eagle cap versus host
I'm planning on buying a TC preferably late model (2 - 3 years old. I'm going to be full timing, so I am looking for one with several slide outs, lots of storage separate sitting area and dining ar...
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Bedlam wrote:
Either make will be 4500-5000 lbs dry once optioned. Once you add your gear and fluids expect to be 6000+ lbs. You may want to reconsider going with a Class 3 DRW and look at a Class 4 or 5 DRW truck.
Why is Bedlam always right??
So yes - I have an Eagle Cap 1160. An F350DRW just isn't going to cut it.
I **had** a heavily modified F350 Dually--F550 springs, StableLoads, Roadmaster swaybars, rancho9000 shocks...etc--pretty much everything you could do to an F350DRW to haul a TC. I had to get a newer F450, it just couldn't do it. My TC is over 6,500lbs loaded---then add the tongue weight of any trailer you want to haul and it's just too much for an F350. Rear axle weight was 11,000, and the Dana 80 in it is rated at 10k. Tires were rated at 2,730lbs each, and I was dead-nutz on their absolute max weight capacity.
I had multiple tire failures due to weight, and I just found out from the person who bought my truck(my uncle) it had a cracked rear outer OEM rim.
I LOVE my new (to me) 2015 F450 - Dana110 rear end is rated at 14k Lbs, and 19.5s stock. Much more stable, and tons of power.
Be VERY cautious buying F450's - 2011-2014 use the Dana80 and 17's and therefore have absolutely no TC carrying advantage over an F350DRW. 2008-2010, and 2015-2017 use Dana110 and 19.5's.
Also worth noting - you're buying a TC about as far as you possibly can from the Mfg's. Host in made in Oregon, Eagle Cap in Yakima, WA.
