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Electrojake
Dec 09, 2017Explorer
Getting back to the OP's fact list...
He already has a new truck so I doubt that he would want to sell and re-buy a bigger truck, (big loss there).
Fortunately he did NOT buy the camper yet.
With an available payload of 3296# and his desire to tow a tandem trailer with two additional vehicles on it... That puts us at about 2900# of available payload.
Yank 500# off that number for his "stuff", and another 350# for him and the Mrs... and we're looking for a long-bed camper that has a dry weight of 2050 pounds.
Any suggestions?
And BTW Taphillip,
Your post here is by far the Number one favorite topic of discussion amongst TC owners!
Taphillip wrote:
I just bought a 2017 srw F350 diesel.
A local guy has a 2003 lance 1171 with one slide I would like to buy. It’s 3700 lb dry weight.
The sticker inside my door panel says 3296 lbs as max passenger and cargo load.
Am I asking for more trouble than it’s worth, especially if I’d like to tow a trailer with a couple four wheelers on it?
He already has a new truck so I doubt that he would want to sell and re-buy a bigger truck, (big loss there).
Fortunately he did NOT buy the camper yet.
With an available payload of 3296# and his desire to tow a tandem trailer with two additional vehicles on it... That puts us at about 2900# of available payload.
Yank 500# off that number for his "stuff", and another 350# for him and the Mrs... and we're looking for a long-bed camper that has a dry weight of 2050 pounds.
Any suggestions?
And BTW Taphillip,
Your post here is by far the Number one favorite topic of discussion amongst TC owners!
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