Is this camper too heavy?

tealboy wrote:
A friend emailed, bought a New Artic Fox

Arctic Fox truck campers weigh way more than 2500 lbs.

You don’t know which model, but if it says AF on the side it’s 4000lbs min. The 865 May be a shade less.
There are 1,000,000,000 discussions on this here. Find the model and start reading.
Lots of opinions and facts
Short fact, I haul a short AF on my 10 year old 3/4 ton and I’m comfortable with it. YMMV

Realistically, a 2500lb camper is no issue for any F250, even if it exceeds the manufacturer's GVWR of the truck. It will be within the tire ratings, and any sag can be mitigated with suspension aids.

HOWEVER, the camper does *NOT* weigh 2500lbs. That is the bare empty no-option weight. After adding optional equipment, and all his camping gear, the camper will exceed 3000lbs and may weigh as much as 3500lbs.

At that point, your friend will need to be concerned with tire capacities. At 3500lbs, the truck's rear weight will be around 6500lbs, which is 500lbs over the combined weight rating of the rear tires.

Even at 3000lbs he will be right at the limit for the rear tires, which leaves *NO* capacity for a trailer's tongue weight.

2500 lb camper +700lb of supplies and gear is not much for F250 if you can put COG 1/3 way of the bed length.
That is possible with 8' camper, but not with 10', so such information is crucial.
Some with trailer.
If you can hitch trailer with no extension and tongue is 100lb, no problem, but 500lb on extension makes whole different story,.

Fort Story!!
Now there's a name I havent heard in a while, since I was stationed there with the Army in '64-65!!

Sorry. Hopefully fixed now.

towpro wrote:
Chevy S10?

Really? Chevy S10? OMG. I owned one once and no way would I attempt to put a truck camper on it. It was a V8, manual transmission, and we used it to tow a rental pop-up. The truck struggled to do that. I had to tow in a lower gear most of the time. We lived in Virginia, I was in the Army and we rented the pop-up from the base AAFES exchange. Went to Fort Story (Norfolk) and camped out there. Although I remember we had a great time, I also remember the tow was horrible. We had a shell on the bed of the truck. I don't think it could have handled much more than the shell (plus any gear in the bed of the truck).

Chevy S10?

Sorry, I don't understand the lingo: "New to go in his 10".

bought a New to go in his 10

This sentence seems to be lacking some Information.
2500lbs may or may not be too heavy for a 2500 truck, considering your friend wants to pull a trailer in addition to the loaded TC.
A modern gas engine should be no issue. More engine is better, but less engine can still get the job done.