OK. Lesson learned. We put the deal together with the Silverado 2500, based on the camper dealer's recommendation and my failure to do proper due diligence. Sue.t and Mooney, you were absolutely right. It was the wrong pickup. (Newbies to the TC and pickup world, you know.) We did go camping a couple of times, but I was not comfortable being overweight. (The rig, I mean. My own personal (over)weight is none of your business!)
Fortunately for us, we have a friend who is an auto broker. (Should have gone there first.) He found us an amazing deal on a 2001 F350 SuperDuty Off Road. Between the great price we got on the F350 and what we lost on the Silverado, we are about where we would have been if we had bought an F350 from a dealer in the first place. Live and learn.
The worst thing about this blunder of mine is that I have been skulking around the forum, afraid to show my face, because I knew the weight police were lurking out there. We get the F350 tomorrow, so I will now be able to hold my head up again. Thanks for the advice, y'all.
BTW, we had a ball on those couple of camping trips. DW is happy with the camper, and we don't miss the MoHo at all. We HAVE agreed that the bathroom in the camper is the best motivation we have found to become smaller persons! :-)
