Long Bed 1 ton SRW with dual slider?
I've been doing a lot of research (on this forum mainly) about necessary modifications and what people are realistically doing with the SRW trucks and truck campers. I've come to the realization t...
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69 Avion wrote:Butch50 wrote:69 Avion wrote:
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.
The 13,000 GVWR is low for the latest models of duallys. My 2013 Ram has a GVWR of 14,000#, Ford also has a 14,000# GVWR. I'm not sure what the GM has.
That is exactly my point. The new duallys are much heavier rated than the old ones and with the weight of a diesel engine, the dually is necessary for any heavy camper. I have a one ton SRW truck and I really like it, but I am willing to admit that it has limitations that I'm not willing to exceed.
Oh I agree with you I had a 2011 F350 SRW with a gasser and with my Northern Lite I was about 500# over my GVWR. I had air bags on it along with stabile loads. I also had 19.5s on it so it handled the load fine. We took it 11,000 miles this year to Alaska and never had a lick of a problem. Now we are getting an enclosed trailer to haul toys so this would end up putting more load on the rear of the truck. Hence a dually truck was in my future. So we got the 2013 Ram dually and no I'm under my GVWR by about 1800#. Shouldn't have any problems with a trailer now.
