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Frankcom Posted on: Mar 25 2018, 12:12 PM





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Thanks for answering my question.

Today I spoke to a Dodge mechanic and got some interesting news.
He said he cannot put anything in writing than nobody wants to take an opinion on that.
(Truck manufacture and Camper manufacture)
He said that the most truck campers are engineered, that 33% of the camper weight sits on the front axle. Some are closer to 30% some to 36%.

The only way to figure that out:
You have to weigh the truck, the camper and then the combination.
Maybe someone has done that already I would like to get some numbers.
Thank you.
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Frankcom Posted on: Mar 18 2018, 11:11 PM





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I am new to the truck camper family and I have a question what maybe someone answered already. Sorry I couldn't find that topic.
We own a 2014 Ram 3500 6.4L crew cap, SRW, long bed
GVWR is 11400 lbs. Payload is 4500 lbs.
I went to the scale and got 4000 lbs. for the front axle and 3000 lbs. for the rear axle empty.
The camper weight is 4300 lbs. wet
We found the TC weight calculator and when I put my numbers in I got
that the truck and camper weight is below GVWR, the payload is below the sticker 4500 lbs.
but the rear axle is 330 lbs. above load rating (7000 lbs.)
My question, is that true that the whole camper weight is sitting on the rear axle and almost no weight is transferred to the front axle?
Thanks for reading and your response.
Frank
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