billyray50
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Ok Let me have it guys !!!Weighed Truck and camper with camper empty!! Since we already unloaded a week ago from our trip.
Truck only at cat scale with full tank of gas and me at 180 lbs:
Steer axle: 4340 lb.
Drive axle: 2740 lb.
Gross weight: 7080 lb.
Truck placard sticker on door:
with stock tire: 265/70r/17
GVWR: 9000 lb.
Gawr front : 5200 lb.
Gawr rear 6010 lb.
Truck and DRY camper with me at 180 lb. and full tank of gas:
Steer axle: 4640 lb.
Drive axle: 5760 lb.
Total gross weight: 10400 lb.Total gross weight: 10,400 lb.
I guess it doe not look too good before we are even fully loaded wet weight???
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johnrbd
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Think you have the right idea.
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Eycom
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There's a reasonable solution. Make the wrong decision right. Travel safe.
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billyray50
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Ok let me hear some solutions if it was you..Thanks
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Butch50
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Well now you know where you are at instead of just guessing. As you can see campers get heavy really quickly.
Good luck
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Eycom
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If faced with having to carry 10 lbs. of sand in a 5 lb. sack, would you...
a. make two trips
b. be satisfied with 5 lbs of sand
c. get a bigger sack
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BradW
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That is surprising to me that 3,000 lbs went on the rear axle and only 300 lbs went on the front axle.
I would have thought that an 8-1/2' camper in an 8' bed would have put more weight on the front axle.
Well, looks like you are under the GVAWR's, but dry and with no gear.
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billyray50
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No it is a long bed
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billyray50
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and the camper was empty dry weight..
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campn4walleye
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Hi Billy,
A recent discussion was just held on this subject. It sounds like you have 2 logical options: buy a 1 ton SRW and $6000 in bigger wheels, airbags, etc (as you'll still be too heavy for the SRW) or buy a dually and have peace of mind.
We looked at your unit up in Tomahawk and ran the weights. We would have been 700lbs overweight.
This is JMO from someone who is new at this, but have done my research. No matter how hard you try, the weights don't change.
So far you TC experience has been frustrating, don't make it worse by trying to fit a large TC on too small a truck.
I don't care what Adventurer says...most of their TCs are too large for a 2500 or even a 1 ton SRW without many expensive mods. I told them that they should stop advertising them as such. It's misleading. RUN THE WEIGHTS.
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