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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texasdiver wrote:
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.
You are correct. but there will always be people saying "No way". Look at Capri campers down there in Texas. They make some basic lightweight units for the folks that tow horse trailers and such. Another thing is watch your payload on your new truck. Diesels, 4wd, and other options can take up a thousand pounds of available payload. Have fun and do the math.
