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Me Again wrote:
And they talked about a truck camper on the GM short bed 3500. I do not know about GM, but believe RAM does not recommend truck campers on short bed trucks.
RAM has widen the separation between the 2500 and 3500 more that Ford or GM.
Chris
I believe Ram is referring to half ton short beds(5'7") and not HD short beds(6'4") because the last Ram camper guide I saw had almost every short bed HD truck configuration on there.- And they talked about a truck camper on the GM short bed 3500. I do not know about GM, but believe RAM does not recommend truck campers on short bed trucks.
RAM has widen the separation between the 2500 and 3500 more that Ford or GM.
Chris goducks10 wrote:
ShinerBock wrote:
I saw some false statements made in that video that had to do with legality of the payload number on the door. When will people finally understand that the sticker on the door is a manufacturer federal requirement since the TREAD Act of 2000 and has no legal ramifications to the end user. Manufactures are required to abide by federal weight classifications for federal highway regulation and EPA emission purposes regardless of what the vehicles components can actually carry.
All thanks to Ford and Firestones.
Yep, and it was also that very same act that added the TPMS requirement warning the driver of an under inflated tire. This and many other government regulations like the requirement of some form of electronic stability control on all 2012 and later vehicles adds to the cost of these vehicles due to all the added expensive sensors and control modules. Another is rollover regulations require more air bags and higher strength(and higher cost) steel usage throughout the vehicle. Then there is emissions requirements on both gas and diesel. These are just a few over recent years.
Many people ignorantly blame the manufacturers for vehicles cost increasing past inflation, but a lot of that is due to government regulation just as it does with any other industry. More regulation equals more costs.ShinerBock wrote:
I saw some false statements made in that video that had to do with legality of the payload number on the door. When will people finally understand that the sticker on the door is a manufacturer federal requirement since the TREAD Act of 2000 and has no legal ramifications to the end user. Manufactures are required to abide by federal weight classifications for federal highway regulation and EPA emission purposes regardless of what the vehicles components can actually carry.
All thanks to Ford and Firestones.- I saw some false statements made in that video that had to do with legality of the payload number on the door. When will people finally understand that the sticker on the door is a manufacturer federal requirement since the TREAD Act of 2000 and has no legal ramifications to the end user. Manufactures are required to abide by federal weight classifications for federal highway regulation and EPA emission purposes regardless of what the vehicles components can actually carry.
- I like a one ton with an 8 foot bed.
The popular configuration seems to be a 1/2 ton with 5 foot bed. - There are more difference between them now then there have been in 20 years.
