Towing a travel trailer with a truck camper?
My wife and I are looking for ways to move up from our current popup camper to something more comfortable and all weather. Thing is, we are a family of 5 although the oldest is soon to leave for coll...
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twodownzero wrote:
You should not consider any non-dually truck, and should even consider an F450 or 550.
The HUGE difference betweeen an F250 and 350 is payload...and you need to maximize that to be able to tow ANYTHING with a camper on.
Geez....I'm talking about dropping a 900 lb camper onto an F350 SRW truck and pulling a 5000-6000 lb camper with it that has a tongue weight in the 700-800 lb range. Obviously those are dry weights and there will be people and gear but still.... that should be well within the range of any properly equipped 350/3500 SRW truck.
I bet there are a bazillion guys out there towing camping trailers with trucks that have that much weight in gear and fuel on the bed.
