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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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How much weight my truck can hold? The front axel has a GVWR of 5200 lbs the rear 6000 lbs. What does this mean? Will I be ok with a 4000+ lb camper? I would upgrade my tires (ifI can figure out where to get them).

My truck is an 04 Ram 2500 turbo diesel, long bed, 4x4, 5 speed man. tranny.

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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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idk what the truck can tow, but i have towed a 18 ft car hauler with a truck on it and that was a 6000 lb load so it should have no problem with 4000lbs
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 09:34 PM
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I am not talking about towing, I am talking about putting a truck camper on the truck. Sorry for the confusion!

 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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Not 4,000#. It's a 3/4 ton pickup. Max payload is probably in the neighborhood of 2,200#
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 10:00 PM
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lmfao buy a motorhome, what the hell kind of camper is it? What do they say it can fit on, f650? Even if you mount it you can't take it off road, your susp will be looooser than a ***** in japan after a meu comes ashore from a 3month cruise.

Please provide mfg and model name and website if you have it.


You could throw 4k of cow **** in your bed and drive it somewhere but not a permanent fixture.

And yes youll need new tires. probably 6 tires and 3 axles. LOL
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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lmfao buy a motorhome, what the hell kind of camper is it? What do they say it can fit on, f650? Even if you mount it you can't take it off road, your susp will be looooser than a ***** in japan after a meu comes ashore from a 3month cruise.

Please provide mfg and model name and website if you have it.


You could throw 4k of cow **** in your bed and drive it somewhere but not a permanent fixture.

And yes youll need new tires. probably 6 tires and 3 axles. LOL
Wow! I can see you are a truck camper virgin! Go check out Lancecamper.com and get educated!

Thanks for the help! [:-]
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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lmfao buy a motorhome, what the hell kind of camper is it? What do they say it can fit on, f650? Even if you mount it you can't take it off road, your susp will be looooser than a ***** in japan after a meu comes ashore from a 3month cruise.

Please provide mfg and model name and website if you have it.


You could throw 4k of cow **** in your bed and drive it somewhere but not a permanent fixture.

And yes youll need new tires. probably 6 tires and 3 axles. LOL
Wow! I can see you are a truck camper virgin! Go check out Lancecamper.com and get educated!



Thanks for the help! [:-]

is that a shot at me? im telling dodge girl lol

Hey pendejo here are your payload specs, longbeds suck for payload, yours looks to be from 1700 lbs to 2000lbs

http://dodgeram.info/2004/load-tow/2500.html


 
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 01:12 AM
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uhh. your gonna need a 1 ton and some overloads for that. or a new f450
 
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 05:50 PM
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think campermama got put off........
 
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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think campermama got put off........
That sometimes happens when common sense trumps pseudo-knowledge.
 
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