Overloaded or wrong truck?

[FlatBroke]

[valhalla360]

I've seen this photo in a few places but no follow up.

I'm betting if we saw the frame, it might be readily obvious what happened.

Of course as others have suggested, might have been user error:
- At 4900lb dry weight, it wouldn't be hard to exceed the ratings if he has full tanks and a lot of stuff.
- Did the owner weld or drill the frame to attach the tie downs?
- How is the weight distribution? There is a lot of camper hanging off the back of the truck bed. The payload sticker assumes a reasonable distribution of weight. What were the per axle loads?
- Did he hit a tope, big pothole or something else at speed?

It's possible there was a defect but it would be interesting to see some follow up with pics of the frame.

[Bionic_Man]

Ram doesn’t make a DRW short bed in a crew cab. And the minimum payload in a DRW in 2020 was over 6800 pounds. I’d like to hear more about what happened leading up to the failure.

[Grit_dog]

Not a short bed and wth is a tope?
It broke. Either defective or the owner got too western with almost 3 tons in the bed down there in Baja. Just because the name says it, shouldn’t drive like a trophy truck…
But the supposition should be strong in this thread. Already on a roll….

[enblethen]

Looks like the frame broke in same place as frame mounted tie down connects. If frame was modified for tie downs, you may have an answer.

[deltabravo]

ford truck guy wrote:
it looks like a long bed

Ditto.

I think the only short bed dually RAM makes is a Mega cab, which the above truck isn't.

[ford_truck_guy]

fj12ryder wrote:
Looks like there's a whole lot of truck camper hanging off the end of the truck. Maybe a short bed truck, and a long bed camper with 3 slides? Baja California, so add in some rough roads.

Sure looks like there’s a lot of panel in front of the rear wheels for a SB ??

At least the way I see it, it looks like a long bed

[time2roll]

My guess would be a tope caught him by surprise.

[cptqueeg]

150 gal total btwn fresh, gray and black, should have been more clear in my language.

[ksss]

I don't think your fitting 150 gallons of fresh water in a slide in camper. If you couldn't haul that camper on a 3500 DRW without it being over weight, what is your option, a 450-4500 only? I have to think either that truck wasn't right from the factory or they ran the Baja 1000 while they were in the area.

[Geo_Boy]

cptqueeg wrote:
EC 1165 dry weight 4917lbs

Lots and lots of heavy options, big water tanks (-150 gal fresh, grey, black), etc, etc.

Definitely OVERLOADED!!

[cptqueeg]

EC 1165 dry weight 4917lbs

Lots and lots of heavy options, big water tanks (-150 gal fresh, grey, black -total btwn all 3), etc, etc.

[fj12ryder]

Looks like there's a whole lot of truck camper hanging off the end of the truck. Maybe a short bed truck, and a long bed camper with 3 slides? Baja California, so add in some rough roads.

[midnightsadie]

seen this on old trucks but not as new as yours get dodge on this and write everything down and plenty of pics. good luck .

[mooky_stinks]

Impossible to tell unless I was in truck during failure. Truck should be capable.