Sticky when asked which truck is best to haul camper.

jimh425 wrote:

JimK-NY wrote:
New and potential buyers often have difficulty understanding the real weight of a loaded truck camper.

Trucks and TCs are really not that special compared to any other RV. The terms GVW and GVWR are the same. Many people carry a lot more than others, and overload their vehicles or trailers.

The only way to know how much you are really carrying is go to a scale.

I disagree with both of your statements. First weight issues are way more common for truck campers than for other RVs. The reason should be obvious. The entire weight of the rig is carried by the truck.

Second, it is too late to make significant changes after buying the camper and the truck to carry it. The whole point of the discussion and proposed sticky is to be able to match the camper and the truck before buying it. For those with the knowledge it is possible to come up with a fairly accurate actual weight and select the correct truck in advance. To do so it is not necessary to know the exact weight or to even be within a few hundred pounds of the actual weight.