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How to Trim Truck Camper Turnbuckles

Gloved hand holding a cutoff tool to a threaded metal rod as sparks fly.

Turnbuckles are a common tie-down method to secure a truck camper to the truck bed. However, our old turnbuckles were too long for our new tiedown system. Fortunately, it's relatively easy to trim the turnbuckles so that they are short enough for our new system. In this article, we'll be discussing what turnbuckles are, why we trimmed them, how to do it yourself, and some tips on using turnbuckles safely and effectively.

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Custom Truck Bed Design

Image of a truck camper cut off at the bottom with a schematic for a truck bed

We love truck campers. Their size, flexibility, and convenience had us sold long before we found our 1970 Avion C11 slide in. But there is one very notable downside: storage. Sure, we already knew our camper would be on the small side. But, there’s a lot of potential storage lost where the camper body cuts in to make room for the truck bed’s wheel wells and walls. That actually adds up quite a bit of unused empty space (how much, we’ll get into later)

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