion for getting the camper to move an inch or so “crab walking” the camper 😂
@@thecumminscamper yep 👍
It’s a pain in the ass to try to move the truck a inch or two by your self. The crab walking technique makes it much easier.
very helpful thank you
So glad you found this helpful! If you have any specific questions I didn’t answer feel free to ask. Thanks for watching!
great tip on the guide rails!!
Thanks David! Appreciate you watching and commenting.
I like the intro (through 00:38)!
Thanks!!
One of the key critical items not mentioned for a flatbed is the custom swing bracket to clear the width of the flatbed for the jacks which typically is almost a foot needed on each side. I would be interested to find out where you bought and came up with that?
Our brackets are stock dually brackets. Those typically are found on bigger, heavier campers that would require a dually to carry one of these safely. For a more narrow camper you could use a couple pieces of steel plating and drill holes in them. We used to have a dually with oversized aftermarket wheels so I built a couple extra wide dually brackets out of steel plates. You can see our custom brackets in the video we did about swapping our camper from our old 3500 to our current 5500.
@@thecumminscamper Thank You. I'll check it out. I hope since my flatbed is 8' 6" wide I could come up with a solution, since I'd like to put a small lance camper that is only 7'6"" from the inside of both jacks without a hinge swing.
Very nice! Love it!
Thanks Nate!!
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Great Video! We also have a Ram 5500 and are in the process of getting our truck camper. Where did you get your storage boxes, what are the size and how do you have them fixed to the flat bed? Are you using a DC to DC charger? I got a ton of questions!! Keep the 5500 videos coming & be safe!!
Thanks for watching and for the comment. Our boxes are Buyers Aluminum 72 inch long. I got them off the internet 4 years ago but they’re readily available. I have them through bolted to the bed with just two bolts per box.
We are doing a dc to dc charger I’ll have a whole video on that. I am finishing the install next week. 60 amp Renogy.
Keep the questions coming👍
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I think a metal strip the length of the box shares the stress over a greater area than a couple bolts.
I really dislike chasing my equipment after it dismounts.
I like your style
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Thinking about getting a truck camper for our Ram Crew Cab 3500 with a 9' EBY aluminum flatbed. Subscribed to follow your adventures. I was thinking the underside of your camper might look better black while on the truck, maybe not so much off the truck. Safe travels.
I think you definitely should get a truck camper for your 3500. Black on the belly of the camper would look sweet!
I am interested in the fact that you went from a dually to a SRW w/super singles. That's a nice setup. There's a lot of chatter on the interwebs about the need for a dually when using a truck camper but I don't necessarily agree with that. My 3500 has the SRW option from the factory. It's got the 6.4 Hemi with the Aisin transmission, both the 22 gallon and 52 gallon fuel tanks, and 4.44 gears. It's more Unicorn than it is a Ram, lol. I'll be binge watching your channel for some ideas. Thanks for the video's.@@thecumminscamper
@@unclebuck5051 sounds like a sweet set up! I don’t think you need a dually necessarily. I think it’s important to have really good tires with the highest weight carrying capacity you can get for your truck and to try and be as lightweight as possible. It’s amazing how fast you end up over your trucks over. Our previous 3500 we were 2k overweight, hence some of our failures over the time of ownership and why we wanted to bump up to a 5500
@@unclebuck5051 thanks for watching!
What’s needed for the SRW conversion? How low of a psi can you go when running on rough gravel / forest service roads? Looks great!
All it takes is a lift and the right wheel/tire combo. I’d imagine you could run these as low as 10-15psi if you had to as the rims are a bead lock. For us we’ll only lower our tires that much if we’re headed out onto the beach. So far just having the 40” tires feels like air ride compared to our 35s on 22s of our previous truck.
Trying to get an 1172 bought. Have a 5500 ram with flatbed. 116” long. A little longer than yours it looks like. The COG of the 1172 will be 15” behind the axle. It looks like yours sits back some as well. Any concerns with weight distribution on yours?
Hi Jeff,
The only solution for the COG issue you’re discussing on an 1172 is to remove the first foot of storage under the 1172 “wing doors”. I saw a guy on a FB group do that and it worked great. Looked amazing on his flatbed
How long of a flat bed did you get exactly? I have an 02 f350 long bed dually. And looking to put a camper on it and leave it on. But, i dont wsnt to pay for all the securing hsrdware to connect the truck to the camper if in going to just put it on a flatbed one day. Thank yku! Keep the vids coming !
Thanks for the comment! Our truck, being a cab and chassis instead of a pick-up model has a longer bed length requirement. My beds I think 9’4” or so long vs a standard 8 foot bed. Thanks for the support on the videos. Keep the questions coming🤘
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Anti-seize or other corrosion prevention?
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Great minds!
Gotta use it 👍
Where did you get the Torque lifts fast gun turnbuckles
From Torklift directly.
How does the toolbox line up with the angle iron brace? Does the toolbox sit on top of the angle iron, or are you just up to the base & thus have a 3" gap between the toolboxes and the camper?
The toolboxes have a gap of about 4-5 inches in between them and the angle iron. I had enough space in between the boxes and the angle iron that I was able to take off the front jacks and fit the jack legs in that gap and strap them down safely and securely.
Also thanks for watching and for the comment!!!
Nice stuff love the truck bud
To bad that Ron guy dose not have a RUclips channel and post stuff 😂
Could be a great channel if he did
@@thecumminscamper I don’t even own a laptop I’ll work on it
LOVE the guide idea with taper/bevel (what ever ya call it)...thanks for that!!
Building aluminum flat bed for our Lance 992.
Noticed your diesel heater too...would appreciate seeing that up close. Looks like you had to take a leap of faith with cutting into your camper--scary.
@@timdappen4775 hi Tim, yea the tapered 2x4 was a smart suggestion. It works really well.
The diesel heater is a Planar 4D. I did cut a hole trough the camper to make the diesel heater happen. What started as a small hole grew into a larger cut in order to give the diesel exhaust space to dissipate heat. It’s worked out great. I have the heater out for service now. The perfect set up would be to keep your propane furnace (which I did not) and add the diesel heater.
Tim- Here is a video I did about cleaning my diesel heater when I thought that was why my diesel heater wasn't working. Turned out to be unrelated but it was a good learning experience and this video will give you some more info on my diesel heater set up ruclips.net/video/7nAhVshfODA/видео.htmlsi=lDnmvZF7LJpueGQW
Why not attach the beveled 2x4 to the back of your tool boxes instead of adding the angle "iron".
Yes, I realize you'd lose your storage spot, but for those that don't need an extra storage slot, wouldn't it make more sense to delete the angle "iron"?
You could definitely do that and it would work really well. You’d probably need more than a 2x4 to span the gap distance between the tool boxes and the camper but certainly a good approach to keeping the camper where you want it.
Please make a point to make a video when you shift it to absolute center. I'm gonna feel off balance until you do.
We can center it together. We’re doing an east coast voyage this fall and it would be rad to try and see ya when we come through New England
Stall mats are common sense required items for ALL truck campers. Manufacturers are so cheap that they don't just install a mat on the bottom of the camper when built. I've yet to find a manufacturer that actually builds a camper with top-shelf components either.
Every major manufacturer is looking out for their bottom line and trying to build the best quality they can with that bottom line in mind. I spent 13 years in the boat industry, it’s the same way.