Ford F250 Super Duty

I must have really lucked out when I bought my truck and TC. It's a 2000 F250 SD with factory camper package and no other suspension mods except HD shocks. Camper is Northstar Laredo, probably 2300# dry. Been on four 7-8000 mile trips and no handling problems other than wind. Also I thought Ford was coming out with a truck made to haul a camper with the Ford name on it. How are they going to do that if they put stickers on their trucks saying not made to haul a TC?

DarkSkySeeker wrote:
Now, believe it or not, the Lance owner is offering to sell me his whole rig. The truck? An F350 dually.

What year truck and how much? Could be a great deal, but do your homework if it's a diesel.
If it's a gasser, disregard. Condition and miles....no "bad" years of them after the V10 plug spitters.

Regarding the new 250 you were looking at. You'll have every opinion in the book on its suitability, legality, moral implications, you name it here....lol
My real world experince with a '13 and '15 model was the springs were a bit soft compared to the other 2 brands of leaf spring 2500s and the pre 2011 Fords. They ride great, good truck, 3 leafs in the rear left them a little soft.

As these things often seem to go, the truck is for the camper and when there is no more camper it is hard to justify the truck unless you have another way to make use of it.

What are the specs of the truck and what is he asking for it? Do you have any photos of both truck and camper you can post?

there ya go

Now, believe it or not, the Lance owner is offering to sell me his whole rig. The truck? An F350 dually.

When I purchased my truck and camper that's in my signature, I found the same "not recommended for truck camper". Lots of research but never did get any answer from anyone.

I bought the Lance 915 and added an across the bed 30 gallon aux diesel tank and ended up fully loaded about 500 lbs lower than the 11,500 GVWR.

I put nearly 75,000 miles touring the US, Canada and Alaska with nary an incident. Go figure.

ryoung

With 38K price I'm assuming it is a 6.2. My 2011 F 250 was a 6.2 and had plenty of power for a TC plus it had the 35 gallon tank which left no frantic searches for a gas station.

I just bought a 16 F 250 6.7 with a window sticker of 58K. End of year sale was 47K. I wasn't going to spend another 1K on an extra leaf spring and F 350 fender medallions!!! Same truck, same drive train, same 10.5 Sterling rear axle rated at over 9000#.

My new 2005 Dodge CTD dually with a 5200# payload had the same TC not recommended paper in the glove box. I used it to start a campfire while carrying an S&S with slide out (heavy) for many years!!

I'm always baffled by people who need a dually but say they can't afford one, yet they can drop $40,000 on a 3/4 ton! You can buy a very nice diesel dually for that much money.

OH48Lt wrote:
A new F250 with a sticker of $38K? Haven't seen one of those in years.

See this link: http://www.hanselford.com/new/Ford/2016-Ford-F-250SD-Santa-Rosa-CA-1d65b3470a0e0ae86dafef0e5cc10974.htm?searchDepth=2:8

DarkSkySeeker wrote:
There I was test driving a 2016 Ford F250 Super Duty with 8 foot bed. My girlfriend looks in the glove box and finds a single sheet of paper, the heading of which says, "Not recommended for slide in campers".

Back at the dealership, we get the "it is just for legal protection" speech. When we looked at the weight capacity of this truck, we found also the Lance camper we intended to put on the truck overloads it, even at the camper's dry weight.

Is a dual rear tire F350 or equivalent the only way to go? Are all/most 3/4 ton trucks overloaded and potentially top heavy with a 2500+ pound camper attached?

If that Ford truck doesn't have the camper package on don't buy, your warranty will be void by Ford if they find out your hauling a camper around. Get one with the camper package installed you get better suspension system with the camper package to help with the addition camper weight.

When we were looking for a new truck in 2007 I when to a friend of mine that was a fleet manager for Fritts Ford and told him what we were looking for. His responds was he'll find one with the camper package on because Ford would void the truck warranty on it without the camp package on the truck. They have to legally tell you that you can kiss your new truck warranty goodbye without having the camper package thus the "disclaimer."