Mote wrote:
The truck looks pretty good for 240,000 miles. You put all those on it ?
No I've only owned it for about 2.5 years.
mkirsch wrote:
I hope you're not picking nits about a measly 150lbs...
No, it was more a tongue-in-cheek statement as my last camper was overweight by more than 10 times this amount and I didn't even own motorcycles then. I am happy to be 150 lbs over GVW but I was hoping to join the 1% crowd of TC's that are actually under GVW. Guess I still have to keep checking the rear view for the weight police :)
mkirsch wrote:
Only thing I might consider is shifting some of that weight towards the rear. You're getting close to the front axle rating, which is a suspension thing on that truck, not a tire thing. Overloading the steer axle can cause expensive problems.
Even with the truck empty the front axle is close to it's weight rating. The front weighs about 4700 unloaded so there isn't much room to add to that anyway. Most of the weight of my set-up is added to the rear axle (all but 150 lbs anyway). I already have my camper moved towards the rear about 5-6" anyway otherwise it would hit the taillights on the truck.
I've already replaced several components that were worn on the front but I don't think it is the TC fault. More so that Dodge didn't make a strong enough front end to stand up to the empty weight of the truck nearly maxing out the weight rating of the front axle to start with.
