The best Truck for a Host Mammouth

Kayteg1 wrote:
Don't think you can find that answer easy.
Most of duallies have 15k GWVR what is taxable number.
What they can really hold needs to be determinate by actuall experience as manufacturers don't release real technical ratings.
My 2017 F350 is holding 6500lb camper with no modification, even previous experience would indicate I should have a problem.
What adds to confusion is camper COG. On my camper it is behind rear axle, so 6500lb camper adds 6700lb on rear axle.

14k.....

I would go with some of the advice above. A 350 (3500) dually is the absolute minimum needed. Also many of the older trucks had lower ratings for cargo capacity than the newer trucks.

The rule of thumb has been to take the manufacturer's wet weight and add 1000 pounds as the best guess for total weight. Based on my experience this will not come close. My rig also included a couple of solar panels, oversized AGM batteries, and a generator. The 1000 pound amount also has to include the weight of the driver and passengers leaving only about 650 pounds to cover tools, generator gas, clothing, cooking gear, food, cleaning supplies, hobby gear, etc.

I very carefully started with the wet weight, added excess estimates for all my food, clothing, gear etc. I also included the solar, batteries, generator, tools, books, maps, hobby gear and everything else I could think of. I was shocked to find that my guesstimate was still under by 1000 pounds. I recommend starting with the wet weight and adding 2000 pounds as the best estimate of real total weight.

Don't think you can find that answer easy.
Most of duallies have 15k GWVR what is taxable number.
What they can really hold needs to be determinate by actuall experience as manufacturers don't release real technical ratings.
My 2017 F350 is holding 6500lb camper with no modification, even previous experience would indicate I should have a problem.
What adds to confusion is camper COG. On my camper it is behind rear axle, so 6500lb camper adds 6700lb on rear axle.

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

If you plan to tow a heavy trailer behind the camper like I do, you will need a Ram 5500 or Ford F550. If you just want to carry the camper and flat tow a car or bring along a light trailer, the Ford, GM or Ram 3500/F350 with dual rear wheels will do the job.

donn0128 wrote:
With a base weight right at 4000 pounds could easily translate to 5000 pounds. I honestly dont think any 3500 dually will handle that big of a camper. You might look at a 4500 or even a 5500 series truck.

You should just start reccomending Kenworths for everyone!

Schubi, brand is irrelevant for load carrying capacity if you’re talking roughly the same year trucks. Dodge and Chevy use the same axles on their Hds up to a couple years ago. And Ford is jsut as stout. You’ll have 10klb rear axle capacity with any of them.

I don't think it will matter which brand you choose for 2012 and above with regard to ability to haul the Mammoth. Take a look at the threads regarding Host Mammoths, and you see a variety of trucks hauling them.

With a base weight right at 4000 pounds could easily translate to 5000 pounds. I honestly dont think any 3500 dually will handle that big of a camper. You might look at a 4500 or even a 5500 series truck.