Long Bed 1 ton SRW with dual slider?

djc486 wrote:

69 Avion wrote:
I have a one ton Ford SRW diesel 4x4 and I won't put my Avion on it. It weighs about 2,900# wet, and it is too much for that truck. You really need a dually. With the high GVW on the newer duallys, they are really the way to go if you want a full size camper. Adding the bikes to the mix and a dually is really necessary. It doesn't matter what accessories you put on a 1 ton SRW truck, it isn't going to be enough.

Avion,
I find that interesting that your one ton Ford finds a 2,900# camper too much to handle. I carry a Northstar Igloo (that wet is around 3,000#) on my 1997 Chevy 3/4HD (super springs and helwig sway bar) and it handles it beautifully. I know that I wouldn't want to go any heavier with my rig.

My F-350 is rated at 9,900# and it weighs about 7,700# empty. The diesel engine isn't light. Putting a 2,900# camper on it (wet) takes me to 10,600#. If I add 500# plus people I'm way over the gross weight. The last truck I had this camper on was a 1977 Chevy K30 dually which (as I recall) weighed about 6500# (gasoline, single cab) and it was the minimum that I would put that camper on. The new 1 ton duallys are nice because they give a GVW around 13,000# on some of them. My last dually 4x4 was a 1994 Dodge Cummins diesel and I think it had a GVW of 11,000#.
It is just my opinion, and I think my SRW F-350 4x4 super cab, diesel, isn't enough truck for my camper.