Help me choose a slide out Truck Camper!
I went to Barber RV in Ventura today to look at a few slide out truck Campers & have more or less fallen in love with the HOST Mammoth rig. My concerns are that the slide out are all above the bed...
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In certain model years, the F450 had a Dana 60 front axle and a Dana 80 rear.
Guess what a '97 Dodge 3500 has? Same thing.
The new trucks are not physically larger. Any stability improvement is a function of the springs, shocks and sway bars. There is no other black magic in the current trucks.
If he puts big springs, good shocks, and a big bar on that Dodge, it will haul that camper. And being a 12-Valve Cummins with zero electronics, it will keep doing it longer than any other. There are very good reasons people hang onto those trucks.
If you want bigger brakes, you don't have to buy a $70,000 new truck. The later and larger discs will bolt into that truck, people do it all the time. But the truth is the original ones in good shape and an exhaust brake will do the job fine.
Guess what a '97 Dodge 3500 has? Same thing.
The new trucks are not physically larger. Any stability improvement is a function of the springs, shocks and sway bars. There is no other black magic in the current trucks.
If he puts big springs, good shocks, and a big bar on that Dodge, it will haul that camper. And being a 12-Valve Cummins with zero electronics, it will keep doing it longer than any other. There are very good reasons people hang onto those trucks.
If you want bigger brakes, you don't have to buy a $70,000 new truck. The later and larger discs will bolt into that truck, people do it all the time. But the truth is the original ones in good shape and an exhaust brake will do the job fine.
