Northstar 850SC on 2015 Ford F-150 truck
The camper dry weight at 1700 is under the 2100 pound payload capacity, but wet and loaded weight with my kayaks and all would be about 2700 pounds. Getting the Ford maximum payload package for $3000...
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My, Brother In Law tried this route several yrs ago, bought a F150 long box 4 x 4 with the heaviest GVW he could get. The truck had about 38k on it (mostly towed behind his motorhome). He loaded my Mom's 8ft S & S camper on it & made one trip with it & noticed that his tranny or transfer case was making some noise & slipping. It had been doing this for a little while, so he took it into the local Ford dealership (with the camper still on it) and they said that Ford would not warranty the transfer case, (it was shot, metal in the oil) because he had a camper on it!! Even though it was still under the max GVW!
They suggested he unload the camper & go to another dealer! What a bunch of BS! As it turned out the front end was completely worn out also, apparently being towed behind a motor home on the Alcan so often beat the hell out of the front end!
He decided to trade it on a new F350 truck! My point here is buy the heavier truck!! don't buy a car-truck! F250 min you get heavy axles, brakes, just a heavier drive train. Just my 2-cents.
They suggested he unload the camper & go to another dealer! What a bunch of BS! As it turned out the front end was completely worn out also, apparently being towed behind a motor home on the Alcan so often beat the hell out of the front end!
He decided to trade it on a new F350 truck! My point here is buy the heavier truck!! don't buy a car-truck! F250 min you get heavy axles, brakes, just a heavier drive train. Just my 2-cents.
