Truck camper and towing
Good morning, I have a 2012 ram 3500 mega cab srw. I am looking at either a northern lite 8.11 or an arctic fox 865 both units 2023. I’m looking for advice on tow setups. Manufacturers don’t seem to...
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Hemisport wrote:Grit dog wrote:
Wait yours is a ‘12 so it has a 2” receiver still I believe.
Yes it does have the 2”.
However after measuring the northern light 8.11 it is roughly 59” from my rear receiver to the rear of the landing on the camper. Which means I would need a torkllify super hitch with a 48” truss system. Even after all that my hitch ball will still be slightly under the rear deck which is not a deal killer as long as I can still turn ok. The other down side is apparently the 48” is only good for 4000lbs unless you use weight distribution. Not sure if that can be done on a boat trailer as they are not a v frame tongue.
I think you may find it doesn’t need to be that long. Both the campers you’re considering are the same length or a shade shorter than our old camper. But the style of the boat and trailer and length of the trailer tongue could also require more hitch extension.
Ideally I’d have rather had at least 30” of hitch extension but I made it work.
If this is going to be a long term setup it may make sense to just get a big receiver and the super truss. That’s the easy button, albeit kind of spendy.
