Northstar 850SC on longbed Tundra
Yesterday I looked at an 850SC at the Denver show. Recognizing the fact that the dry weight of the 850SC exceeds the allowable payload of our 2003 std-cab, longbed Tundra, I wondered if any of you hav...
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As the OP, I asked if anyone has an 850SC on a Tundra. Either no one does or no one is willing to admit it.
Some have asked why I would want to put an 850SC on a Tundra. The simple answer is a Tundra is what we have. And we have put 68,000 miles on it, most with a 1000-lb Phoenix popup, and have had zero problems with the Tundra. When we get a heavier camper, I'd like to put it on a Tundra HD. But the only Tundra HDs I've seen did not come off the Toyota production line.
Thanks to you who offered to help me run the numbers. Today I did the numbers and decided I don't want to put an 850SC on our Tundra. But that was pretty much an academic exercise because DW had already convinced me our next camper ought to be a hardside.
By the way, Billy from Northstar and Jay from Five Star thought putting an 850SC on our Tundra was not a good idea.
Some have asked why I would want to put an 850SC on a Tundra. The simple answer is a Tundra is what we have. And we have put 68,000 miles on it, most with a 1000-lb Phoenix popup, and have had zero problems with the Tundra. When we get a heavier camper, I'd like to put it on a Tundra HD. But the only Tundra HDs I've seen did not come off the Toyota production line.
Thanks to you who offered to help me run the numbers. Today I did the numbers and decided I don't want to put an 850SC on our Tundra. But that was pretty much an academic exercise because DW had already convinced me our next camper ought to be a hardside.
By the way, Billy from Northstar and Jay from Five Star thought putting an 850SC on our Tundra was not a good idea.
