The main problem I have in not getting the camper to line up is not listening to the wife. She is the one checking and letting me know which way to go and how much. She is good at it, and for sure letting me know when I didn't listen!!
Little Hand wrote: The main problem I have in not getting the camper to line up is not listening to the wife. She is the one checking and letting me know which way to go and how much. She is good at it, and for sure letting me know when I didn't listen!!
The only time I ever have problems loading my TC is when the wife tries to help!!
2009 Chevy Silverado 3500 dually D/A, Supersprings, Stable Loads, Bilstein Shocks, Hellwig Sway Bar, Front Timbrens.
2010 Arctic Fox 1140 DB, 220 watts solar, custom 4 in 1 "U" shaped dinette/couch, 59 interior and exterior mods to date and still adding
The easiest way I have found to load up is by leaning my seat back and looking over my left shoulder. This gives you a great view of the camper and how much space between the camper floor and wheel wells. Lining is easy and centering is also easy. Take your time, don't hurry, and step out and check things out now and then. This really works no gadgets to fool with.
I keep my TC in the barn and when I park it I try to insure its parallel with the walls, that is a good start.
Now working off the door window frame, parallel the truck, you are getting closer now
I set my TC on concrete blocks in such a way that my rear wheels only have about 2 inches clearance when the pass thru.
Now keep and eye on the rear wheels, you are parallel, check the steering wheel to insure it got your front wheels straight ahead and back up till it sets right in.
The other think is PRACTICE. Whenever we go some place we drop the TC, so I to load it back up, giving me a lot of practice.
Don
17 Oaks Ranch, Texas
US Army (RET)
'11 F350 4x4, CC, LWB, DRW, Lariat
AF 1150, solar, satellite
Vietnam Combat Veteran
I also have a crew cab and cannot see the truck bed, just the very end.
What I have done recently was to secure a straightedge(2x4, or something similar) to the ground. When I off load the camper I back up, keeping the edge of my driver's side rear tire right along the edge of the straightedge. Then when I get set to load up the camper I back along the straightedge in the same manner as when off loading. I've only have done it once, but it seemed to help quite a bit.
If you can't see the back of the bed because of extended or crew cab, try a traffic cone set in the rear of the bed on the center line. As you back up the cone slides ahead and you can stop about a foot from the front of the box and retrieve the cone.
I have the center line of the camper marked with a strip of pinstripe tape. I also have a vertical line of tape down the center of the rear window. I line up the two stripes in the inside rear view mirror - the traffic cone aligns with the stripe on the camper - and I'm within a half inch of perfect every time.
The Big Dog.
2003 Chev ECLB DRW Duramax LB7
2003 Lance 1121
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