Hauling a heavy camper and towing
We are working on leaving the 5th wheel business and entering the truck camper side. We have hit the lower 48 and parts of Canada. We are looking to spend the next 10 years, more in the boonies, plu...
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Whether you have a Class 3 DRW with the Dana or AAM axle, you do have an 11k lb rated axle under the rear. Expect that the rear of that unloaded DRW will be over 3k lbs and then start adding up what your camper and hitch weight will add to the rear. If you have a camper with poor front to rear center of gravity or a badly configured weight distribution hitch, you may even see some of your front axle weight transferred to the rear axle.
I've tried to justify paying for the GVWR I have registered, but feel slighted and sure many others do too. Although I am registered for 18K lbs, of the 9k miles I drive annually, less than half of them is in my state that receives the fees. What about the guy that only loads the camper for the three major summer holidays and puts 2k miles/year on the truck when loaded? Why should we be paying the same as someone that drives at GVWR 20k miles/year locally? I really do not want a strain gauge and GPS tracker installed on my truck so every municipality gets it fair share and big brother can track my truck, so I have relented to paying to keep my privacy.
I've tried to justify paying for the GVWR I have registered, but feel slighted and sure many others do too. Although I am registered for 18K lbs, of the 9k miles I drive annually, less than half of them is in my state that receives the fees. What about the guy that only loads the camper for the three major summer holidays and puts 2k miles/year on the truck when loaded? Why should we be paying the same as someone that drives at GVWR 20k miles/year locally? I really do not want a strain gauge and GPS tracker installed on my truck so every municipality gets it fair share and big brother can track my truck, so I have relented to paying to keep my privacy.
