Wife and I are actively thinking about getting a Used TC. Tomorrow we are looking at a 1993 lance. from a private owner. We have never had one before and are not sure what type of advice to listen to. (One salesman told us that they (tc) do not need to be fastened to the bed of the truck...just the weight of the tc holds it in place. Also that we would have to remove our (plastic) bed liner. An other items of doubtful accuracy. Is thee a source we can access to get accurate info in this area?
thanks bob and jackie
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"Failure to secure a load" will get you a ticket in VA if "the load" comes out of your truck and hits the pavement. I would not consider hauling a TC without some means of securing it to the truck. Tell your salesman put that statment in writing so the lawyers can add his company in any lawsuit. I use HappiJacks now and am pleased. About $275 and you can install them yourself in 2.5 hours.
I paced a heavy duty rubber mat over my plastic liner. It helped keep the lightweight TC I had from moving. The heavier Angler TC sits on a mat in my bare truck. I took the liner out because I wanted the couple of extra inches in loading the TC.
You'll find that this is a great place to get fact, oppinion and fiction. But, at least it's a place that folks really are interested in helping you out. Ask any question, and you will get one of the three answers... most likely all three.
Run from a dealer that tells you the truck camper doesn't need to be tied down, very important to get either Torq Lift or a Happyjac system to keep it in place.
Ditch the plastic bed liner, get a nice thick rubber horse mat or get a sprayed in liner, they will help keep it from sliding, also very important.
Browse though the last 2 weeks of posts here and you will get all the imformation you will need, if you get confused post another question you will get an informative and honest reply.
Fasten it. For some reason, once, I forgot to fasten down the back of our camper. We hit a bump and the camper tilted forward and the rear of the camper lifted from the truck bed. Came down with a thump. Wasn't that big of a bump. Fortunately nothing was damaged and I did not need to change my underwear. I never forgot again.
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rjsurfer wrote: Run from a dealer that tells you the truck camper doesn't need to be tied down, very important to get either Torq Lift or a Happyjac system to keep it in place.
Ditch the plastic bed liner, get a nice thick rubber horse mat or get a sprayed in liner, they will help keep it from sliding, also very important.
Yeah what he said. All I can add is run FAST. Good rubber mat is a must.
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Welcome to the forum. First, you always need to secure a Truck Camper to the bed of the truck. You can go one of three ways to do this. First is the Happyjacks Tie downs, Second is Torklifts, and third is the old fashioned Belly Bar Universal Mount. I opted for the third, only because the mounting bar came with the TC. Now for loading the Lance in the back of the truck, I would recommed either putting a rubber mat down on the bare bed or put the rubber mat down on the bedliner if you can't remove the bedliner. Reason for this is that the bottom of the lance is usually slick fiberglass and the bedliner is slick plastic, putting the two together makes it interesting like keeping a wet bar of soap on the wall. Also consider bringing some 2x6 lumber incase you have to put them under the Lance to get clearance between the cab of the truck and the sleepover of the Lance.
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