Biggest truck camper not for f450 550

jimh425 wrote:

mkirsch wrote:
Payload factors in tires, brakes, steering, and gearing so you don't have to think about those things.

I think the point is that F450s can stop better than a F350 because they are rated higher for towing. Obviously, that translates for braking better with payload, without payload, or pulling a trailer.

Unfortunately, and proven here by the number of posts asking for help in how to do it, is to pile on more stuff to overload trucks beyond their model's recommended loads. Often these people put their efforts in upgrading areas of the truck bed and neglect the shocks, brakes and gearing. It is correct in making your initial purchase for a base truck already equipped, but the experience we have in this forum the norm is to stack aftermarket items on their truck to upgrade these trucks beyond their OEM design parameters.

Mark Donohue once stated, as a college educated engineer and world renowned race car driver; "The parts must be friendly." Meaning that many aftermarket parts might not be compatible with the other parts that already are installed by the manufacturer.


More weight requires longer braking distances, thus larger brakes and higher temperatures for longer Duration braking.

More weight changes the dampening of a vehicles suspension than what was originally designed into the shocks and springs.

More weight takes more "Push" to get the mass into motion and up a hill than the original gearing was designed for.

More weight puts more stress and control onto the front steering components were originally designed for, while negotiating turns into parking lots and curves on mountain roadways.


So, it is not always a bunch of Air bags, stabilizers, sway bars and helper springs. Think about the entire picture of your truck and the safety of your family those others traveling down the roads around you.

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