New (to me) Lance 815 truck camper owner. Got a few q's
Just got my first truck camper. Have had a 5th wheel for a while before. Got a few questions:
I have a 2007 F250 crew short box, 4x4, 6.0. Just picked up a used 2006 Lance 815 with east/west queen. The fellow I got it from had a similar truck (but long bed), and helped me construct a 2.5" platform in the bed (horizontal 2x4s with two sheets of 1/2" OSB). He said he read it somewhere that the camper needed to be raised off the tops of the bed rails by that much.
Q 1 - Is there a standard?
He had the short bed modification boxes that came with it from the factory (and the original owner before him), but my tailgate cables were in the way, and I had to cut slots in the plastic boxes to be able to slide the camper all the way forward.
Q 2 - Is this typical?
I have the towing and camper package on the truck, and my GVWR is 10K (5,600 FAWR/6,100 RAWR), and my sticker states I have a 2,399 max load rating. Before getting this camper, I hauled a load of landscaping rock. My before weight was 7,860, with only me, some basic tools, 5th wheel rails and frame brackets, a removable bed liner (on top of the 5th wheel rails) and a full tank.
After I got the camper, I took the truck and camper to a CAT scale. My steer axle was 4,720, drive axle was 5,540 (total 10,260), with a full tank, and some basic tools. There was no water or anything in the holding tanks. The camper only had a few cleaning supplies, fridge, Mach 3 AC and a microwave (no TV, stereo or oven).
Q 3 - Is this 260 lbs of over weight acceptable?
There's almost nowhere I can cut weight, other than removing the 5th wheel rails and frame mounts, microwave, and maybe a sheet of OSB. Kind of perplexed here, as I was hoping it would be near the weight of 1,992 (as per the factory sheet, after adding the microwave).
Based on my figures, I should have been at ~7,860 (truck) + ~1,992 (camper) and maybe around 100-150 lbs in lumber, torklift/fastguns and a few extra tools. That should have been at or just below 10K. I really don't know where the extra 250-300 lbs is coming from on this camper...
Thanks for any advice on these questions.
-Ed
I have a 2007 F250 crew short box, 4x4, 6.0. Just picked up a used 2006 Lance 815 with east/west queen. The fellow I got it from had a similar truck (but long bed), and helped me construct a 2.5" platform in the bed (horizontal 2x4s with two sheets of 1/2" OSB). He said he read it somewhere that the camper needed to be raised off the tops of the bed rails by that much.
Q 1 - Is there a standard?
He had the short bed modification boxes that came with it from the factory (and the original owner before him), but my tailgate cables were in the way, and I had to cut slots in the plastic boxes to be able to slide the camper all the way forward.
Q 2 - Is this typical?
I have the towing and camper package on the truck, and my GVWR is 10K (5,600 FAWR/6,100 RAWR), and my sticker states I have a 2,399 max load rating. Before getting this camper, I hauled a load of landscaping rock. My before weight was 7,860, with only me, some basic tools, 5th wheel rails and frame brackets, a removable bed liner (on top of the 5th wheel rails) and a full tank.
After I got the camper, I took the truck and camper to a CAT scale. My steer axle was 4,720, drive axle was 5,540 (total 10,260), with a full tank, and some basic tools. There was no water or anything in the holding tanks. The camper only had a few cleaning supplies, fridge, Mach 3 AC and a microwave (no TV, stereo or oven).
Q 3 - Is this 260 lbs of over weight acceptable?
There's almost nowhere I can cut weight, other than removing the 5th wheel rails and frame mounts, microwave, and maybe a sheet of OSB. Kind of perplexed here, as I was hoping it would be near the weight of 1,992 (as per the factory sheet, after adding the microwave).
Based on my figures, I should have been at ~7,860 (truck) + ~1,992 (camper) and maybe around 100-150 lbs in lumber, torklift/fastguns and a few extra tools. That should have been at or just below 10K. I really don't know where the extra 250-300 lbs is coming from on this camper...
Thanks for any advice on these questions.
-Ed
