I have 5 days to get an old truck camper
I had 2 toy haulers in the past, worked great, but had to sell for financial reasons. Now I need to be in the field, and need amenities. No room for a camper, so truck camper it is. Never gave the muc...
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A 3/4 ton truck doesn't even have sufficient payload capacity for a hard side truck camper, much less a trailer with tongue weight, too.
The GVWR of your truck is something like 8800 pounds. It weighs 7100 pounds empty if it's a shortbox like mine. That leaves 1700 pounds of payload. If it's a longbox, subtract another 200 pounds. Then you have to subtract all the weight of passengers and any gear that is in the truck itself. What is left is, at best, enough payload to pull a modestly sized trailer, but certainly none left for a truck camper.
If you want to pull a trailer AND carry a camper, you probably need a DRW truck. That said, the newer 1 ton SRWs have 18" wheels and tires, higher GVWRs, and perhaps enough payload to squeek by with a small truck camper and a modest trailer.
I actually don't know why modern 3/4 ton trucks are so popular. They have virtually no payload, not even for the pin weight of a small 5th wheel.
The GVWR of your truck is something like 8800 pounds. It weighs 7100 pounds empty if it's a shortbox like mine. That leaves 1700 pounds of payload. If it's a longbox, subtract another 200 pounds. Then you have to subtract all the weight of passengers and any gear that is in the truck itself. What is left is, at best, enough payload to pull a modestly sized trailer, but certainly none left for a truck camper.
If you want to pull a trailer AND carry a camper, you probably need a DRW truck. That said, the newer 1 ton SRWs have 18" wheels and tires, higher GVWRs, and perhaps enough payload to squeek by with a small truck camper and a modest trailer.
I actually don't know why modern 3/4 ton trucks are so popular. They have virtually no payload, not even for the pin weight of a small 5th wheel.
