New Member - Sanity Check from the Experts
First timer here but I have been stalking this forum for months now. Looking for a bit of a sanity check from the experts. Here is my situation: Grandpa used to take me in his truck camper when I w...
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lonegunman wrote:
Every day I pass a dozen SRW trucks with a camper in the bed, towing a fishing boat and none of them explode, crash or run off the road. I have yet to meet with an owner with a decent sized camper in an SRW truck with factory rims and correct tires who felt as though they cheated death on their last adventure. Except on this forum. Everyone has done a few suspension mods to make their truck more drivable.
I have three co-workers with SRW trucks and large TC's from different makers, they have zero issues. One added a Hellwig bar last month and says it is far better than the factory option he replaced. He tows a motorcycle trailer.
I am heading cross country this summer in my properly equipped SRW truck with about 4,000lbs of camper and gear and it will be at my GVWR and I am not in the least bit concerned.
A decent sway bar, tires, shocks and airbags and/or Stableloads and you are in business. I set my truck up and bought my camper (AF 865) and took it on a trip. Based on that experience I added upper Stableloads and upgraded to a nicer tire. I get out once a month or so and the adventure is usually 300-400 miles, zero issues.
My only observation is that with full grey and black water tanks it adds sway and I don't like it. If I am boondocking, I dump at the first handy station back in civilization then head for home dry. The truck rides better and you are not hauling needless ****, literally.
I agree...except. You sway issue on the way home may not be full grey/black...more likely it is the empty fresh tank...
On the way out your fresh (located in front of axle) is full. Then you shift all that weight to the grey/bulk (behind the axle) on the way home.
Just an observation...
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