Camper Package on F-350
Looking at used F-350 Dually's for my camper. Not seeing many with the camper package.
Anyone found a solution to modify F-350 for that so it can carry large camper safely?
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Since you’ve been around this forum for a longtime and I remember your participation I’ll assume your question is serious.
A dually, any dually, any make, virtually any year will be the highest GVW offering in a class 3 vehicle.
I don’t even know what a camper package consists of on the rigs you’re looking at. But it’s almost certainly not safety (weight carrying) related and it’s not offering tie downs. So buy whatever dually you want and then outfit it to receive a camper. Which is basically adding tie downs and a bed mat if it doesn’t have one. And possibly an extension to the plug in for the camper lights.
Since you’re unspecific about the camper and its weight, can’t recommend any suspension upgrades or their necessity.
If you identify the camper and the specific truck we can tell yoo what yoo need.Camper weighs Front 4000 Back 7375 on my current 99 SRW F350 w/V10
I also have 19.5 vision wheels and tires along with upper and lower torklift along with the camper package on that truck.
Been looking around at what is out there thinking of getting a newer truck. Haven't fully decided to switch to DRW or stay with SRW. If I do decide to stay with SRW I would keep the 19.5 wheels and tires. I think they would fit and the new truck would be right at the max spec for the rear weight not way over spec like it is on my 99 F350.
I think Ford is putting a sheet in the glove box now that says truck is not certified to carry slide-in camper if the truck wasn't ordered with camper package.
I do think a dually would carry my camper better than my SRW F350 but am exploring what other DRW owners have done to suspension especially if the truck didn't have the camper package.
Would like to stick with gas engine since I don't drive a lot of miles.
Besides what has already been mentioned I would add a camper electrical plug (same as a 5th wheel plug) to the front side of the box on the driver's side to make plugging in your camper more convenient.
I put mine in the back side of the box on the drivers side, the newer ford come there if you ask them to put in a 5th wheel plug.
you don't need it with the dually, it already has a rear sway bar and the heavier springs. maybe not the front spring, but a camper puts almost all the weight on the rear if it is sized right for the truck anyways.
Not much to it. It adds heavier springs in the front but all F350's already have the upgraded springs in the rear. The only other addition is a rear sway bar. So any F350 could be easily and cheaply modified to the "camper package". Hellwig bar is likely better than the Ford one anyway. The "camper package" does not include the tie downs, turnbuckles, wiring etc, so you'll need to get those anyway. On an F350 it's only the front springs and a rear sway bar. Cheap and DIY if you're up to it.
