1/2, 3/4, 1 TON
Please educate me on why one would purchase a 3/4 ton pickup for a truck camper. I've owned all three and I do remember the capacities between the 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton were minimal at that time (198...
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The truck is a single cab, WT (i.e no additional fluff) gas truck (no diesel penalty), 2WD. Don't know what else to say, other than the weight was taken with no passengers or me in it. The truck sits level with the camper in it, no strap-on crutches for the springs.
I don't think you realize how much weight 4WD, additional cab space, sound deadener, power everything, Diesel, etc. really add to the equation. This thing has manual crank windows. :0
I sold it 1 month ago to get more cab and upgraded to a 3500. When I bought it, it was just me and the wife. Now it's me and the wife, 2 dogs, and a kid. I would have loved to have kept it (2500HD), but the single cab won't fly anymore.
I'm putting Happijac tie downs in the new truck this weekend - our first foray in that will be over T-Day weekend.
Gravity remains 1G here.
This picture has been posted on this site before, but here it is all loaded up for 3 days in Death Valley:
I don't think you realize how much weight 4WD, additional cab space, sound deadener, power everything, Diesel, etc. really add to the equation. This thing has manual crank windows. :0
I sold it 1 month ago to get more cab and upgraded to a 3500. When I bought it, it was just me and the wife. Now it's me and the wife, 2 dogs, and a kid. I would have loved to have kept it (2500HD), but the single cab won't fly anymore.
I'm putting Happijac tie downs in the new truck this weekend - our first foray in that will be over T-Day weekend.
Gravity remains 1G here.
This picture has been posted on this site before, but here it is all loaded up for 3 days in Death Valley:
