Need help understanding Truck Capabilities
In 2001 I purchased a 2001 Silverado 1500 HD Crew Cab 4x4 for the specific purpose of adding a slide-in truck camper. I was soon discouraged when all the camper dealers told me that my “1/2 ton” tru...
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Big Katuna wrote:
The truck is overloaded as soon as you put the camper in.
Add yourselves, food, water and your stuff and you are overloaded.
I’ll let you in on a secret that many others know.
If you want to carry a truck camper, you need to have some excess capacity.
At minimum a 3/4 ton and better get a 3500.
Not so sure of that, 8,600 GVWR, 5,600# curb weight equals a 3,000# payload, as the camper will put most of the weight on the rear axle, make sure that the empty weight on the rear axles is 3,000# or less.
The OP has what was referred to as a Heavy Half, which was basically a light version of the 2500.
