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Boss .300 winmag:

--- Quote from: 30.06 on February 22, 2025, 06:23:28 PM ---I used a horse mat to get the camper overhang up above the truck cab. Seemed like the best solution. I have also used several 8' 4"x4" and plywood sheets to gain height.

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The hard blue sheets of styrofoam is what I used when I had an in bed camper. Much lighter.

follow maggie:
I’m also tinking of going in the slide in route. It seems like my mind changes with the day. This particular style I’m wondering on site on the bed rails hem selves, like a leer canopy. I think their empty weight is about 300 pounds, with my & my stuff in the cab over bed would be a little over 500. Here’s a picture of what I’m thinking. The reason I’m contemplating this style is I think it would be easier to build.  I think stein has a really good idea. I hadn’t thought of that.

CP:
Here's another option.  You're almost there anyway. 

Jpmiller:
I’ve had a ladder rack on at least one of my pickups forever. I’m pretty sure there’s reinforced spots in the corners that are made for the weight, and I’d bet there’s some in the middle too if you looked but not sure. I’ve had ALOT of weight on them a time or two. Enough to make me nervous but never enough that I damaged my truck 

I too have seen trucks with blown out sides but I always assumed they had to have been doing something super goofy to do that or had a weird freak accident. Even a lightweight ford ranger we used for a while seemed to be able to take as much weight on the rack as the suspension and axle could take.

blackpowderhunter:

--- Quote from: jackelope on February 22, 2025, 12:41:34 PM ---I’m not familiar with the campers that you’re talking about, but I always thought they just sat on the floor of the bed. Overhanging the size, but not actually sitting on them.
Ford does not publish anything like that.

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yep exactly, they rest on the bottom of the bed not on the sides.
what truck do you have? some trucks are surprisingly not rated for truck bed campers at all.

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