Selecting a truck camper-help please
My wife and I are long time campers and have owned a number of travel trailers and 5th wheels, so we are not new to the camping experience, but have never been around any truck campers. Most all of ou...
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You mentioned not going over the gvw, which won't happen with pretty much any TC due to the class2 weight limits imposed on your truck classification.
You however have a very stout and capable truck that, as mentioned above, is the same truck as a 3500 srw with slightly lighter spring rate and same as a 3500drw minus the extra tires and springs.
Plenty of us hauling around 3000-4000lb+ TCs on short bed 3rd gen Dodge 2500s. Safely I might add. Yes you'll need to beef up the rear suspension, no question, and for heavy campers or additional safety factor in the tire and wheel dept, upgrade to 19.5s.
I'm not condoning it to anyone else, but I've got about 20kmi hauling that heavy camper in my sig or one just like it on 2 different types of OE Dodge wheels. The original 17" alloys with 3950lb toyos took us to AK and all over the state with the camper. Now have 20" takeoff wheels from a 4th gen ram and the OE Firestone tires, and just punched out about 6000mi this summer.
Your wish list is not too far off Imo.
Minus a built in generator, I picked up the camper in my sig, good condition, for $10k last year. Gave $12500 for an 05 Arctic Fox in good shape a few years ago also.
Gotta search and look in the areas where TCs are more popular imo, to find a deal and not wait years for one to pop up.
Good luck in your search.
You however have a very stout and capable truck that, as mentioned above, is the same truck as a 3500 srw with slightly lighter spring rate and same as a 3500drw minus the extra tires and springs.
Plenty of us hauling around 3000-4000lb+ TCs on short bed 3rd gen Dodge 2500s. Safely I might add. Yes you'll need to beef up the rear suspension, no question, and for heavy campers or additional safety factor in the tire and wheel dept, upgrade to 19.5s.
I'm not condoning it to anyone else, but I've got about 20kmi hauling that heavy camper in my sig or one just like it on 2 different types of OE Dodge wheels. The original 17" alloys with 3950lb toyos took us to AK and all over the state with the camper. Now have 20" takeoff wheels from a 4th gen ram and the OE Firestone tires, and just punched out about 6000mi this summer.
Your wish list is not too far off Imo.
Minus a built in generator, I picked up the camper in my sig, good condition, for $10k last year. Gave $12500 for an 05 Arctic Fox in good shape a few years ago also.
Gotta search and look in the areas where TCs are more popular imo, to find a deal and not wait years for one to pop up.
Good luck in your search.
