Overloaded or wrong truck?

Ram doesn’t make a DRW short bed in a crew cab. And the minimum payload in a DRW in 2020 was over 6800 pounds. I’d like to hear more about what happened leading up to the failure.

Not a short bed and wth is a tope?
It broke. Either defective or the owner got too western with almost 3 tons in the bed down there in Baja. Just because the name says it, shouldn’t drive like a trophy truck…
But the supposition should be strong in this thread. Already on a roll….

Looks like the frame broke in same place as frame mounted tie down connects. If frame was modified for tie downs, you may have an answer.

ford truck guy wrote:
it looks like a long bed

Ditto.

I think the only short bed dually RAM makes is a Mega cab, which the above truck isn't.

fj12ryder wrote:
Looks like there's a whole lot of truck camper hanging off the end of the truck. Maybe a short bed truck, and a long bed camper with 3 slides? Baja California, so add in some rough roads.

Sure looks like there’s a lot of panel in front of the rear wheels for a SB ??

At least the way I see it, it looks like a long bed

My guess would be a tope caught him by surprise.

150 gal total btwn fresh, gray and black, should have been more clear in my language.

I don't think your fitting 150 gallons of fresh water in a slide in camper. If you couldn't haul that camper on a 3500 DRW without it being over weight, what is your option, a 450-4500 only? I have to think either that truck wasn't right from the factory or they ran the Baja 1000 while they were in the area.

cptqueeg wrote:
EC 1165 dry weight 4917lbs

Lots and lots of heavy options, big water tanks (-150 gal fresh, grey, black), etc, etc.

Definitely OVERLOADED!!

EC 1165 dry weight 4917lbs

Lots and lots of heavy options, big water tanks (-150 gal fresh, grey, black -total btwn all 3), etc, etc.