F150 and a Camplite 6.8

Here 3200 lb wheels and E rated tires should fix my weight issue.

Hi I'm amazed they got back with you. I wrote them off years ago. After reading for a while now about TC weights I'm not surprised when my 5.7 camplite Wt. sticker was 200lbs less than the actual Wt. Bill

I was contacted by living lite about me being unhappy about the 500lb weight discrepancy and was told the extra weight could be because of the winter package but would get back to me. He also said they weigh them and with ac they are 1780. I am glad they got back with me.

billtex wrote:
OK...went back and found the 2800# camper weight.
Is that locked/loaded?
Did you get axle weights as well?
That really is the important number.

Maybe it's just the pic but the camper sure seems to sit high? Lot's of clearance between camper/cab.
Maybe build an airfoil for that space?
Might help your mpg...
Something to think about.

Safe travels,
Bill

2800 will be my loaded or less number. my empty camper is 2280
All of any heavy items will be on the trailer.

OK...went back and found the 2800# camper weight.
Is that locked/loaded?
Did you get axle weights as well?
That really is the important number.

Maybe it's just the pic but the camper sure seems to sit high? Lot's of clearance between camper/cab.
Maybe build an airfoil for that space?
Might help your mpg...
Something to think about.

Safe travels,
Bill

billtex wrote:
wvabear...I saw the pic of your new rig. Looks fine on the 1/2 ton.

I did notice it looks rather tall though...do you have something under the camper to lift it?
There is quite a bit of space over your cab and at the bed rails...

Have you been to the scales yet?

Tx, Bill

I posted the weight earlier in the topic.I only have a 1/4 inch piece of conveyor belt as a pad, it is really tall inside too. My short wife cannot see the back of the microwave/convection oven.I think it like that so to have more room in the bed area.

wvabear...I saw the pic of your new rig. Looks fine on the 1/2 ton.

I did notice it looks rather tall though...do you have something under the camper to lift it?
There is quite a bit of space over your cab and at the bed rails...

Have you been to the scales yet?

Tx, Bill

By golly I'll bet there will be more. crsshan I wanna see pics. ;)

billyg wrote:
Does this sound like the next unofficial gathering place of TC's? I hear 2015 will be beautiful in WVA. :) Bill

Yeah, Bill...with 3 or 4 truck campers in the whole state we are on a roll!!!!!
I would love to do it... but no way I could compete with the excellent planning of this past year!!

Looks like we have some resolution. My view is: the attitude and ability of the driver is more important than any load rating. Case in point: When I was much (did I say much?) younger I once had no qualms about towing a horse trailer with two 1100 pound horses (they were big) with my 1966 Toyota Land Cruiser rag top up into the High Sierra. I'm not sure what the tow rating was but no matter, the trailer gross was at least 5K pounds. No power. No gears. Short wheel base. No trailer brakes. With the tail wagging the dog, the rig got to swaying so bad on Hwy 395, over and over, I had to push the poor L.C.'s drum brakes to the edge to recover. We went up Nine Mile Canyon and the L.C. was so over loaded, the road so steep, I had to pull it into low range, on pavement to keep going. Oh yes, smell the ozone! You can live close to the edge. You can do that when you are young.
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One issue that keeps coming up is the marching on of truck technology, and our ability to stay up with it. The old monikers of 1/2 ton, 3/4 ton, or one ton are not as accurate as they once were. Old concepts die hard. Of old, the term 1/2 ton, aka: F150 or 1500 fit in a rather narrow band of load capacity and similar handling characteristics. I remember my brother in law building up a 1955 Ford F-1. Currently, there is a rather broad range of overlap of capacity between the trucks. Now with Ford in the undisputed lead in stretching the carrying capacity of their F-150, both ways, the old numbers simply do not apply as to load rating. What about Dodge's 30K pound towing capacity on their 3500? Does that fit in the one ton category? We need a more accurate nomenclature.
Several on here have mentioned using "1 series, 2 series, and 3 series, and of course 4 and 5 series" to more accurately corral trucks of the same general ilk.
I'm up for that. This is my 2 series Dodge short bed, with small Lance hard side when they both were young in June of 2002. No suspension upgrades. In fact, no upgrades at all (unless you include the running boards) I am on a dry lake in the Owens Valley just east of Mount Whitney.

regards, as always, jefe