AF990 on F350 CC SRW
OK, so I've spent gobs of time reading about weights and trucks and what to do and what not to do. I've noticed many DRW owners have 9 foot campers and many have 11-12 footers, I've witnessed a Dodge...
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I carried an 11' camper on an '07 Chevy 3500 SRW. The camper is about 4,000 pounds loaded. With me, the wife, and the dog in the truck I was about 11,100 pounds going down the road. Sometimes I towed my 4,500 pound boat and trailer behind which probably added about 300 pounds in hitch weight. I never had any problems. I went thousands of miles thru multiple states. The wife even drove a time or two. I did have air bags on the rear and Bilstein shocks. The GVWR was 9,900. I wasn't over axle or tire ratings but the rear was really close.
When we started having kids the regular cab got too small so I upgraded to an '05 crew cab dually. The first time I loaded the camper on I could tell a huge difference in sway just going to the local gas station to get propane. The dually handles it much better. But, the SRW did fine. I had no complaints in the handling department. I regularly had the cruise on 70 mph and one hand on the wheel.
When we started having kids the regular cab got too small so I upgraded to an '05 crew cab dually. The first time I loaded the camper on I could tell a huge difference in sway just going to the local gas station to get propane. The dually handles it much better. But, the SRW did fine. I had no complaints in the handling department. I regularly had the cruise on 70 mph and one hand on the wheel.
