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Triple Slide Host on SRW

Oregun
Nomad
Nomad
Saw this truck/camper camping this week and was wondering how heavy the camper was.
Don't recognize the model but it had 3 slides.
Truck was SRW with Vision wheels and looked like he had a Geo Tracker toad too.
Alarms were going off in my head.

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notsobigjoe
Nomad III
Nomad III
Could it be the host short bed camper Rainer triple slide. In my opinion it does not have a 4 foot overhang but it also doesn't look like a short bed. The photo could be better.

https://www.hostcampers.com/product-details-rainiersb.html

Grit_dog
Navigator
Navigator
noteven wrote:
I see a can a Weight Police Repellant on the table there... best wait till o’dark thirty ....


Best response yet!
I say looks like a sweet setup, 100%. Only the folks who don't have a clue about vehicles and the few that like to pile on who do know better (won't mention any names, lol) would say that is an unsafe setup with the information at hand (1 nice picture of a truck and camper that has the most obvious mod for heavy hauling handled).

Comments like " that would be more stable for body roll on a dually" or "wonder if he's carrying it on bags or springs" are totally appropriate. Much more than that is, well, Ahhh nevermind....
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noteven
Explorer III
Explorer III
I see a can a Weight Police Repellant on the table there... best wait till o’dark thirty ....

SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Explorer III
Don't really matter to me if he's overloaded or not. I just don't want him behind me in a panic stop situation, or maybe I do. He's obviously financially secure (or has serious payment books) so if he pasted me in the rear, I'd be getting a good mouthpiece and taking him to the cleaners.

PI and property damage through negligence can be costly for the at fault party.

Probably one of those persons who drives 70+ on the e-way too. I see them all the time, in a hurry to get nowhere, toting their RV's at breakneck speeds. Easy to drive at warp speed, a bit harder to stop the behemoth.

Nice unit. Belongs on a dually or a 450.
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SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Explorer III
Old-Biscuit wrote:
SidecarFlip wrote:
If you look closely at the picture, you'll notice that the truck is squatting a bit in the back. Bet the fridge isn't level....lol


IF you look closer you will see lego lynx blocks under Front wheels to level truck/camper


You have better eyes than I do. Don't see anything.
2015 Backpack SS1500
1997 Ford 7.3 OBS 4x4 CC LB

manwithoutopti1
Explorer
Explorer
Ski Pro 3 wrote:
Payload of 7,630 lbs. for the 2017 Ford Super Duty F-350. That's OEM factory. No add-ons. Bone Stock.



https://www.fleetowner.com/equipment/ford-2017-super-duty-payload-towing-data-released


that's for dual wheel drive.

SRW is 4000, max. If it is a diesel or a non-regular cab it is likely to be 3000 max.

That monstrosity of a camper is at least 4000 dry.

azdryheat
Explorer
Explorer
SidecarFlip wrote:
It's all good until it either breaks or he creams someone because he could not stop in time....

Nice camper though.

My first thought was, a salesman will sell a customer anything so long as they have the money to pay for it.
When I bought my triple-axle toy hauler, the dealer made me sign a form stating I had a truck with sufficient capacity to haul the trailer safely.
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work2much
Explorer
Explorer
Looks like a Mammoth. Ours is about 6k wet. Maybe more at times.

Alarms go off al the time when we travel and I see 40+ foot 3 axle toy haulers going down the road with 3/4 ton trucks. Well maybe not alarms, just wondering what it must be like behind the wheel.
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Ski_Pro_3
Explorer
Explorer
Payload of 7,630 lbs. for the 2017 Ford Super Duty F-350. That's OEM factory. No add-ons. Bone Stock.



https://www.fleetowner.com/equipment/ford-2017-super-duty-payload-towing-data-released

jimh406
Explorer III
Explorer III
It all depends on how much else he was carrying. Vision wheels and tires can make his rear axle be the limiting factor since they can easily carry 4500 each. Flat towing a toad adds almost zero payload. Finally, we have no idea how it was optioned, so no way to guess an accurate weight. Since he has Vision 19.5s, my bet he knows the math.

It could be a 9.5 Rainier triple slide. I put a reasonable dry weight at 4200. Sure, it won't stop as fast as my F450 not that most DRWs can, but as fast or faster than most DRWs carrying 11.5 TCs. Because it is newer technology and a Ford.

When I had my SRW, I simply watched how much we carried. Way under the axle weight and under the tire limit with 19.5s.

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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Explorer III
SidecarFlip wrote:
If you look closely at the picture, you'll notice that the truck is squatting a bit in the back. Bet the fridge isn't level....lol


IF you look closer you will see lego lynx blocks under Front wheels to level truck/camper
Is it time for your medication or mine?


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wnjj
Explorer II
Explorer II
Kayteg1 wrote:
My first thought alway is, what will be the end of blown overloaded tire on narrow highway with heavy opposite traffic and 8 foot ditch on the shoulder?

How can you tell the tire is overloaded by a distant photograph?

SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Explorer III
If you look closely at the picture, you'll notice that the truck is squatting a bit in the back. Bet the fridge isn't level....lol
2015 Backpack SS1500
1997 Ford 7.3 OBS 4x4 CC LB

SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Explorer III
Kayteg1 wrote:
My first thought alway is, what will be the end of blown overloaded tire on narrow highway with heavy opposite traffic and 8 foot ditch on the shoulder?


been there did that last year but it wasn't overloaded, was a chunk of metal in the road I hit E-way off ramp to an adjoining E-way, 70 plus per, 2 feet from my sweating body changing a tire and the skeeters coming out of the ditch drawing blood the whole time. Drivers side steer. Was fun, not. Didn't jack the truck up much because the berm camber was pretty inclined toward that skeeter filled ditch.....:E
2015 Backpack SS1500
1997 Ford 7.3 OBS 4x4 CC LB

Area13
Explorer
Explorer
So that's either a Mammoth or an Everest. 11.5' and 5.5k- 6k wet. Glad i'm off the road for a while.
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