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portscanner
Explorer
Jul 28, 2020

About to return to truck campers - but need help

We traded our class C for a Ford F450, a Lance 1181 and some cash. Ran our new rig across the scales and the scales said we were 1K lbs over the GVWR. (not a big heartbreak - this really wasnt the ...
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Grit_dog
Navigator III
Jul 28, 2020
What makes you think a Ram 4500 with 8k ish of payload is better than your F450 with 8k ish of payload ?
Even if you have a de rated gvw 450 pickup, it still has a S110 axle likely. All those axles are good for 14k +
And your rig must be heavy! Flatbed built with 1/2” plate or something?

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