I'm looking to buy a truck soon for general use and for a few weeks each summer I'd like it to carry a slide in camper. I'm mostly interested in a used camper through Craigslist since I'm not going t...
There's a lot of truck campers out there that are too heavy for a 2500 truck especially when considering that you need room for the three kids too.
I'd go to an RV sales place that sells new TCs, find one the size that you like and then find out what it weighs. And when figuring the total weight that the truck will have to carry, add in a full load of fuel, propane, batteries, water, food, clothes, all passengers, lawn chairs, etc, etc, etc.