New Camper - Getting truck ready
Hey everyone - I'm completely new to truck camping and appreciate all of the information on this forum. It's helped me figure out what kind of equipment I'm going to need. I'm a new owner of a 201...
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Congratulations on both toys.
As you already hear, the weight distribution is critical on our sets.
I would start with taking truck empty to the scales (google will find something in the area) , weight each axle and plan later to do the same with camper on.
Camper looks like 10 or maybe even 11', so rear axle will get stretched.
Make a rule that nothing heavy goes behind rear axle. Even if you don't overload the axle, the handling is going to be poor.
All heavy stuff goes in truck cabin. Tools, bottled water, beer (not open).
I did pick up my 11' camper with F250 and made long trip home with rear badly overloaded, but it is not fun to think "how I control that thing when tire blows?"
Once you check everything is safe, then enjoy.
As you already hear, the weight distribution is critical on our sets.
I would start with taking truck empty to the scales (google will find something in the area) , weight each axle and plan later to do the same with camper on.
Camper looks like 10 or maybe even 11', so rear axle will get stretched.
Make a rule that nothing heavy goes behind rear axle. Even if you don't overload the axle, the handling is going to be poor.
All heavy stuff goes in truck cabin. Tools, bottled water, beer (not open).
I did pick up my 11' camper with F250 and made long trip home with rear badly overloaded, but it is not fun to think "how I control that thing when tire blows?"
Once you check everything is safe, then enjoy.
