Who has a camper with a slide on single wheel truck

mkirsch wrote:
Most of the "cons" to a dually are in your head.

At least, you admit that there are some real "cons". :) The first step to recovery. :)

To all the DRW guys remember that some of these
campers are BUILT FOR SRW trucks but are still
heavy
My F250 cc 7.3 4x4 which has the same rear springs
and over loads as a F 350 just not the 3 5/8" spacer block
the F250 has a 2" block
Now my Lance is a 2003 820 (short bed camper) fully loaded sticker said 3000# wet
fells heavier
I have done these mods to make it drive where I like it
M-55 toyo tires E rated stock rims
KYB monomax shocks
Air lift air bags
torklift stableloads
Towmaster sway bars front and rear (best money spend)
SSBC 8 piston front brake calibers (DRW have same brakes as 250/350)
Slotted rotors all the way around
Hawk LTS pads all around
This is a little much but worth every penny the truck drive great and
stops on a dime Brakes are what everyone over looks
Hope this helps :)

JumboJet wrote:
Wrong - I have seen more than one DRW squatting from the loaded TC and required modifications. I have seen responses on this forum from DRW owners that have added anti-sway bars, 19.5" wheels, air bags, Stableloads, etc. etc.

Who throws away a perfectly good set of wheels and tires?

This was coming from someone that has 1500 lb TC on a DRW. If my AF 811 was that light, I would not need to modify my F250 to carry that TC and tow my enclosed trailer either.

Been doing this setup for 2 years now. 19.5s were a must, as were the other suspension upgrades. Works well.

mkirsch wrote:

rbcamping wrote:
What up grades have you done or plan on doing?

The whole point of a dually is that you can answer this question by saying, "NONE!"

You get a truck out of the box that's perfectly capable of hauling all of the aforementioned campers. No muss. No fuss. No suspension gizmos/doodads/gadgets. No throwing away a perfectly good set of brand new tires and rims.

It's just food for thought. Most of the "cons" to a dually are in your head.

Wrong - I have seen more than one DRW squatting from the loaded TC and required modifications. I have seen responses on this forum from DRW owners that have added anti-sway bars, 19.5" wheels, air bags, Stableloads, etc. etc.

Who throws away a perfectly good set of wheels and tires?

Got an 02' 2500HD Silverado,6 ltr. gas.4.11 rear end.Pull a 25 ft Wildcat 5th.Drove it to Alaska and about 40,000 mi.across USA.No problems until we got into MOUNTAINS.Around Mich. all is fine,but I wouldn't take it into the Mountains again.Goin up AND comin down pushes it to the MAX.Over 11,000 ft in New Mexico and it was still pullin,but not happily.DRW or SWR,if your gonna do mountains - take a Diesel!!!

rbcamping wrote:
What up grades have you done or plan on doing?

The whole point of a dually is that you can answer this question by saying, "NONE!"

You get a truck out of the box that's perfectly capable of hauling all of the aforementioned campers. No muss. No fuss. No suspension gizmos/doodads/gadgets. No throwing away a perfectly good set of brand new tires and rims.

It's just food for thought. Most of the "cons" to a dually are in your head.

Truck and camper in sig below. Running Toyo MTs. 3970lb load capacity aired up. Airbags take 70+ lbs to level truck back up. CG is slightly behind the rear axle but there's a Cummins up front and a hi @ss mega cab to ballast it!
A dually would be more stable but it drives fine even with the wrong application type shocks on it.
Camper is def over 4000lbs based on weights seen on here.
Maiden voyage was from Seattle to Anchorage right during spring breakup, read massive frost heaves for hundreds of miles on end, pulling a 16' tandem trailer on a short hitch extension.
No issues with a 7 yr old 100k mile plus truck hauling and pulling that kind of weight so I figure "normal" service really isn't taxing the truck that bad.
My only reccomendations are to have good stiff shocks for low speed damping, adequate tires and find a way to engage the overload leafs. I haven't since the Dodge requires drilling the leaf to install stable loads on a 2500. Shocks and stable loads would get rid of most of the body roll my truck has. That said there haven't been any oh shat! moments even coming into a turn a little hot. Only place I feel the roll is creeping thru successive potholes in 1st gear.
Oh the exhaust brake don hurt either!

I had a Lance 500 plus pulling a trailer on my F250 for a while - after adding 19.5's, found that I could do 65 all day, and still have cool to the touch tires. Also reduced the wierdness of the track, felt like it was on rails at times. Grooved pavement and ruts was the only bad thing about it - grooves cause the front to wander some, and ruts was hard to get out of.

Picked up a new Host Mammoth last month, and it's bigger than the Lance, but still lighter than the old Camper/Trailer combo.

We have a 2005 Lance 881 Max and we've had on our 2006 Chevy since we got it. We had air bags on it prior to trading for it. We had a Lance 845 before the wife saw the 881. It was a done deal after that! Don't want a DRW truck.Have gone to Alaska , up east coast ,out west ,just recently into the smokies and on the Blue Ridge Parkway .
Happy Traveling