Lance 830 with Ram 3500 Mega Cab
I know this has been discussed before and I'm probably going to get the same answers from the same 2 camps, but I thought I'd try anyways. I have a Lance 830 and love the camper, but it is a bit t...
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My last 2 pickups had the camper with COG behind rear axle and I never had a problem with it.
But duallies had +- 7000 lb "payload" for rear axles, so even my TC scaled above 6000 lb on occasions, that alone did not create any problems and I drove both pickups with no suspension modifications.
The only slight issue was when I had ca 300 lb of gray water in rear tank, where the weigh placed about 7 feet behind the axle created slight purposing
Very common on this forum that members start calculation with GVW printed on the door frame.
Not only this is taxable number, who has loose connection with technical capabilities, but TC won't let you use front axle for load carrying, so 95% of calculations should oscillate at rear axle numbers.
And you guessed it right. My trucks were Fords ;)
But duallies had +- 7000 lb "payload" for rear axles, so even my TC scaled above 6000 lb on occasions, that alone did not create any problems and I drove both pickups with no suspension modifications.
The only slight issue was when I had ca 300 lb of gray water in rear tank, where the weigh placed about 7 feet behind the axle created slight purposing
Very common on this forum that members start calculation with GVW printed on the door frame.
Not only this is taxable number, who has loose connection with technical capabilities, but TC won't let you use front axle for load carrying, so 95% of calculations should oscillate at rear axle numbers.
And you guessed it right. My trucks were Fords ;)
