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Back around '72 +/- Dad rented a camper to take us down to the Eastern States Fair and spend a week there. He had to put air bags in the springs of his '68 C-10 to handle the weight. Made it to Massachusetts and back with no problems, thought I do remember that truck swaying scarily even as a youngster. When we got back to our home in So. Maine, Mom was given the task of returning the camper to the rental dealer. The truck needed gas so she stopped at her usual place - an old fashioned gas station with a low roof on the inner pumps and no roof on the outer edge. She went to the pump she was used to going - yup, the inside lane. Bam! The roof of the station held firm, but the 2x6 roof framing punctured the roof of the camper cleanly in 3 locations on the front edge and the force of the impact slid the camper back 18" in the truck bed. The camper anchors held. Well, she got some assistance, put fuel in the truck and drove it back to the farm with the camper 18" further back than it should have been. The camper was removed in the barn and Dad ended up buying that camper (no insurance) and selling it for pennies on the dollar a few months later with no repairs done.