getpower1 wrote:
Sorry, that picture is from the day I picked the camper up. I don't have any recent side shots. It was to show the camper and truck as a whole and the old home made tie downs. I've got airbags. Check my signature. Unfortunately, my truck didn't come with factory overloads or a rear sway bar, the bags level it out. I've driven with the camper on with the bags, but not the sway bar yet. The bags helped sway a lot, but they had to have 80psi in them. I noticed that with 65psi there was significant sway. I can't wait to see what the sway bar does for me. Weighing the rig is on the list. I'm betting around 4000 lbs. We are still used to tenting it. So really on the trip out, there is the weight of the camper and the water. Then on the way back, there is probably no water and add the waste. Other than that it's just the normal stuff we would bring. We haven't added anything more to our camping setup because we have the space to.
I replaced my factory rear anti sway bar and it helped so much I did the front also. I think the 19.5s really did just as much again, but the increased load safety was the motivation for the upgrade. I’m to the point now that loaded up the truck corners on mountain highways as well as it did empty. I’m scaling at about 10,800 loaded without people or beer and groceries, I’m sure you’ll be at least 1,500 lbs. more loaded with water and fuel.
