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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Okanagan was built in Canada ,out of buis in about 09 , website is still active
In 06 Eagle Cap Intermountin went out of buis and Epps the owner of Okan - West Coast Leisure bought them started building in La Grande OR. a few years later , about when new EC opened , they said they would re-start Okan up again , but never did
Moved to his brothers Adventure camper location some years later after Adventurer moved to this side of the Can. border
The guy who ran the La Grand plant for him - his name eludes me went to Chalet and started building TC`s for them
Camper weights is and always has been a shell game , best info is from people that have them . They leave off slides , all kinds of things , or just fib .
The Ford 450`s are built more for towing , 550`s handle campers better
I belive the 450`s have a Dana super 60 in them 250 350 2500 3500`s have the regular 60
Its capable of carrying the weight , except for the unit bearings Dodge put on them , the inner and outer bearings are almost back to back , not good for a heavy load , changing to locking hubs has the benefit of regular bearings further apart , Fords of earlier years had this design w/ locking hubs , the A arms and out can be retried onto 94-02 Dodges or Spintec makes a set up , you should at least change your unit bearing hubs before a real heavy camper
The leafs in the rear wont handle it , I put cab & chas leafs on my truck with the stock contact overloads , I used 6 leaf springs from a yard that are rated a little under 3k , they aren't made to collapse to the bottom overload , they are progressive , a harsher ride unloaded , but Ive had Supersprings , and air bags in my opinion their a better way to go they make 4k cab & chas leafs also here
Like he said you have a great truck , with some short comings , KDP , track bar , bad steering box - newer style makes them steer like a 03 and up, I put heaver coils on my front end
But putting a 5k and guaranteed more than that loaded 3 slide on it , probably comes down to how nervous you can handle being as you drive
In 06 Eagle Cap Intermountin went out of buis and Epps the owner of Okan - West Coast Leisure bought them started building in La Grande OR. a few years later , about when new EC opened , they said they would re-start Okan up again , but never did
Moved to his brothers Adventure camper location some years later after Adventurer moved to this side of the Can. border
The guy who ran the La Grand plant for him - his name eludes me went to Chalet and started building TC`s for them
Camper weights is and always has been a shell game , best info is from people that have them . They leave off slides , all kinds of things , or just fib .
The Ford 450`s are built more for towing , 550`s handle campers better
I belive the 450`s have a Dana super 60 in them 250 350 2500 3500`s have the regular 60
Its capable of carrying the weight , except for the unit bearings Dodge put on them , the inner and outer bearings are almost back to back , not good for a heavy load , changing to locking hubs has the benefit of regular bearings further apart , Fords of earlier years had this design w/ locking hubs , the A arms and out can be retried onto 94-02 Dodges or Spintec makes a set up , you should at least change your unit bearing hubs before a real heavy camper
The leafs in the rear wont handle it , I put cab & chas leafs on my truck with the stock contact overloads , I used 6 leaf springs from a yard that are rated a little under 3k , they aren't made to collapse to the bottom overload , they are progressive , a harsher ride unloaded , but Ive had Supersprings , and air bags in my opinion their a better way to go they make 4k cab & chas leafs also here
Like he said you have a great truck , with some short comings , KDP , track bar , bad steering box - newer style makes them steer like a 03 and up, I put heaver coils on my front end
But putting a 5k and guaranteed more than that loaded 3 slide on it , probably comes down to how nervous you can handle being as you drive
