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Doghouse
post Oct 14 2015, 02:16 PM
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Favorite Truck Camper(s): palomino
Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: F150
Type of Tiedowns used: Brophey
Truck and Camper Setup: 2011 F150 extended cab 4x4 6.5ft bed. 2012 palomino maverick 6601



Hello Everyone. I'm new to forums and truck campers. So please excuse me if I do this incorrectly.
I just purchased a used palomino maverick 6601. It took me two years to convince my wife, but now she loves it. We have used it twice so far and hauled it roughly 500 miles or so.
Problem now is I am pretty sure I am over weight by about 400 to 600 lbs or so. Now she is ticked! She said....."I thought you knew what you were doing!?!"

My truck showed 5,980 on the cat scales and the weight of the dry camper will add 1,771. Putting me at 7,751 lbs. And I still need to get my wife and two small kids in there. So that'll be another 200 lbs. GVWR sticker says 7,200 lbs.

My question is how bad is this for my truck? It is a company truck, so I really don't want to tear it up.

Good for a little while? Sell the camper(like she says)? Get a personal truck with higher payload capacity(pretty sure she won't go for that)?

How bad am I in the doghouse?

Thanks in advance.
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17 Oaks
post Oct 15 2015, 10:14 AM
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Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: '15 F 350 Dually 4x4 CC/LB King Ranch
Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift
Truck and Camper Setup: '15 F350, Rancho 9000XLS, StableLoads, Hellwig Big sway bar



The mauf have a set of parameters they build to. While I do not know what they are I do not according to my sources the HiPerf engines installed in the Corvettes are built to at 10% RPM over wind. This is to insure the engine is alive and well inside the very good warranty on the engines. You can only imagine if the engine would self destruct at 5600 rpm with a 5500 rpm redline.

Knowing that I would guess for warranty and safety 10% is a good number to work with. Take your gross x 10% and you should be inside the safety envelope...I do not know that to be a fact, but lawyers would have a field day with catastrophic results if the outer limit was as posted on the door sill.

In the case of weight I would guess its more than 10%.
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post Oct 16 2015, 07:08 PM
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Truck and Camper Setup: 2011 F150 extended cab 4x4 6.5ft bed. 2012 palomino maverick 6601



Thanks for the reply. Loaded up the truck and camper and took them to a cat scale today. 960 lbs over. Went right home and unloaded camper and started looking for a new truck. I'm not gonna put myself or anyone else at risk driving that around. Thanks again for the reply!
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Bill/Ginny
post Apr 5 2016, 10:57 PM
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Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: dodge dually 3500 4x4
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Truck and Camper Setup: Palomino SS1500 2016. On Dodge dually set back 31" because of 90 gal aux fuel tank. Will be pulling a 14' enclosed v nose with 60" extended tongue.



QUOTE(Doghouse @ Oct 14 2015, 02:16 PM)
Hello Everyone. I'm new to forums and truck campers. So please excuse me if I do this incorrectly.
I just purchased a used palomino maverick 6601. It took me two years to convince my wife, but now she loves it. We have used it twice so far and hauled it roughly 500 miles or so.
Problem now is I am pretty sure I am over weight by about 400 to 600 lbs or so. Now she is ticked! She said....."I thought you knew what you were doing!?!"

My truck showed 5,980 on the cat scales and the weight of the dry camper will add 1,771. Putting me at 7,751 lbs. And I still need to get my wife and two small kids in there. So that'll be another 200 lbs. GVWR sticker says 7,200 lbs.

My question is how bad is this for my truck? It is a company truck, so I really don't want to tear it up.

Good for a little while? Sell the camper(like she says)? Get a personal truck with higher payload capacity(pretty sure she won't go for that)?

How bad am I in the doghouse?

Thanks in advance.
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You are not in the doghouse if she likes the camper. Shop for your own truck so you can make it your own.
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post Jun 2 2016, 08:32 PM
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Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: F150
Type of Tiedowns used: Brophey
Truck and Camper Setup: 2011 F150 extended cab 4x4 6.5ft bed. 2012 palomino maverick 6601



QUOTE(Bill/Ginny @ Apr 5 2016, 10:57 PM)
You are not in the doghouse if she likes the camper. Shop for your own truck so you can make it your own.
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Thanks for the reply! Bought a older F350 dually so no problems now. Wife and kids love the truck and especially the camper! We take it everywhere!
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