Dually
As I have mentioned on here in a earlier thread, I bought a beautiful Host Cascade in November and put on my SRW 3500 GMC. I have done many mods to the truck and it carries the camper ok. You definite...
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KKELLER14K wrote:
Horse before the buggy... Does anyone follow that time tested rule anymore? Look...it is a no brainier, to give advice is why the OP asked and I can tell you this.... that if you want to carry a load of 5000 pounds in the bed of your truck, why, why, would you not have a dully? I mean come on....your not going to take a 2500 SWR and make it work no matter how much you think your right. I do not see why anyone puts their cash into Mods that is pretending that it works for a SWR... with a Dully you have the over load springs, a bigger brake package, check your gearing...are you auto or manual?..plus a good set of airbags with an on board controller works well... like a charm....OK, 3 trucks and 4 campers later I don't know..squat right? OK just passing it on... Buy the biggest baddest truck and go from there. You can have any RV from that decision...it's all about the truck first...go BIG or go home...
My F250 with modifications was hauling around 5000 lbs of payload 10,000 miles every year, so it is possible to do this safely. If I didn’t need 7000 lbs payload for my current camper, I would still be driving it.
