Hi everyone

Hope you folks can help me out.

My dad recently bought an 09 Chevy 3500 (crew cab, single axle, 4x4, 8 foot box)

He wants to buy a camper for it but is having trouble finding one that has the stuff he wants and can be loaded on the truck.

("Stuff" = slides, built in generator, etc)

According to GM and the info on the door of the truck, GVWR - curb weight = about 3,600 lbs left over for cargo (including the camper). (Numbers are approximate, close enough for discussion)

The camper he's found weighs around 5,000 pounds. The people at whatever RV place are telling him this is fine, just install the airbags on the truck (the load leveling kind, not the safety ones, obviously!)

2 questions:

1) Are the people at the RV place right? Will the "airbag solution" work? Or is this just another case of an RV salesman telling a customer what he wants to hear?

2) If the "airbag solution" isn't feasible, does anyone know a model of camper that would fit all the criteria?

Thanks!

We have a Chevy 3500 but it is a dually. We put airbags on which gives you an extra 500-600 lbs of cargo weight but no where near what the dealer is telling you. For a camper with slides it is always recommended to have a dually. our camper with 2 slides has a dry weight of 3600 lbs and you know it is there when it is at the max wet weight. i would be very leary of putting it on a single axle truck.