HudsonValleyRog wrote:
I hear you, Bedlam!
I think if I was going to spend $100k or so on an RV, I would have a hard time convincing myself to get a 4,000+lb TC and a 4500/5500 class truck instead of a 24ft Class A motorhome with a turbo diesel 6cyl (Sprinter chassis) that would average around 15mpg and have quite a bit more room inside! I would imagine they are fairly easy to drive as well.
I guess the biggest difference between the 2 comparisons is the 4WD option with the TC setup. Also- whether or not you can utilize the truck sans TC for other things such as work, farming, towing a car/boat/dump trailer, etc.
Not only 4X4 but also if I want to upgrade either my camper or the truck I don't have to upgrade both at the same time and have the full outlay again. Oh lets see I just did that, I got a new Ram 3500 DRW and put the same camper on it that I use to put on my Ford.
To folks that say you would need a F450 for this camper I hope you are talking about a Cab Chassis as the F450 pickup of today has less cargo capacity than the F350 DRW in the same configuration. Now there seems to that the 2015 F450 may go back to the days when it first came out with a pickup bed in the 2008 to 2010 era. Even then the trucks back there had a GVWR of 14500# and the new F350 DRW has 14000# GVWR and they weigh less than the F450.
