Upgrading my Truck?
Hi everyone, I really appreciate all the help I get on here. I have another question for you guys. I have a Lance 650 on my 2015 Nissan Titan w/ a Tow Package. I've also added rear suspension and a...
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KD4UPL wrote:
The first thing I would recommend is stopping at a truck scale with your current rig fully loaded and weigh it. This is important to know if your are exceeding any of the weight limits of your current truck and to better plan for an upgrade.
I'd be willing to bed that you are at or over your rear axle weight and possibly overloading your rear tires. The horse trailer probably has at least 800 pounds of tongue weight plus the camper which is putting over 2,600 pounds additional weight on your rear axle.
If all your axle and tire weights are within spec then you can tell all the lookers to not worry about it. But, if your over you need to upgrade some parts or the whole truck.
I'm curious how you define the Nissan diesel as the best value. I've looked at a few of them and they were priced higher than a RAM diesel. Did you find otherwise?
For my money it would be a RAM Tradesman level truck. Diesel is nice but that 6.4 Hemi felt good when I test drove one.
Does the rear axle weight make a different when you have rear suspension airbags?
