Help! New to Truck-camper Camping
Hello, new to the forum and to trying to getting my family into truck camper camping (we are done with tents!). I have a 2001 Ford F250 SD 7.3 XLT 4x4 long bed (non-dually) with heavy duty overload sp...
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I find it hard to believe that a 1978 model that hung over your bed 4' had a dry weight of 1,950 pounds. Is this a long bed truck? That would make it an 11' or 12' camper. My own 11' camper with no slides weights over 3,000 pounds dry. (Yes, I weighed it empty).
What tires were on the truck? Fairly stock size in a load range E I hope. Is this also a crew cab where you loaded up a bunch of family? That adds considerable weight.
I would keep the overload springs and add the StableLoad kit. You will probably also need airbags and a sway bar.
The real short answer is that you might simply not have enough truck. As an exampel, with my family of 4 in my Chevy crew cab dually and my 11' camper loaded on the back I am over my GVWR by 1,500 pounds. I can't image how far it would be over on a F250.
I've got wider tires, air bags, and HD shocks and the truck has thousands of trouble free miles of hauling the camper.
What tires were on the truck? Fairly stock size in a load range E I hope. Is this also a crew cab where you loaded up a bunch of family? That adds considerable weight.
I would keep the overload springs and add the StableLoad kit. You will probably also need airbags and a sway bar.
The real short answer is that you might simply not have enough truck. As an exampel, with my family of 4 in my Chevy crew cab dually and my 11' camper loaded on the back I am over my GVWR by 1,500 pounds. I can't image how far it would be over on a F250.
I've got wider tires, air bags, and HD shocks and the truck has thousands of trouble free miles of hauling the camper.
