JHanson
Senior Member
Having 25 percent of the fittings holding the camper to my truck fail completely was enough to convince me to upgrade them. I used these.
Given the documented failures we've seen in just this thread, I could envision a scenario - say on a long, rough backcountry route - in which one turnbuckle broke unbeknownst to the driver, and the resultant loss of tension caused extra stress on the remaining three, and a potential cascade effect. Do I think it's likely? Absolutely not - but it's a possibility. In any case, having one break was all I needed to switch.
Given the documented failures we've seen in just this thread, I could envision a scenario - say on a long, rough backcountry route - in which one turnbuckle broke unbeknownst to the driver, and the resultant loss of tension caused extra stress on the remaining three, and a potential cascade effect. Do I think it's likely? Absolutely not - but it's a possibility. In any case, having one break was all I needed to switch.