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Devocamper
May 12, 2018Explorer
We carried our mammonth on a 2007 Chevy extended cab dual rear wheel diesel for a year and now have gone to a 2018 ram crew cab 3500 dual rear wheel gas and both have handled the heavy camper , we do not tow anything. The Chevy had sumo springs and a bigwig sway bar and the ram so far has upper and lower stableloads, no sway bars available for the 6.4 ram that I can find due the exhaust system The Chevy had a gvwr of 11,400 and the ram in the configuration I ordered has a gvwr of 14,000 pounds and a camper rating of 5900 . The gas engine handles the weight well getting 10.5 mpg but of course it doesn’t compare to the Chevy diesel. The gas 2 wheel drive works for what we do with our camper and increases capacities over the diesel 4x4. Really depends on what you plan to do with you camper . We went with a ram for the higher camper rating over Chevy or gmc in the same configuration and the ford was about the same but the cost was more. Good luck with your plans
Mike
Mike
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