Truck camper for Toyota Tundra
I have a 2010 Toyota Tundra with tow/haul package(tow rate 10,000lbs. don't know haul weight), I tow a 25' travel trailer. Would like to here from owners of Tundra's that have a truck camper for ther...
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Listen to what these people are telling you. No, I mean REALLY listen. I have never owned a Toyota (just never purchased one, close but never did). I know there have been claims that the Tundra is built on a 3/4 ton frame and all the other blah, blah Toyota puts out there but I beg to differ.
Now I'll add my experience. About 8 months or so ago I decided to upgrade from my '06 Ram 1/2 ton Hemi to a 3/4 ton Ram Cummins to have a better tow vehicle to pull my tractor on the trailer. A month or so later I decided that since I now have a heavier duty truck I'd invest in a slide in camper. I went to the camper dealer and looked at several campers then decided to get a Lance 865. They say a heavy duty 1/2 ton can haul this camper. Ha, Ha, Ha,!!! I installed Supersprings, Timbren bump stops, Rancho 9000 shocks and aRoadmaster rear anti-sway bar. The truck seemed to handle the camper pretty well but had more side to side sway than I expected. This had me concerned since I had planned on pulling a trailer with either 2 three person PWCs or a trailer with 2 street motorcycles. Then one day I went and had the truck weighed with the camper in but no camping gear, water, food, clothes or anything else that I would want to take on an outing. I found out that even without all the stuff I'd take along I was already over the door sticker GVWR by 800 pounds. Not long after that, I traded in the 2500 for a 3500 SRW Cummins.
You can almost never have too much truck but you can definitely have too little.
Listen to what everyone is telling you.
Now I'll add my experience. About 8 months or so ago I decided to upgrade from my '06 Ram 1/2 ton Hemi to a 3/4 ton Ram Cummins to have a better tow vehicle to pull my tractor on the trailer. A month or so later I decided that since I now have a heavier duty truck I'd invest in a slide in camper. I went to the camper dealer and looked at several campers then decided to get a Lance 865. They say a heavy duty 1/2 ton can haul this camper. Ha, Ha, Ha,!!! I installed Supersprings, Timbren bump stops, Rancho 9000 shocks and aRoadmaster rear anti-sway bar. The truck seemed to handle the camper pretty well but had more side to side sway than I expected. This had me concerned since I had planned on pulling a trailer with either 2 three person PWCs or a trailer with 2 street motorcycles. Then one day I went and had the truck weighed with the camper in but no camping gear, water, food, clothes or anything else that I would want to take on an outing. I found out that even without all the stuff I'd take along I was already over the door sticker GVWR by 800 pounds. Not long after that, I traded in the 2500 for a 3500 SRW Cummins.
You can almost never have too much truck but you can definitely have too little.
Listen to what everyone is telling you.
