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notsobigjoe
Jun 23, 2023Nomad III
jimh406 wrote:RobertRyan wrote:
Well in the first photo, the TC is fine for nice dirt roads. In the second he had it overloaded, on a dirt road with undulations pulling a trailer that was already stressing the chassis. A large jarring bump would be the straw that broke the Camels back.
You are making a guess which is fine. However, we don't know if the failure case is actually the trailer hitch weight, the TC, or a combination of both.
Back to my first post, I'd rather not have a long overhang since that weight is all behind the rear axle. Based on what others have posted here, long TCs can actually take weight off the front axle. I don't think putting all of the weight on the rear axle can ever be.a good thing.
Jim you make a good point about the overhang. I removed everything I could from my 4 foot overhang and the the front end still bounces a bit. "In my opinion" The large TC industry is going straight to the 5500 series truck and the small TC industry is going straight for the 1500 series truck. That leaves the rest of us to deal without the most efficient design for a truck camper. Why can't they design a truck camper with the weight forward and standard on the mid range models? I included this article to make my point. All these campers fit extremely well on the 1500 series trucks and I think the industry could do the same for the 2500 and 3500 series trucks. Keep the length and size but move the weight to the front of the rear axle.
https://www.truckcamperadventure.com/10-best-truck-campers-for-the-ram-1500-half-ton-pickup-truck/
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