Truck camper payload question?
I have a truck camper payload question. If this is the wrong forum, I apologize in advance. I also posted this in the truck camper forum. We recently put a deposit down on a flatbed Northstar Escap...
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Rrliljedahl wrote:
Chris
The camper is only 7 ft wide. I was told that a dually wheel base would be too wide for the camper.
Say what? It is payload that you need to be worried about not the fact that duallies are about 7 feet wide. 3500 pounds will most likely put you over the rear tire rating. What is the weight of the flatbed compared to the OEM bed?
Truck will weigh OEM at or above 3000 pounds on the rear axle. The axle itself is rated to 11,500 or something like that. The tires rated to 3415 each gives you 6830 for the rear axle. So depending how far above 3000 pounds the truck is, you will maybe be overloading the rear tires.
Stay the truck weighs around 8K. 4.5 on the front and 3.5 on the rear. You have a problem. Crew cabs put a lot more weight to the rear. Is this a 8' box?
Chris
