Truck to fit camper
We are looking to potentially buy a Host Tahoe SB. This TC is specifically for a Short Bed so I was wondering which 3500/350 non dually will fit the bill. Host says it would weigh a little over 4k w...
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JimK-NY wrote:JIMNLIN wrote:
You guys are not on the same page. There is a big difference in axle mfg rating and the truck mfg rawr.
The wheels and tires almost always define the overall CCC and load ratings for each axle.
For a SWR truck, depending on the exact size, tires will have a load rating of about 3500#, 7000# for both tires. The base weight of the truck will be about 3500# on the rear axle, leaving about that same amount for cargo. That means a SWR truck can carry a relatively light hardsided camper in the base weight range of about 2000#. Again that means a relatively light rig, no slides, and no more than about an 8 or 9 foot camper.
A larger camper with a slide or slides is almost certainly going to require a DWR truck and the heavier camper models even exceed that capacity.
that depends also on the truck, for examble mine came with the heavy GVWR option which included different tires and such and a higher rear axel weight and when scaled I have about 4300lbs of room on my rear axel on a single rear wheel. granted my same truck in a dually would probably have 7 to 8000lbs. that leave me at about a 3000 to 3300 lb base weight I would probably be ok going up to 3500lbs but thats me and I know how I pack when I go camping. I don't know if it is different in the US but the name plates here will state, the caper weighs 3230lbs when containing 35 gal of water and two 20lbs bottles of propane. now that dosen't include the weight of options, or batteries though, so so you have to look at that. so the one camper I am looking at is 3375 lbs but that weight does include the water, propane, refridgerant and all factory installed options. so if I on average take about 300lbs of stuff (food, lawn chairs, axe, cloths and supplies.. ) so I should still be about 500lbs under minus what ever the batteries weight. right now I have a 10.5 foot which is a older light one so its 2600lbs when full of water, propane, refridgerant.... and with all my stuff loaded in it and the old 6V batteries I had in it, I was about 3100lbs heavier when empty on the scales.
