Dumb question about truck camper tie downs
OK, so looking at all types of truck camper pictures, both on and off trucks I have noticed that most all truck campers are "tied" down to truck with the same type frame mounted system from various ma...
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pratmaster wrote:Butch50 wrote:
I know I am going to catch flack, but that camper is way to big.
I know that 1 ton dully Dodge is fine for a camper that size, but to me I would have to have something like a 2 1/2 ton truck to haul it.
But again, I think in over kill terms and that camper dwarfs your tuck to the point I would be afraid that it would just fall over.
Again this is just my opinion, so don't fire into me over it.
I have a 3/4 ton truck and I have been looking at campers at or under 1500 lbs dry or less... But then again I could had gotten away with a 1/2 ton truck, except no one makes a 1/2 ton with lock out hubs, I'm old school when it comes to my 4x4..
My 2013 truck is rated for 14,000# GVWR and the camper on it loaded ready to go camping the total GW is 12,200#. I am under my GVWR by 1800#. My rear axle rating is 9750# and with the camper on it the rear axle weighs 7140#. So this means my rear axle is under by 2610#.
This is a Northern Lite and as such is one of the lighter campers out there and it is only a 10'. If this truck can't handle this camper than I better stay at home. There are no zip zilch suspension mods on this truck to handle the camper. The camper just squats the truck a little, not even enough to require Stable Loads on the overloads as the front one overload just barely touches the overload pad and the rear doesn't even touch.
If this truck can't handle this load I think that almost everybody on here better stop carrying their campers because most are over their GVWR on here. This truck has the same GVWR as the 2011 to 2014 Ford F450 so which bigger truck would you recommend????
You are looking at a camper that has a dry weight of 1500# and going to put it on a 3/4 ton that has a probably a max GVWR of 10,000# My camper only weighs 3,000# and my Ram has over 4,000# more capacity than your 3/4 ton.
I really hope you are kidding me because if you are not you need to do a little more studying to figure out what truck have what ratings. Also what truck are you getting that has manual hubs on the front for a 4X4.
