Fixing Camper to truck and expected loads
Posted: September 7th, 2017, 11:39 am
I'll be taking delivery of my new Isuzu D-Max in the next week or so and it has set me thinking as to how My Northstar can be secured to the truck.
The rear isn't a problem. I've got a hefty square sectionsteel tube which bolts between the tow bar and tow ball and I slide in equally hefty tubes with massive carabiner type hoops which hook to the underside of the camper via 5 tonne ratchet straps.
The front fixing to stop it sliding backwards is another matter. The standard load eyes on the D-Max don't look man (or woman) enough to take the strain of the camper pushing backwards as the truck drives forwards. I had steel plates fixed behind the load eye mountings on my old Ford Ranger to spread the load but there doesn't appear to be enough space to get between the load bed and the cab on the Isuzu.
Has anyone got the new style (or even the post 2012) D-max and, if so, what have you done for forward fixing points?
I know that there are a lot of clever people using this forum, so can I ask if there is a way of working out the rearwards load strain that driving forwards exerts on the camper?
The rear isn't a problem. I've got a hefty square sectionsteel tube which bolts between the tow bar and tow ball and I slide in equally hefty tubes with massive carabiner type hoops which hook to the underside of the camper via 5 tonne ratchet straps.
The front fixing to stop it sliding backwards is another matter. The standard load eyes on the D-Max don't look man (or woman) enough to take the strain of the camper pushing backwards as the truck drives forwards. I had steel plates fixed behind the load eye mountings on my old Ford Ranger to spread the load but there doesn't appear to be enough space to get between the load bed and the cab on the Isuzu.
Has anyone got the new style (or even the post 2012) D-max and, if so, what have you done for forward fixing points?
I know that there are a lot of clever people using this forum, so can I ask if there is a way of working out the rearwards load strain that driving forwards exerts on the camper?