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zb39

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Posted: 08/21/17 08:48am

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So how much are these Douglas bodies? Ball park anyways??

2017 Host mammoth, sold
49 states, 41 National Parks, 7 Provinces
2019 2 door Rubicon 6 spd.
2019 Berkshire XLT 45B
2022 Host Cascade
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Posted: 08/21/17 09:06am

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Your basic 9' body is under $10K without install, and then you add options. I have Torklift products including Super Magnum hitch, 48" supertruss, special resistant paint for inside the cargo area, matching OEM paint with clear coat among others. I'm under $19K

2015 Host Mammoth triple slide w/ TorkLift Fastguns
2015 Ram 5500 SLT cab & chassis with Douglass 9' utility body

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Posted: 08/21/17 10:40am

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mike/kellie wrote:

Turns out the Host I saw on the Ram5500 was an acquaintance of mine and at one time Bedlam. He is on his second Mammoth and just returned from a 4 week trip looping through Utah, Nevada, Oregon and down through California arriving back to San Diego last night. he is 33K total moving down the road.
Small world!

I wouldn't be surprised if he is pushing or over his GVWR on his 80" CA 5500. He has a lot of storage and he is using it plus his not a stripped Tradesman model like mine - I'm guessing over 11K lbs when unloaded and empty.

Do you know what your 60" CA utility bed will weigh when completed? My truck without the the camper and SuperTruss was 10,220 lbs.

Chevy Sonic 1.8-Honda Passport C70B-Host Mammoth 11.5-Interstate Car Carrier 20-Joyner SandViper 250-Kawasaki Concours ZG1000-Paros 8' flatbed-Pelican Decker DLX 8.75-Ram 5500 HD

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Posted: 08/21/17 05:19pm

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The truck now is 8,740 lbs without a spare which I need to find. A steel rim and tire are expensive! I will get a new weight certificate when completed however I don't have an idea to the body weight.
Looking to take the truck and camper down there this weekend and leaving it for 3-4 weeks. Debating the OEM back-up camera placement. The fixture and harness are bundled with other hoses and extensions and I'm thinking of mounting it on the camper with a harness I could un-plug at the rear of the truck body with the 7-way (front of truck body)when I take the camper off. Any pros or cons? I can live without the camera while driving the truck unloaded.

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$135 for rims here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-19-5x6-Inch-........500-Steel-Wheel-10-225-Rim-/232449754866

I think you will get better camera placement on the camper than on the truck bed. You just need to decide if the connection will be near the bumper with the wire run on the frame or near the forward wall and run through the camper.

I just but in my order for side storage pods to sit under the wings. These will add 500 lbs to my truck when empty.

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I think a plug-in at the rear of the truck. That allows me to get less creative in wiring to the back of the camper since I can keep it in the basement.
Are the pods boxes like you would find under large truck bodies with doors that fall down stopped with chains? The ones on our company trucks are pretty watertight but I cringe when guys just drop the doors jerking the chains.

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Posted: 08/21/17 07:29pm

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How is the camper attached to the Douglas bed, front and rear.

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mike/kellie wrote:

Are the pods boxes like you would find under large truck bodies with doors that fall down stopped with chains? The ones on our company trucks are pretty watertight but I cringe when guys just drop the doors jerking the chains.

They will look like my lower ones but two 4' wide models above the deck instead the one lower at 3':

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Zb39 wrote:

How is the camper attached to the Douglas bed, front and rear.

2 options. Perfectly aligned brackets that match the camper. A pin is inserted and it's locked in. They are pretty much out of sight. I will have frame mount brackets and my originalfastguns. Not concerned if one would temp block a door.