lizwood71 wrote:
Thanks everyone. We are really bummed out. Love camper and love truck.., both paid for
We Could maybe return camper and pick another. haven't told rv center yet. Really ill they let us drive away w/o knowing. You think they would be liable if in an accident . Or could buy another truck but even an upgrade to a 3500 would not work. Grit dog, how did you decide the excess weight was a risk you could live with. It's good to know it's worked out for you.
My take on it as I ignored the gvrw as did grit dog.
These trucks can do more. The tires and wheels are pretty much the limiting factors as he pointed out. Having said that and not speaking for grit dog....I know what my truck can pull and what it is rated for in that capacity. To me, this is important to understand. This is where your numbers can make more sense. Consider your truck is a 3500 of the same year, your truck is just missing the overloads from the factory. Your truck can pull a 12k or so trailer....I believe this puts it at a rated 17k combined weight. Upgrade your wheels, tires and do some suspension upgrades and your truck can safely carry that TC in my opinion. You'll be about 10-11k in weight...which is NOTHING that your truck can't handle with the right mods.
However...if you want to go buy the numbers and not modify your truck.....you will need a factory dual wheel truck.
That is how I see it and I pull a 4k trailer as well. It cost me $$$$ to setup my truck but like you...I did not want to sell my truck and spend 50k on a new one....
