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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Butch50 wrote:
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#.
If this truck can't handle this load I think that almost everybody on here better stop varying 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. If is a new truck there is none that have manual hubs anymore.
My truck is a 2014 F-250 ext cab/super cab 4x4 gas. According to Ford, the towing specs is 12,500lbs and the cargo is 2,6xxlbs ( I'm wrong, mine is 3,360-3,460). The f-350 is the same as mine, the 450 is 18k. The GWV is 9900-10k on the 250, 350 is up to 14k and the 450 ain't even listed...
Ford Super Duty is the last and only trucks that make a lock out hub and manual/ mechanical 4x4 shifting. I almost bought a truck like yours, a single rear wheel. But wanted a Ford due to the lock out hubs, and the Dodge dealer would not budge after I found one just like there's in TX for 10k less...
