Thread: 130 Chassis flex/camper overhang

Well how mutch weight will you have over the back and what sort of country will you be into ?? . I know that when loaded at 3750 kg my 130 suffered at the tray \ chassis mount points. Even when crawling over **** ground in first / second , the movement of chassis vs well loaded tray was noticeable and tore up the tray mounts.
I think you will surprised at the amount of movement that the slide on will have when you drive of the tar and over the first wind roe.

The camper will weigh in approximately 450kg to 500kg full
I wont know exactly until on the weigh bridge, however standard book figures and then adding each (weighed)additional accessory has been done and includes fuel tanks, bullbar, sliders, guards, tray, shocks, seats.
So far calculated should see it max trip laden about 3200kg including us.

I've had a couple of different set ups of these and learnt a few things along the way. #1 is do not believe any quoted weight figures unless you have seen it yourself on a set of scales. The next most important one is not so much the overhang or total weight but where this weight is positioned. You can get away with quite a heavy camper if it is set up correctly. As for roof clearance, I would definitely buy the lower one and the jack it a little on the tray if necessary, every inch of height makes a huge difference to vehicle handling.

I was thinking better to pack an already clearing overhang too rather than have more than needed and still possibly have to pack a little during fitting,
I'm essentially getting an empty box with a tilt top and lift off jacks.
Power, water, cooling and cooking setup need to be sorted by me. Keeping the weight fwd won't be too difficult.

Are you concerned about maintaining clearance from the headboard/roof or are you planning to accommodate the flex in the mountings somehow like 4wd trucks have to?