New member FW sold and TC on order

Fastbrit wrote:
Hello everyone, this fall we sold our fifth wheel that we loved. I am a car fanatic and I was tired to go camping close to car show without being able to bring my own car. We first agree to look for a toy hauler. They are nice, but I can not imagine a 3000 pd car getting in the back:h The one we were interested in was 43' long with a 16' garage and weight 14 000 pd dry. And finaly when I told my wife that our driveway was 50' long and that we will have to park our cars in the street it closed the subject for the toy h.:C
We live in Montreal and shopping for a tc in the Canadian eastern provinces is difficult since rv dealership dont have any in stock for us to visit. We finaly visit a Lance 1172(325 mile trip). I am 6'3 and in the lance I have only 1 inch clearance and the a|c drop 2 inch from ceiling it was very nice but not for us. So after hours on the net and forums we ordered a Chalet TS116 from Camper outlet in Oregon. We are going to pick it up in first week of march cant wait. It is heavy at 4700pd dry but I think the old Dodge can handle it. I hope all this make sence my first language is french. Cheers Steve

Congrats on the new camper. I went with a TC for much the same reason. Needed to haul a 93 Ford lightning my son and I drag race. Of course needed the TC for grand daughters to have AC at the AZ tracks in the summer.
A 4700 lb dry camper will be around 6000 lbs fully loaded. That's a lot of weight for a 1 ton truck. My Caribou is around 5000 lbs loaded. My F350 Dually carried it but did sag a couple of inches and when cornering would sway a bit. I came across a 1999 F550 with a pickup bed that worked out great. No sag or sway.
Just remember to enjoy it.;)