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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Buzzcut1 wrote:
The engine weight is almost totally on the front axle. Camper weight is almost all on the rear axle. Yeah you lose some gvwr with the diesel but not any rear world rear axle weight carrying capacity
Exactly what I was going to say.
With a drw truck and a 14000lb class weight limit, you'll notice the weight of the diesel comes off the available payload, yet the rear axle load limit on the diesel is the same, same springs too.
It's all about getting the numbers to add up to the class limit gvw, 14k. Funny, all mfgs have the exact same gvw. That's because it's a govt mandated number not the actual capability of a particular Vehicle. Think of it as a guideline that mfg have to design to "no less than."
