Question for Dodge Ram 2500 owners
I have a 2001 Dodge ram 2500 2wd gas long bed pickup. I am looking for my first truck camper and would like to hear from people who have or had the same truck what camper you carried weight how it han...
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zcookiemonstar wrote:
Thanks for all the input. I do have the camper package and my truck has a automatic trans also have 4:10 gears in the rear and disk brakes front and rear. I have hauled heavy weight many times from machinery to full loads of dirt. I weighed the truck full of dirt one time and it was over 3400lbs of dirt it handled fine but that is a very low center of gravity compared to a camper. I don't want a real tall camper but I do want a hard side and a full bath. I have been looking at Lance 835 and some Sunlite 8 and 9ft campers. I have looked at Lance 815's but they are a little to narrow for me let's just say I'm a little on the wide side!
My first camper was an 04' Lance 835 which would be slightly lighter than a Lance 915. I hauled it on a 2001 Ram 2500 LB, 4x4, Cummins, 6 speed manual tranny w/camper package. The truck handled it well but it definitely could have used a rear sway bar, but I never got around to getting one. I ran that combo for 100K miles. My loaded weight was just under 3,000 pounds. I believe that truck had the Dana 80 in the rear? I agree with most though, get the smallest camper you are comfortable in because they are almost always heavier than advertised. Good luck, Brad
