Truck Camper Turnbuckles

Common missteps, key features, and safety tips to secure a slide-in camper to a truck using spring-loaded truck camper tie-down turnbuckles.
Common missteps, key features, and safety tips to secure a slide-in camper to a truck using spring-loaded truck camper tie-down turnbuckles.
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.