WC840 on my megacab..questions
Hi all. In the never ending quest to buying another RV we keep going back to a TC like we had before. Some background first. We (wife and three boys, 10, 7 and 5) have been in many RV's over the ye...
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Jfresh wrote:twodownzero wrote:
A SRW Megacab is too heavy to carry even the smallest of truck campers.
This a false statement. A megacab is not significantly heavier than a standard cc pickup.
Yeah. A whoppin' 173 lbs heavier than other same wheel base configured 2500 Cummins 4x4 trucks.
The OP just as anyone that wants to carry a heavy payload in the bed of any truck needs to weigh his trucks front and rear axles separately and pay attention to the trucks RAWR/tire capacities as it will carry just about all the weight on a short bed truck. In some cases a TC can unload the trucks front axle on a short bed.
I've seen a lot of 2500/3500 SRW Mega cab rear axle weights which most are in the 3000-3200 lb range. That leaves 2800-3000 lbs for a payload.
Now the OP can mod the trucks small 6000 lb rear suspension with aftermarket products we all use. And he can upgrade wheels and tires to a higher capacity.
Or just use what he has and keep front and rear axle/tire weights under those numbers.
