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Overloaded or wrong truck?

FlatBroke
Explorer II
Explorer II

Hitch Hiker
"08" 29.5 FKTG LS
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valhalla360
Nomad III
Nomad III
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.
Tammy & Mike
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Bionic_Man
Explorer
Explorer
Ram doesnโ€™t make a DRW short bed in a crew cab. And the minimum payload in a DRW in 2020 was over 6800 pounds. Iโ€™d like to hear more about what happened leading up to the failure.
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Grit_dog
Navigator
Navigator
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, shouldnโ€™t drive like a trophy truckโ€ฆ
But the supposition should be strong in this thread. Already on a rollโ€ฆ.
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enblethen
Nomad
Nomad
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.

Bud
USAF Retired
Pace Arrow


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deltabravo
Nomad
Nomad
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.
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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 thereโ€™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
Me-Her-the kids
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time2roll
Nomad
Nomad

cptqueeg
Explorer II
Explorer II
150 gal total btwn fresh, gray and black, should have been more clear in my language.
2024 Chev 3500 CCLB Diesel
Four Wheel Camper Granby Shell

ksss
Explorer
Explorer
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.
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Geo_Boy
Explorer II
Explorer II
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
Explorer II
Explorer II
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.
2024 Chev 3500 CCLB Diesel
Four Wheel Camper Granby Shell

fj12ryder
Explorer III
Explorer III
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.
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midnightsadie
Explorer II
Explorer II
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
Explorer
Explorer
Impossible to tell unless I was in truck during failure. Truck should be capable.
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