Just tossing it out there; I'M FAT!!
Finally weighed the truck with the camper, full water, propane, fuel, generator, dog, etc., all loaded up and ready to go. You name it, we packed it.
2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie Package w/diesel, 6 speed manual tranny and 4x4 short bed truck and all the bells and whistles for suspension mods; overload springs, air bags, shocks, sway bars, rims Toyo 3750lb rated tires, etc.
2012 Lance 855S camper with solar panels, AC, 2 stage heater dual propane tanks 2 batteries, packed with enough food for a week for two people and a dog and full 30 gallons of fresh water.
Rear axle 7250 pounds
Front axle 4550 pounds
Total; 11800 pounds.
I have NO idea what my truck is rated at. I peeled off the door stickers when I bought the camper so I wouldn't let it worry me!
She drives like a dream; just went up to the mountains fishing for trout, then straight to the central valley for a few days of goose hunting. Total 500 miles of driving from sealevel to over 6,000 feet with lots of 70mph freeway speed limit. I never drove over 63mph. I stopped a couple times to check tire temperatures. By my hand, they were just barely warmer than the ambient air temps so I knew they are not getting hot flexing. Running full air pressure in rear tires, 65psi in front tires and 30psi in the air bags.
Anyways, I always find it interesting when other guys post up their stats so I thought now that I found a REAL scale, I'd do it too.
Cheers!
2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie Package w/diesel, 6 speed manual tranny and 4x4 short bed truck and all the bells and whistles for suspension mods; overload springs, air bags, shocks, sway bars, rims Toyo 3750lb rated tires, etc.
2012 Lance 855S camper with solar panels, AC, 2 stage heater dual propane tanks 2 batteries, packed with enough food for a week for two people and a dog and full 30 gallons of fresh water.
Rear axle 7250 pounds
Front axle 4550 pounds
Total; 11800 pounds.
I have NO idea what my truck is rated at. I peeled off the door stickers when I bought the camper so I wouldn't let it worry me!
She drives like a dream; just went up to the mountains fishing for trout, then straight to the central valley for a few days of goose hunting. Total 500 miles of driving from sealevel to over 6,000 feet with lots of 70mph freeway speed limit. I never drove over 63mph. I stopped a couple times to check tire temperatures. By my hand, they were just barely warmer than the ambient air temps so I knew they are not getting hot flexing. Running full air pressure in rear tires, 65psi in front tires and 30psi in the air bags.
Anyways, I always find it interesting when other guys post up their stats so I thought now that I found a REAL scale, I'd do it too.
Cheers!
