1875# wet wt camper on dodge ram 1500?

[ruthiebaby88]

Ok I found a little lance camper and I wanted to get a 3/4 ton truck for it, but the owner of the camper would like to sell his trick with it for 5000$. It only has 77k miles on it and it is a 1998.
He says it handles fine, the pickup does not have payload or cargo weight rating stickers. I'm guessing the payload to be around 1500 but would have to ask him to drive it to a scale to check for sure.
Its so tempting to get this truck cause it already has mounting points attached and the other pickups I'm finding are closer to 15000. Tires are rated to 3000#, GVWR is 6400#
What would you do? I wanna make sure the combo I get has safe handling for driving all over the USA at fast speeds - good stopping etc.

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

My husband says no.... not unless it's been heavily modified. By the time you load it, your camper will be over 2000 lbs

On edit - a NEW ram 1500 has a payload of around 1500#, depending on the model.

I can't help but wonder if the payload stickers are gone because the owner doesn't want you to know? And he may have used the truck to carry the camper - but that doesn't mean it's advised. I also see sad old Class A motorhomes pulling huge enclosed carhauler trailers at our nearby racetrack..... but it's sure something I wouldn't want to do.