how much camper can I carry

jaycocreek wrote:
Your rear axle is most likely a Sterling 10.5 and the rating from the manufacturer is like 10K or close to it if memory serves me,so axle weight won't really effect your decision..It is way more than Fords stickers..

ya thats what I found out looking at the rear end ratings. tires are the main thing I was concerned about but mine are good to just shy of 8000 on the rear.

jaycocreek wrote:
The Adventurer 89rbs is a fairly light weight slide camper if a slide is a must..Your truck will handle a fairly heavy camper but how comfy you will be driving it is another story...There top heavy and tippy in corners and make some people get rid of them fast because of the cornering....

Im not afrade to drive slower, I normaly just put the cruze on 55 and enjoy the ride (habit from trying to get good gas milage with the 5th wheel haha). this one would be about 1000lbs heavier than my curent camper, but it is shorter by almost a foot. weather that makes a difference or not who knows. I am looking at stable loads (upper and lower) and from what I have read they significantly help with that.

jaycocreek wrote:
A retired RV repair friend of mine bought a Eagle Cap 950 slide and put it on his newer SRW Dodge 3500 and took it home up a windy river road to his place near Elk City and sold it within a week because of the sway on the narrow road home...Said it needs a DRW because of instability in corners..

Good luck on your choice..

and like I was saying above I am wondering if he would have had the same feeling with stableloads or somthing like that.. if a comercial rv rental company can put these on my truck and rent them out with no suspension mods how bad can they realy be as per stability? Im not stating that just kinda thinking out loud, as you would think they would have a much stricter requirment to ensure it is properly set up....