Will my bed rails hold the weight of my camper?

Just wanted to see some of your thoughts on my camper and securing it, reinforcing it etc. I have a 2016 5.7 liter double cab sr5. I bought it for the purpose of making it some sort of camper rig with the intentions of getting a regular truck camper. After I got the truck I found an Ez Lite fun sport that was made for a double cab tundra and it was something similar to a Callen camper in which it doesn’t have a floor. It sits on the bed rails. So I got a great deal on it and here I am. I drove away with it secured by 9 c clamps clipped to the bed rails (which is how the previous owner ran it for regular trips around town). The owner also installed the camper jacks after a little while of owning it.

I took it today to another shell/camper dealer for a solid install and he told me about the bed rails of newer trucks with Callen campers which attach the same way that become deformed, crushed and beaten down by the weight. He suggested I do some research on some things we could do to reinforce it.
So two questions. What do you guys think about the camper and the way it attaches to the truck ?

And how could I reinforce it to handle off-roading? I’d hate to wreck my truck but the places I want to go don’t require rock crawling or anything but they require some light off-roading.

I appreciate your suggestions!

 

I imagine you should be fine. But there are a few companies that make bed stiffeners. This helps to prevent the spread of the bedsides away from the tailgate. One company makes some that go inside the bed as like a corner brace. Also works as an area to tie down things. Another company makes one that goes inside the bedsides.
https://www.tundras.com/threads/which-set-of-bed-stiffeners-tc-victory-rago.65223/#post-1702113

https://www.tundras.com/threads/bed-stiffeners-what-do-they-do-do-i-need-them.28369/

 

Although I’ve never seen a camper of that size mount to the baled top. Usually I see them as a slide in and it mounts to the bed floor. Interesting

 

I would brace the hell out of the bed corners, even with that, heavy offroad will beat the hell out if them

 

Definitely remove your jacks before going anywhere offroad. They are heavy and hang far off the camper which acts like a lever. I have a four wheel camper and after loading it up the jacks come off. I have also seen people hit something with the jack foot and tear the corner out of the camper.

 

Cool Camper but you left out the only important part?

How much does that thing weigh?

Is it actually made for the Tundra as you say? If so I have a hard time imagining there will be a problem really and it does not look at first blush like there is all that much to stress the rails to me?
I have and have seen a lot of work shells that have a ton load of weight compared to that thing and mount on the rails and all is just fine and many of them also drive off road and on construction sites every day.

 

Thanks buddy! I was looking into those and will most likely get them going asap. Callen Campers makes very similar designs that are installed on the bed rails. They've been abused in Baja for years.

Thanks for the info

 

I agree. The more I look the more I foresee getting some sort of braces going. Thanks for the input

 

Supposedly the owner drove it around with no issues. I am looking into using tie downs and reinforcements to make sure the think is solid.

Thanks for the input!