I'm looking into biulding belly bars for a slide in camper on my truck and would need to drill a 5/8" hole through the frame so i could have 2 bolts through to mount a bracket to. Does anyone know if this is OK or not? I would post a picture of the set up but don't know how to load pictures in.
cant u use some sort of u-bolt around the frame? or 2 peices of 1/4 inch steel and 2 threaded rods on each frame rail? just an idea.
i think strength becomes questioned on this route?
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It's an 8' camper i custom built myself with a half overhead and is 800 lbs with gear and soaking wet. Pretty sure that with 1650 lbs of payload, it will be safe. But who cares it's a lease right, and i didn't think about safety anyway
Now I made a (pretty safe) assumption that you were buying a camper which are all too much weight for 1/2 trucks. I apologize for that. You're one in a million who builds their own.
Be careful with that theoretical payload #, though. Seems people weighign their trucks are getting more like 1200-1400 pounds. If you are under Ford's ratings for your truck, happy drilling!
Haha, ya i agree on that being a pretty safe assumption. I see quite a few people with 8.5' full overhead campers on their trucks and it looks like a dog scratching it's ass across the living room floor.
Drill 5/8" hole through frame?
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