How Wide is a Dually? Always Need Dually Jacks?
Wondering if you can just squeeze by without the swing-outs. Are duallies all the same width no matter what brand or year? Thanks.
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Just for "the rest of the story", I sold it to a guy who had a 1990's crew cab long box Ford 350 single rear wheel. I checked his door and it said it was 9200 GVWR and needed 80 lbs for the back tires for max loading, same as my 2003 Chev 2500HD specs.
It was a little wider between wheel wells in the box than my Chev so he had more room for the camper sliding in than my Chev has. I thought "F350" meant a 1-ton, but apparently not. I would say his is a 3/4 ton same as my Chev. ( I know nothing about Fords but am learning with my "previously enjoyed" MH E350 dually.) EG, I would expect a 1-ton to have G tires on the back with a single. His had Es.
I asked if he knew how much PSI his tires had--he said no, so I checked. He had 77lbs in each, so I figured that was good enough. I had my air compressor ready to pump them up if needed.
Anyway, his truck appeared to hold the 3,000lb camper just fine, although I am sure it maxes it out. My Chev truck is tail-high unloaded and goes level with the camper on it. His was level to start with, and went down a tad but not badly. His whole box and rails are lower than my 2003 Chev's (which has lower rails than the newer 2007s on up) So he doesn't need so much travel in the jacks as I did.
He said he was going to get air bags. Not sure he needs them, but that's his business. He knows they won't do anything about weight, but just for level and ride (and head light aiming I suppose).
I did spend some time showing him how to do everything since he was a newbie, but he caught on fast and asked good questions. He has a friend who knows more about campers, who helped him decide to get mine. So I feel good it went to somebody who will figure it all out from there and not be a menace to himself or to the general public! :)
I guess my point is that there is a lot to owning a truck camper, so a newbie could get in to trouble real quick if he was just allowed to drive off with the thing perched on his whatever kind of truck. As a seller, IMO you have to be willing to add some time after the sale to teach him the basics. Most sellers would do that anyway, no doubt, but I was a newbie seller too, so I was fussed about it all.
Thanks for the good advice in this thread everybody! :)
It was a little wider between wheel wells in the box than my Chev so he had more room for the camper sliding in than my Chev has. I thought "F350" meant a 1-ton, but apparently not. I would say his is a 3/4 ton same as my Chev. ( I know nothing about Fords but am learning with my "previously enjoyed" MH E350 dually.) EG, I would expect a 1-ton to have G tires on the back with a single. His had Es.
I asked if he knew how much PSI his tires had--he said no, so I checked. He had 77lbs in each, so I figured that was good enough. I had my air compressor ready to pump them up if needed.
Anyway, his truck appeared to hold the 3,000lb camper just fine, although I am sure it maxes it out. My Chev truck is tail-high unloaded and goes level with the camper on it. His was level to start with, and went down a tad but not badly. His whole box and rails are lower than my 2003 Chev's (which has lower rails than the newer 2007s on up) So he doesn't need so much travel in the jacks as I did.
He said he was going to get air bags. Not sure he needs them, but that's his business. He knows they won't do anything about weight, but just for level and ride (and head light aiming I suppose).
I did spend some time showing him how to do everything since he was a newbie, but he caught on fast and asked good questions. He has a friend who knows more about campers, who helped him decide to get mine. So I feel good it went to somebody who will figure it all out from there and not be a menace to himself or to the general public! :)
I guess my point is that there is a lot to owning a truck camper, so a newbie could get in to trouble real quick if he was just allowed to drive off with the thing perched on his whatever kind of truck. As a seller, IMO you have to be willing to add some time after the sale to teach him the basics. Most sellers would do that anyway, no doubt, but I was a newbie seller too, so I was fussed about it all.
Thanks for the good advice in this thread everybody! :)
