2021 Ram 3500. Torque t285 toy hauler
'10 Ford F-450, 6.4, 4.30, 4x4, 14,500 GVWR, '06 Host Rainer 950 DS, Torklift Talon tiedowns, Glow Steps, and Fastguns. Bilstein 4600s, Firestone Bags, Toyo M655 Gs, Curt front hitch, Energy Suspension bump stops.
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2006 Dodge 3500 dually 4X4 / 2013 Livin Lite 10.0 TC /Torklift talons, fastguns, stableloads, superhitch, and truss/ towing a
14'V Nose Trailer when needed.
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Chevy Sonic 1.8-Honda Passport C70B-Host Mammoth 11.5-Interstate Car Carrier 20-Joyner SandViper 250-Kawasaki Concours ZG1000-Paros 8' flatbed-Pelican Decker DLX 8.75-Ram 5500 HD
Viken wrote:
Could do that. I called dealer and asked them they said they have sold the livinlite and the brophy. I just think it's weak, and not good for aluminum ford.
Could do that. I called dealer and asked them they said they have sold the livinlite and the brophy. I just think it's weak, and not good for aluminum ford.
That's a bummer, but why weren't you getting a long bed model?
Viken wrote:
Could do that. I called dealer and asked them they said they have sold the livinlite and the brophy. I just think it's weak, and not good for aluminum ford.
Could do that. I called dealer and asked them they said they have sold the livinlite and the brophy. I just think it's weak, and not good for aluminum ford.
Your lucky that it is sold. The center of gravity would be way off if you placed the Livin Lite toward the rear, and cause handling problems. You would be much better off with a Four Wheeler Granby popup on your truck.
Viken wrote:
I am still trying to decide if I will eventually have camper up close to front or to rear of truck. I have a long bed and camper is for short bed.
I am still trying to decide if I will eventually have camper up close to front or to rear of truck. I have a long bed and camper is for short bed.
It will have to be at the rear, you may find it a good place to store stuff.
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wvabeer wrote:
It will have to be at the rear, you may find it a good place to store stuff.
Viken wrote:
I am still trying to decide if I will eventually have camper up close to front or to rear of truck. I have a long bed and camper is for short bed.
I am still trying to decide if I will eventually have camper up close to front or to rear of truck. I have a long bed and camper is for short bed.
It will have to be at the rear, you may find it a good place to store stuff.
Doesn't that model have bump outs behind the wheel wells that prevents it from being moved too far forward? I didn't see those dimensions, so they may be small enough to shift the camper forward and close the tailgate but not enough to get it against the front bulkhead.
Have you weighed it?
I think I would try to use nylon ratcheting straps to get the camper home.
Alternatively, why not wait a couple weeks until the torklifts are installed? Why take a chance damaging the truck or the camper? This isn't exactly peak camping season right now.
Whizbang
2002 Winnebago Minnie
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There is not enough room between the tiedown and the brophy anchor point for a ratchet strap even shortened up to minimum length. Your only choices would be to throw the strap up over the whole camper, or run the strap down under the bed to the frame rail. Either way, you will have scratched paint on your new truck or new camper.
Putting 10-ply tires on half ton trucks since aught-four.
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2005 Dodge 3500
2001 Lance 1030
2006 Cougar 29RL
You actually CAN use ratchet straps with Brophys, I had an occasion where I needed to.
The trick is to not use any strap at all on the ratchet part, use a bolt and washers and attach the ratchet directly to the Brophy. That buys you just enough room.
That extra space in your truck bed must be pretty handy.
2017 Northern Lite 10-2 EX CD SE
99 Ram 4x4 Dually Cummins
A whole lot more fuel, a whole lot more boost.
4.10 gears, Gear Vendors overdrive, exhaust brake
Built auto, triple disc, billet shafts.
Kelderman Air Ride, Helwig sway bar.
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Because of the angle of the tie downs, they allow more rocking motion so I fabricated a rear bar that mounts in the receiver and really holds the back of the camper down so that it can't teeter like it had been doing.
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Since I made the rear bar, we bought a Honda EU2000 so I made a bracket to hold the 2.5 gallon generator fuel.
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Necessity is the mother of invention....
Necessity is the mother of invention....
Ain't that the truth
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jimh425 wrote:
Those Brophy mounts are pretty scary to me for a heavy camper. I couldn't imagine trusting the bed sheet metal to hold a top heavy load. I guess they are working for you though.
Those Brophy mounts are pretty scary to me for a heavy camper. I couldn't imagine trusting the bed sheet metal to hold a top heavy load. I guess they are working for you though.
I agree with you about the potential load on the bed. If the Adventurer 80RB was any heavier, I would be concerned. The camper itself is only 1,765 lbs and with the few options was weighed before leaving the factory with a separate weight sticker inside one of the cabinets showing actual weight as 1,820 lbs. It has very small tank storage and fully loaded, weighed on a CAT Scale, it was about 2,180 lbs. The Brophy mount design has changed recently and doesn't use the stake pockets anymore. Many people are reporting positive feedback as long as you have a fairly light camper.
I added a Hellwig rear stabilizer bar but otherwise, the Ram 2500 is stock. It has a 3,600 lb payload capacity and I'm way below GVWR and 400 lbs below the rear axle rating. We traveled an 8 mile forestry road that was very hilly, narrow and strewn with ruts, potholes and rocks. It was a "piece of cake". Nothing inside the camper out of place and no unwanted movement of the camper. The added rear tie down bar that I made really makes a big difference.
Everyone here seems to be either Torklift or Happijack, I never hear mention of what I used in recent years, at least back in the dark, scary days Before Stable Lift: the frame-mounted belly bar.
If you're handy at all, it's not difficult to fab up your own.
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ryoung
I carry my fuel in a Rotapax. I use the same fuel in the genny as my chainsaw takes a 50:1 premix of Stihl synthetic oil in non ethanol gasoline. One Rotopax for the fuel, another for the bar oil and both fastened to the side of the camper in a Rotopax mount.
Rotopax is expedition stuff...nice but not cheap.