opinions please....on a old Lance
Me and my wife are considering buying a Lance Squire 8000 (10 foot, 9 inches). Today we sold our 1999 Fleetwood Angler. We have been truck camping for 2 1/2 years. The Lance that we are considering is...
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Wow! After seeing what you want to pull behind the Squire 8000 TC /F-250 truck rig with having SRW's, you are definitely in need of a 350/3500 HD DRW truck. Just way too much for a 250/2500 truck regardless of brand. Your present engine coupled with the 430 rear ratio should not be an issue for pulling the heavy load normally unless you're bent on racing with it or prefer going 80 MPH even up hills or eastern mountains! I wouldn't add leafs to the spring as the ride empty would be bone jarring+.
Much better off with airbags which are so easily infinitely adjustable so empty your truck will retain it's present ride but give up to 5000 lbs of additional lift support at 100 PSI in the bags. They also will cost about half of the 2 leafs added would. Higher capacity tires are basically a must in my opinion even to be safe with a combined weight like a decently optioned Angler TC etc or another like brand and pulling the trailer in the pic. Tire capacity is nearly always the weakest link when carrying a load and help immensely when also pulling heavy. The tire's capacity must be at min match or much better to exceed by as much a possible the true load being carried on them. Tires age and weaken over time and miles driven.
Higher capacity tires provide increased stability as the side walls will flex less with wider tires/tread at full inflation and having the higher capacity ratings is important. A blow out with the loaded rig in your pic might be devastating not only to the rig but to you also. Speed kills and with speed, a blowout makes maintaining control so much worse and the bad things happen so much faster. A known chance that I would never take as I know so much better!
Much better off with airbags which are so easily infinitely adjustable so empty your truck will retain it's present ride but give up to 5000 lbs of additional lift support at 100 PSI in the bags. They also will cost about half of the 2 leafs added would. Higher capacity tires are basically a must in my opinion even to be safe with a combined weight like a decently optioned Angler TC etc or another like brand and pulling the trailer in the pic. Tire capacity is nearly always the weakest link when carrying a load and help immensely when also pulling heavy. The tire's capacity must be at min match or much better to exceed by as much a possible the true load being carried on them. Tires age and weaken over time and miles driven.
Higher capacity tires provide increased stability as the side walls will flex less with wider tires/tread at full inflation and having the higher capacity ratings is important. A blow out with the loaded rig in your pic might be devastating not only to the rig but to you also. Speed kills and with speed, a blowout makes maintaining control so much worse and the bad things happen so much faster. A known chance that I would never take as I know so much better!
