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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pnichols wrote:
Hmmmm ... are you saying that many campers plus a pickup to carry them (no trailer) would weigh in at over 12,000 lbs.?
I ask this because I see a lot of diesel pickups carrying just a camper and wonder why a diesel pickup is needed in that situation, since my gasser setup pulls and climbs so well with it's 4:56 diff. Our Class C has large fresh/grey/black tanks, too.
It is not uncommon for a truck and camper to be 13,000# or even greater without a trailer in tow. I have seen some post on here that they are at 14,000#. I have a light camper compared to a lot of them on here without any slides and with my 3500 dually Ram I'm over 12,200#. I would probably weigh more if it was loaded to go to Alaska again. Take an Arctic Fox 1140, 1150 or 990 and they are going to weigh in the range of anywhere from 4300# to over 5000#. AFs have large tanks also. Then you take the Chalet campers and they are weighing 4700# dry and then add the water tank of 67 gallons and a 6 gallon water heater to that and batteries, propane and your camping gear and it is probably in the 6,000# or more range. Then take a truck that may weigh like mine and add 8500# to it.
