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[Tayook]

We bought the 1987 SunLINE, but are having serious doubts about our F150 hauling it.

Not sure what was going on with me for the last post, but the our truck is a short bed and the camper is for an 8 ft bed. Guy we are getting it from hauls it on his Ram 2500 with a short bed, tailgate down, but he said it is extremely heavy. He said he could feel it pretty good using his 2500, which makes us worry about our F150 even more.

We have been looking at getting a F250 for a while now and this is cementing the idea. Having trouble finding a good deal on a diesel, which is what we perfer. Should we settle for a gas? What are your experiences with them? Did you opt of diesel or gas and why?

Thanks in advance!

ps - We need a cable to connect the camper lights to the truck wiring system. Anyone have a name for what we are looking for? Also, is there any type of adapter that would allow two sets of wiring to be connect to the truck. One for the camper and one for our bass boat trailer?

[aqualung]

I know the extra money for the diesel is a big pill to swallow but I'd still say its worth it. Once you have the camper and truck and find out how convenient it is to travel with I'm sure you'll want to start doing more and longer trips.

My last big trip convinced me that a gas engine just wasn't up to the challenge. The trip was through Colorado and Utah. We had a gas engine for that trip hauling only our ATV trailer and it was rough on the truck and my nerves. Talk abut a white knuckle drive! On some of those mountain passes, the gas engine was winding out at 5000rpm down in 1st gear and it was struggling at that. Our friends with us on the trip had the 5.9L Cummins in thier 3500 and it didn't break a sweat on those same roads. With the extra weight of a camper... well we'd still be trying to get up those same pass roads.

I may be biased towards diesel engines but thats all I own now. Both our truck and car are diesels and I'm really happy with both. The mileage is much better with a diesel and the engines will last a lifetime. The car and truck bodies will fall apart around the engines first. So if you look at it as the cost of buying the diesel amoritized over the life of the vehicle, then the diesel is going to be less expensive. I know its a much bigger expense up front but in the long run I think its a better choice.

[Tayook]

The camper does not have any wires. There is an "outlet" on the camper under the cabover that the guy says the cable will connect to the truck plug with this "cable" we need.

As far as the diesel F250, it will probably be put on hold. We are having problems finding any in our price range that are within a reasonable driving distance. Until then we are going to have some extra leaf spring put in to help our F150 out. We have friends that own a garage and used leaf springs are pretty easy to come by. We will see how it works.

Hopefully I will have some photos to post after the weekend. Thanks a bunch for the help so far.

[BobC]

The camper does not have any wires. There is an "outlet" on the camper under the cabover that the guy says the cable will connect to the truck plug with this "cable" we need.

As far as the diesel F250, it will probably be put on hold. We are having problems finding any in our price range that are within a reasonable driving distance. Until then we are going to have some extra leaf spring put in to help our F150 out. We have friends that own a garage and used leaf springs are pretty easy to come by. We will see how it works.

Hopefully I will have some photos to post after the weekend. Thanks a bunch for the help so far.

It sounds like you need a 7 way pigtail with 2 male ends to hook your camper up to your truck.