Diesel vs gas for truck campers?
Have posted a few questios phere on the truck camper forum asking for help in down sizing to a TC and thanks for the help so far, I have been going over the weights of the TC's that we have looked at...
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I didn't see where you are getting the payload capacity. If you are looking on the manufacturers website that number can change. Example...my Ram Laramie showed 4200# payload capacity on their website. After I ordered/added options of full length steps, spray in liner, and bucket seats, I was down to 4018#. So be careful. I would go look at several trucks and their yellow tag. Maybe buy one off a dealers lot so you know what you're getting.
Just me, I would go diesel and tune the options to get the payload you want. I traded Ford on this Ram because of payload/GVW issue. Looking at SRW trucks, the ones I saw anyway, Ford was lowest, Ram highest, with Chevy in the middle. The very similarly equipped Ford I traded had a payload of 3267. I saw several on lots with less. Not sure if that comparison carries over to DRW.
Just me, I would go diesel and tune the options to get the payload you want. I traded Ford on this Ram because of payload/GVW issue. Looking at SRW trucks, the ones I saw anyway, Ford was lowest, Ram highest, with Chevy in the middle. The very similarly equipped Ford I traded had a payload of 3267. I saw several on lots with less. Not sure if that comparison carries over to DRW.
