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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I have mine on a 93 dodge D350. I have a dana 80 rear axle swapped in with larger brakes, and extra leaves in the springs, plus air bags
If I was going to put a monster TC on my '94 DRW,I would do the same as you except for the Ford(Sterling ) axles,it's alittle different to upgrade..The second Gen 10.25 is stronger than the 10.5 in some areas but lacks in gear size and a simple swap to a three spider gear setup is about all that is needed for the strength..Ford didn't get the upgrade right..LOL
The cost of modern Duallies is astronomical just like the price of used truck campers and in my opinion,going older and rebuilding certain parts is far cheaper than total price of an unknown truck with a larger axle..
Eagle Cap truck campers are awesome IMHO..A retired RV teck who used to do work for me could buy any TC he wanted and chose the Eagle Cap for himself because of quality but he put a 9.6 on a new Dodge 3500 SRW and could not handle the sway living in the Central mountains of Idaho driving the river to get home..
