Can Our F350 Carry a Lance 1191 Safely?
I am hoping that some of you with experience with truck campers can assist us in determining if our truck can handle the truck camper we are looking at. We have been assured by the dealer and the man...
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I am not an expert on the dynamics of truck campers, but as for your rear axle...I believe that year of truck has a rear gross axle weight rating of 8,250 pounds. As you say your rear axle has an empty weight of 3,160 pounds. This leaves you with 5,090 pounds of rear axle capacity remaining.
Generally there are 2 groups of people: the first group is more conservative and believe that the truck's GVWR is gospel and shouldn't be overloaded and there is nothing that can be modified to increase the GVWR. The other group looks more closely at the axle and tire weight ratings and uses that as the do not exceed number, and may use modifications (air bags, timbrens, additional springs, etc) to level out the truck when loaded.
I guess what I'm saying is that if you are going to go by GVWR then you will be overloaded. If you are going to go by GAWRs then you are within the specs. You need to do with what you are comfortable with.
Generally there are 2 groups of people: the first group is more conservative and believe that the truck's GVWR is gospel and shouldn't be overloaded and there is nothing that can be modified to increase the GVWR. The other group looks more closely at the axle and tire weight ratings and uses that as the do not exceed number, and may use modifications (air bags, timbrens, additional springs, etc) to level out the truck when loaded.
I guess what I'm saying is that if you are going to go by GVWR then you will be overloaded. If you are going to go by GAWRs then you are within the specs. You need to do with what you are comfortable with.
