Host Cascade and suitable truck
I have another thread going talking about the door pillar sticker on a 2015 GMC 3500 hd dually I went and looked at. Door pillar sticker says cargo and passengers shouldn't go over 4887 pounds. I dr...
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run100 wrote:
Problem is, the new, larger, basement model campers, with floors over the bed rails, are outpacing the carrying ability of the traditional dually's. I'm just waiting for the next slide to be going up instead of out.
If you compare the weight of 11 1/2 TCs from the early 2000s with some of the DRWs of the same era, they were just as out of wack with respect to capacity.
The newer DRWs are rated quite a lot higher, and at least Host has figured out how to build space without as much weight. Sure, they don't have as many wood cabinets, but they are lighter nevertheless compared to many brands from 10-15 years ago in the full length models.
Certainly DRWs of the day can easily carry a basement double slided model like mine.
