Improvements in a pivoting device for a camper shell on a truck, flat bed or utility bed that including a pair of support posts selectively coupled with respect to the forward and rearward ends of one of the opposed sides of the camper shell. The support posts each have a short lower section and a long upper section. The short lower sections have lower ends dimensioned for being received within the forward and rearward post holes of the bed. The long upper sections, extend upwardly at an inward angle from the short lower sections. The long upper sections each have an upper end securable to the camper shell for elevating the side of the camper shell above the bed. A pivot rod assembly is secured to each of the opposed side walls of the bed for selectively holding the camper shell to the side walls of the bed.