Adventurer vs EC

Butch50 wrote:
Jerry,

That is true that they may have the amount but that is a stripped out truck with no options and nobody in the cab with a gas engine single cab no 4X4. All the stuff you add as options takes away from that payload. Mid 4K is still not close to the 5K it is going to weigh and then you are talking about a trailer behind which is going to add tongue weight with an extension of over 3 1/2 feet behind the rear bumper to the rear axle. The Super Hitch (or some other hitch) you well need to add to the truck for that kind of extension is almost 100# alone. Then add the Super Truss to that also and it is another almost 100#. The capacity of the truck starts to go away really fast.

I currently have a 2013 DRW Ram with a 14K GVWR and I have about 1800# before I reach my GVWR but this is with my non slide NL camper. With the 116DS I would be getting up to my max GVWR on my dually.

I use to have a 2011 Ford F350 with the biggest GVWR I could get of 11200# and I was still over my GVWR with my Northern Lite 3000# dry camper with all the options already installed on it. Even though I had that size of GVWR I only had a 3500# payload on it. It is just my wife and I and we pack light when we travel with it.

Suggest you take one of the pickups that you are looking at and take it to the scales before buying it and weigh it. You just can not believe what you read on how much payload capacity they have.

My Ram DRW is dedicated to the TC hauler as we also have 3 vehicles plus I have my Harley tike I can use also. The Ram sits in the garage most all of the time unless the camper is loaded on it.

I'm sorry the trailer will be pulled by the other vehicle, and I plan on weighing the truck before purchase, I'm trying not to be overweight and I'm aware of a lot real world weights guys are getting on the scale, I've read ad nausea a lot of the threads on this board, and I may look at a lighter camper I'm open at this point just was very intrigued by the 116 floor plan.

JJ