Driving Truck & Hardside Camper

Before my 5ver I had a very heavy camper on my RAM. Lots of sway. Added some overload leaf springs and a Helwig sway bar. Made for a very stable setup. But, DW wanted her 5ver back. So I lost.

I to do a lot of mountain driving and never had a problem with my Lance 815 and 2004 Dodge 3500 with single rear wheels. Only thing I added was the stable loads to engage the overload springs sooner. Think the trick is to not be near the capacity of the truck.

On my new 2015 Ram 3500 with single rear wheels, I have noticed more leaning but still not bad. However, I have not added the stable loads to this truck yet.

A rear anti-sway bar, such as hellwig, is also an option and will greatly help too.

One of the reasons we went with a hard side is we have access to 100% of the items 100% of the time. Granted it isn't hard or take very long to pop the top, but because I stop often, it would be a pain to do it. Much prefer the full height without popping.

Jefe4x4
Been doing a lot of moteling and tent camping on my fishing and hiking trips. Time for a change. Either pop up or hard side.

When I had my 2006 Northstar Arrow, I installed Timbren's and that really got rid of any sway.

jefe 4x4 wrote:
Fargo,
The last time I saw a duallies-all-around, 4WD was with a Samarai in the same config as yours on the Rubicon. The owner had painted a phrase on each side, a name actually: "Crustacean". It actually did look like something oozing and creeping along from the Burgess Shale!
I hope your Fargo has a Dana 70 front end (or AAM equivalent) with big, wide spaced bearings, and 35 spline outers. With the duals on the front you need another pair of 'hips' for the front fenders.
jefe

:B - hi jefe that's not my Fargo - it's the Mega Dooley sumthin sumthin from a bygone SEMA show -

- my Fargo is actually a singly... with rear full air suspension/hydraulic shocks and 19.5's which also fixes the TC waddle... :E

Sam, after examining your previous posts it looks like you have come from inquiring about a bumper pull, to a pop-up, and now a single post about hard sides. The thing is, you've been on RV.net for 13 years. It looks like you are ready to make some kind of decision regarding your
RV future. Good luck to you.
jefe

Fargo,
The last time I saw a duallies-all-around, 4WD was with a Samarai in the same config as yours on the Rubicon. The owner had painted a phrase on each side, a name actually: "Crustacean". It actually did look like something oozing and creeping along from the Burgess Shale!
I hope your Fargo has a Dana 70 front end (or AAM equivalent) with big, wide spaced bearings, and 35 spline outers. With the duals on the front you need another pair of 'hips' for the front fenders.
jefe

Welcome, potentially, to Club TC. If you see a lot of sway with hard sides, you've been following the wrong campers. Hundreds on this very forum have solved the sway business with its few foibles. The best advice I can offer is for you to pore over the many posts regarding this issue, even going into the archives inputting key words like off-road, sway, hard side, anti-sway bar, suspension, super springs, adding leaves, rear springs, shocks, lift, lean, and the like. You will certainly get a snootful, especially if you go back for years in the archives. Also, words like, air bags, helper coils will certainly bring a mixed result.
regards, as always, jefe
Sway? I doan feel no stinking sway!

If you are not planning to do much off roading a dually is the only way to go: