Mammoth owners ... how big is your truck?
There seems to be a lot of random comments about how big of a truck people need for Mammoth. Seems like those who don’t have one are sure you need a 4500/5500 truck. So, if you have one, what do y...
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5777lbs empty is a differnet story. I was going off of 5500lbs ready to camp.
If you’re talking 6500-7000lb ready to camp, that’s about the absolute max for a 1 ton dually IMO and yeah, even I would be thinking bigger truck or lighter camper if putting on a lot of miles.
How the weight is distributed makes a bit of a difference though. I generally assume all weight in rear axle, zero on the front.
If there’s actually 500-1000lbs transferred to the front then that eases things a bit. But now it’s like having a 9’ v plow in the front and a 3 ton camper in the back!
If you’re talking 6500-7000lb ready to camp, that’s about the absolute max for a 1 ton dually IMO and yeah, even I would be thinking bigger truck or lighter camper if putting on a lot of miles.
How the weight is distributed makes a bit of a difference though. I generally assume all weight in rear axle, zero on the front.
If there’s actually 500-1000lbs transferred to the front then that eases things a bit. But now it’s like having a 9’ v plow in the front and a 3 ton camper in the back!
