Ram MegaCab with slide-in truck camper
Any Newer (2015-2017) Ram MegaCab 3500 SRW owners with slide-in truck campers? We have very specific needs and am hoping to make this combo work. Looking at Northstar campers with COG at 32 inches...
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I have two more comments. I agree completely with Finsruskw, I will never understand why anyone buys a shortbed truck on purpose to haul a camper, that makes no sense, but it's your rig.
The other thing is about gas vs. diesel. I have to say, in the big picture, diesels rarely save you money. Mine sure hasn't. It's a VASTLY superior setup, there is zero question about that. But overall, considering everything, it's not cheaper.
I remember when I was a tow truck guy in the late '80s - early '90s, we bought new F350s every so often and ran them to 150,000 miles or so. We always got the diesel, and manual transmissions.
In '89 we needed a new cab & chassis and no one had what we wanted and a special order was going to take too long, so we just said give us whatever F350 C & C you e got.
It was a gas 460, automatic. We thought it would suck, but it would work.
It turned out to be the best truck in the fleet. It only got 7.5 MPG but it actually cost less to buy, operate and maintain. And in those days it was even more powerful. The point of mentioning that is even though today's diesels have silly power, the gas rigs have enough and we used to consider them the hot rods. That company still runs gas F350s today, the accounting doesn't lie.
But for my personal truck, I absolutely want a diesel, for the effortless driving under a big load.
The other thing is about gas vs. diesel. I have to say, in the big picture, diesels rarely save you money. Mine sure hasn't. It's a VASTLY superior setup, there is zero question about that. But overall, considering everything, it's not cheaper.
I remember when I was a tow truck guy in the late '80s - early '90s, we bought new F350s every so often and ran them to 150,000 miles or so. We always got the diesel, and manual transmissions.
In '89 we needed a new cab & chassis and no one had what we wanted and a special order was going to take too long, so we just said give us whatever F350 C & C you e got.
It was a gas 460, automatic. We thought it would suck, but it would work.
It turned out to be the best truck in the fleet. It only got 7.5 MPG but it actually cost less to buy, operate and maintain. And in those days it was even more powerful. The point of mentioning that is even though today's diesels have silly power, the gas rigs have enough and we used to consider them the hot rods. That company still runs gas F350s today, the accounting doesn't lie.
But for my personal truck, I absolutely want a diesel, for the effortless driving under a big load.
