Full timing in a truck camper.
The wife retires in 18 months and we are planning on getting a truck camper and living in it full time. Were wondering if others are doing this. we are in the process of clearing out our house and mak...
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Isn't the 6-speed Getrag (the Getrag 238) the small trans that was only in the half-tons?
Don't you have an NV5600?
People are saying don't bother upgrading your suspension until you drive with the camper on... that may be OK advice for the usual 4000-pound camper, but you're gonna be packing - by the time its loaded up - probably 6000. You WILL need to beef that thing up, more leafs are in your future. You might even need to step up to 19.5s. Most on here will tell you you need a 4-series truck, I think with the right springs in it, your Ram can do it and I wouldn't trade a low mile earlier one for a new one either. Too many issues and hassles and things to go wrong.
Don't you have an NV5600?
People are saying don't bother upgrading your suspension until you drive with the camper on... that may be OK advice for the usual 4000-pound camper, but you're gonna be packing - by the time its loaded up - probably 6000. You WILL need to beef that thing up, more leafs are in your future. You might even need to step up to 19.5s. Most on here will tell you you need a 4-series truck, I think with the right springs in it, your Ram can do it and I wouldn't trade a low mile earlier one for a new one either. Too many issues and hassles and things to go wrong.
