check your real numbers, folks....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enth...55933177089f05

 

There is a video from fast lane truck on YouTube with that thumbnail. Haven't watched it but now I know what it is about.

About the only take away from that blurb is a good warning for 1/2 ton owners wanting to put a slide in camper to their light weight truck.

 

That slide in literally weights more than my Jayco X213 travel trailer with its frame and axles and 4 tires and everything. There are very few trucks that would even have the capacity to carry that thing, it would likely need to be a very lightly optioned gas powered truck, not a diesel, and not a Platinum/Limited/High Country.

A F350 DRW crew cab 4x4 maxes out at 6530 lbs, which I assume is for the gas engine, so knock off 800 lbs for the diesel and you're already over capacity with that slide-in.

 

See if he'd have had a gas engine weighing 800 lbs less it would have just popped a wheelie LOL.......

 

I mean, honestly, with the way it looked like the weight was behind the axle, i wouldnt be surprised.

But I do think there is more to this story than he was over capacity. The guy was driving offroad through Mexico with all this weight on it. Also, an F350 DRW can take a 2120 lb tongue weight on the hitch without WDH, and 2420 for a F450. I can't believe that this camper was putting more twist around the rear axle than a 2120 lbs tongue weight mounted way out behind the truck would, but maybe.

 

The motorcycle hanging off the back end 4-5' from the bumper had something to do with that. That's several hundred pounds on the end of a 4-5' lever. That would equal 1000 pounds or more inside the bed.

He was probably pushing the limits, but I'm betting that was what broke the camels back.

 

But wait that was dually diesel. It can handle anything...

Understand GVWR, Payload for your truck and get it weighed when fuly loaded. Don't just guess or assume.

 

This title should read "owner doesn't read payload capacity ratings correctly" or "truck owner has no idea what that little yellow/white sticker means on his door jamb". I'm no fan of anything Ram, but this falls wholly on the shoulders of the owner, not the truck.

 

With the bike I bet the center of gravity was behind the axle so it was adding more than the combined weight of the camper and bike to the rear axle. Still, I'm sure it was due to the road more than anything. You can double your payload and drive on a smooth road without braking something.

 

I thought it was an E-bike which probably weighs 75 lbs or so. Still not great.

Still, it makes me wonder how the guy has so much money to afford all this stuff and be so clueless.