Best Truck for New Camper?
I need help choosing a truck for a new camper. My wife and I have narrowed our selection of a camper down to one with a wet weight of 4368 lbs or another with a wet weight of 4774 lbs. We want a 4x4...
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FireGuard wrote:
My camper weighs around 4800 lb wet and I carry it on a 16 Ram 3500 SRW.
Full of water and everything except personal items, I am 20 lbs under my RAWR with the stock Firestone tires.
I plan to upgrade to tires with a 4060 lb rating which will give me a pretty good margin.
With Stabil loads and Helwig Big Wig sway bar it handles pretty well. Much better than I thought it would.
With that said, if I knew I was going to have a TC this heavy and didn't have a truck yet I would get a DRW.
Seems you'd be heavier than the 7klbs the tires are rated for with that big a camper, unles the CG of the camper is waaay forward of the rear axle. But if you've weighed it then you have a well balanced setup.
