Help with Weight of Truck Camper
Hello fellow campers! I have a question that I would like opinions on - I am sure this tossed around a lot… I have a 2005 Dodge 2500 with the 5.7L Hemi Head. Great running truck! Since then, I...
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So.. What do the tires say they can carry then? Did you put them onto the skinny rims you likely started with.. or are they on rims for that size tire?
In the end, you have to load it all up, then drive over a scale and see what it says. Only then can you really know how heavy you are.
If you think about what people are saying on here, a 2500 pound camper then gets another thousand pounds of stuff in it, plus the 500-600 pounds of boat. Do you really think your tires can take 4000 more pounds?
And then, how do you explain what happened to your partner when a tire blows and it all goes ka--POW!
It's not getting the load going that is your problem, it's carrying it and stopping it. Your engine has more power than mine, and almost as much torque.
In the end, you have to load it all up, then drive over a scale and see what it says. Only then can you really know how heavy you are.
If you think about what people are saying on here, a 2500 pound camper then gets another thousand pounds of stuff in it, plus the 500-600 pounds of boat. Do you really think your tires can take 4000 more pounds?
And then, how do you explain what happened to your partner when a tire blows and it all goes ka--POW!
It's not getting the load going that is your problem, it's carrying it and stopping it. Your engine has more power than mine, and almost as much torque.
