Hi All,

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.

 

perfectly fine

 

Great thanks. Do you think the dealer will make a fuss when i return the truck? I am leasing and not buying out.

 

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.

 

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i think strength becomes questioned on this route?

 

just to let you know ive drilled about 10 holes on the rear part of an f350's frame (1/2") on each side, that was after the 5thwheel bolt holes too...

 

Done and done. Thanks guys, if i can get the upload picture feature to work i'll post the final project once completed.

 

Wow! If you do not have the 8200# GVWR, I wouldn't put a slide in camper in the bed of a 1/2 ton. But, it's a lease, so who cares about safety??

 

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 *** across the living room floor.