Diesel Question for truck campers
I believe a diesel engine is the best for hauling a truck camper. With the price of diesel going up more each week is it still worth it? Just looking for opinions. Today in Canada a gallon ...
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You really don't need a diesel to haul around a TC. It's the fact that people also tow behind their rigs putting the GCW in the 15K-20K lb range. Honestly going with a gasoline engine helps with payload issues since many of us are running over GVWR and rely on keeping the axle weights bellow maximum.
The truck campers can be very basic and weigh close 2000 lbs when full or have four slides and extend 4' off the rear of the truck bed weighing three times as much. My payload is about 4000 lbs with TC, people, gear, tie downs and fluids - Then I add weight distributed tongue weight on a 2' extension for a trailer that weighs 5K-8K lbs depending on what we bring...
The truck campers can be very basic and weigh close 2000 lbs when full or have four slides and extend 4' off the rear of the truck bed weighing three times as much. My payload is about 4000 lbs with TC, people, gear, tie downs and fluids - Then I add weight distributed tongue weight on a 2' extension for a trailer that weighs 5K-8K lbs depending on what we bring...
