New Truck Camper Test Drive
When we bought our new wolf creek last year, the dealer allowed us to place the camper in our truck bed to see how much it would compress the suspension. But they were adamant that we could not drive ...
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dls0008 wrote:
When we bought our new wolf creek last year, the dealer allowed us to place the camper in our truck bed to see how much it would compress the suspension. But they were adamant that we could not drive with the camper until the purchase was complete. So, we didn’t really know how the truck would handle bumps or speed until we had paid for the camper. Is this typical of a new purchase or have you guys been able to take a test drive?
Thanks.
We wrote up a contract on a new Arctic Fox camper with the stipulation that we would weigh in under a pre-determined weight (the nearest weigh station was about 15 miles away). The dealer filled the propane tanks, water tank, and installed the house batteries prior to loading it on our truck. To our delight (or chagrin, depending on how you look at it), we weighed in at exactly our decided-upon weight limit.
Since TC manufacturers, with very few exceptions, dramatically underestimate the laden weight of the camper, I would not purchase one without a weigh-in clause in the purchase paperwork unless you're buying a weight class below what you know your truck will support.
(e.g. a Four Wheel Camper on a high payload half ton pickup or a Lance 825 on a 1 ton SRW, etc.)
