emcvay wrote:
So really, no one in a F350 DRW should be hauling anything bigger/heavier than the 990.
Which means all 1140's and 1150's should be on F450 or F550's
So really, no one in a F350 DRW should be hauling anything bigger/heavier than the 990.
Which means all 1140's and 1150's should be on F450 or F550's
Not really. My F350 CC has a payload rating of 6,200 lbs. So with three people, and a fully loaded AF1150, including full tanks, it comes in at 13,700 pounds, which is under athe GVWR of 14,000.
brholt wrote:
Not really. My F350 CC has a payload rating of 6,200 lbs. So with three people, and a fully loaded AF1150, including full tanks, it comes in at 13,700 pounds, which is under athe GVWR of 14,000.
Not really. My F350 CC has a payload rating of 6,200 lbs. So with three people, and a fully loaded AF1150, including full tanks, it comes in at 13,700 pounds, which is under athe GVWR of 14,000.
You should also mention you are a gasoline engine which is lighter than a diesel, and still only under by 300 lbs.
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SoonDockin wrote:
Isn't it a given that insurance will deny claims should said overweight srw be in an accident? It always seems to be beyond my risk threshold to run overweight. I sold a nice low mile F350 srw since it couldn't carry anything with a slide legally. I got a small class C that was legal and used it for 4 years. Now I am back to looking at truck campers and this thread seems to scream DRW.
Isn't it a given that insurance will deny claims should said overweight srw be in an accident? It always seems to be beyond my risk threshold to run overweight. I sold a nice low mile F350 srw since it couldn't carry anything with a slide legally. I got a small class C that was legal and used it for 4 years. Now I am back to looking at truck campers and this thread seems to scream DRW.
A 'given' as in should? because that isn't what happens. I dare to say one would be hard pressed to find an instance where troopers/officers weighed and ticketed an RV'er after an accident, save for fatal accidents or similar. It just doesn't happen, and I suspect the insurance industry is set up more on averages and that the numbers of overweight RV'er that causes an accident because of the overweight probably doesn't register on the screen.
Just surmising here... this subject of insurance and overweight has been beat to death, but there is a reason out there that it isn't a reality (denials). Anyone IN the industry that can offer more insight?
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emcvay wrote:
Decided to do more math and added FULL water and propane to see what that would do:
Water and Propane 746
Camper 3010
Options 565
Me 250
Wife 145
Total 4716
Truck 7910
Gross 12626
Axles 13000
Tires 14480
GVRW 11500
Overlimit 1126
So, no food, clothes, tools etc and I'm 1126lbs overweight by the above....add another couple hundred pounds of vitals and clothes, gear etc and I'd be pushing the max on the axles but not the tires and over the GVRW by some 1300-1500lbs
I'm guess this isn't anything unusual for SRW guys since I've seen TONS of pics of people with F350 SRW's like mine loaded with these campers, the 811's which aren't much lighter and the bigger campers too.
Hmmmmm
Decided to do more math and added FULL water and propane to see what that would do:
Water and Propane 746
Camper 3010
Options 565
Me 250
Wife 145
Total 4716
Truck 7910
Gross 12626
Axles 13000
Tires 14480
GVRW 11500
Overlimit 1126
So, no food, clothes, tools etc and I'm 1126lbs overweight by the above....add another couple hundred pounds of vitals and clothes, gear etc and I'd be pushing the max on the axles but not the tires and over the GVRW by some 1300-1500lbs
I'm guess this isn't anything unusual for SRW guys since I've seen TONS of pics of people with F350 SRW's like mine loaded with these campers, the 811's which aren't much lighter and the bigger campers too.
Hmmmmm
Out of curiosity i did more math. If I dropped the water to 25 gallons and propane to 30 gallons (both more than enough for 90% of what I'd be doing) I'm down to 700lbs over weight (without actually weighing the truck and camper together -- which i will do when I actually have a camper). If there is water onsite so i don't need to haul any then I'm down to just 500 pounds over.
Though I'd have to add about 150lbs of tongue weight and of course food etc but that is starting to sound more reasonable. I'll have to look at other maths to see what I might be able to shed but mostly, I'll need a TRUE weight on the camper and truck.
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emcvay wrote:
Out of curiosity i did more math. If I dropped the water to 25 gallons and propane to 30 gallons (both more than enough for 90% of what I'd be doing) I'm down to 700lbs over weight (without actually weighing the truck and camper together -- which i will do when I actually have a camper). If there is water onsite so i don't need to haul any then I'm down to just 500 pounds over.
Though I'd have to add about 150lbs of tongue weight and of course food etc but that is starting to sound more reasonable. I'll have to look at other maths to see what I might be able to shed but mostly, I'll need a TRUE weight on the camper and truck.
Out of curiosity i did more math. If I dropped the water to 25 gallons and propane to 30 gallons (both more than enough for 90% of what I'd be doing) I'm down to 700lbs over weight (without actually weighing the truck and camper together -- which i will do when I actually have a camper). If there is water onsite so i don't need to haul any then I'm down to just 500 pounds over.
Though I'd have to add about 150lbs of tongue weight and of course food etc but that is starting to sound more reasonable. I'll have to look at other maths to see what I might be able to shed but mostly, I'll need a TRUE weight on the camper and truck.
I watched what I carried with my SRW as well. It can make a big difference. Full grey and black also makes a difference. Empty as soon as you can even though many recommend only emptying full.
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I got a small class C that was legal and used it for 4 years
I got a small class C that was legal and used it for 4 years
It should be noted that many Class C's run overloaded also,especially the larger ones.I ran about 300 pounds over in my 21 ft Class C.More if towing!
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GVWR ??
Ford markets 13 F350 srw with 12 different GVWR. And some same identical F350 SRW trucks can have a 10000 gvwr or a 11500 GVWR ....your choice.
Take some time and look through all the mechanical specs/ weight specs.
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