I'm new to truck campers so I'll share a newbies experiences. I had been wanting a truck camper for a long time (I'm 32 so 7-8 years seems long to me). When I finally had the money and wife's blessing to buy one and after spending countless hours scouring the web, earlier this year I bought a mint 93 f350 drw diesel and a few weeks later an even more mint 1995 lance 990 fully loaded. The truck came with the factory camper package and according to the paperwork is rated to haul 3100 lbs in the bed. The camper according to the paperwork is 3700 lbs with all options and full of water. It's probably closer to 4300 loaded for camping. After upgrading the shocks and adding super springs the truck handles the load very well. I still have some roll when semis pass that I'm thinking is due to the 21 year old rubber bushings on the factory sway bars that I'll be changing soon. Being a newbie to driving something this big and heavy I tend to keep it at 60mph and not much higher. Hey for me the adventure begins as soon as I get into my rig so I'm in no hurry to get there. Also, my wife and two small boys are always with me so safety is very important. I have no idea how a srw truck would handle my camper but I'm happy with the dually. I wanted to get a camper big enough to feel comfortable in if we had to spend the day in there due to bed weather. I have never had any white knuckle moments or anything that even felt unsafe so far on our travels. Plus by keeping it under 65 I haven't seen less than 15mpg yet! Even though my dually is older and has a much lower capacity compared to modern trucks, so far it's a great combo and I have less than $10,000 invested in the whole setup. When I do eventually upgrade, I'll stick with a dually as I've yet to find any downside to hauling with one.
