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Old 05-17-2017, 12:53 PM
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Pic of the new camper. Doesnt look it, but the things stupid heavy.

 
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Your like me with my old TT, the thing is only 21ft and weighs at 8xxx dry.
 
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Your like me with my old TT, the thing is only 21ft and weighs at 8xxx dry.
Mines a 26fter and I bet it weighs in the 8k-9k range. It says it's 1/2ton towable but I call BS on that.
 
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It really that heavy?! What did they make it out of? I have a 34' Heartland Sundance TT with two slides. It weighs 10,500 empty on the CAT scales. It's a higher end unit too. Is yours all wood framing maybe?
 
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It really that heavy?! What did they make it out of? I have a 34' Heartland Sundance TT with two slides. It weighs 10,500 empty on the CAT scales. It's a higher end unit too. Is yours all wood framing maybe?

I'll get it on a scale someday soon and make sure of weight. But I got this one for 5k less then the NADA on it because noone could pull it with their half ton.
 
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Hmmm, interesting...and yeah, I have seen some real Yahoo!'s pulling stuff with a half-ton they have no business pulling.
 
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Hmmm, interesting...and yeah, I have seen some real Yahoo!'s pulling stuff with a half-ton they have no business pulling.
Lol half ton...that's what the wife drives to soccer practice...not pulling a camper...a fiver on a half ton is even more funny. People scare me. But I'm pulling with a cc f350 soon to be doolie and its not a fiver..
 
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Lol half ton...that's what the wife drives to soccer practice...not pulling a camper...a fiver on a half ton is even more funny. People scare me. But I'm pulling with a cc f350 soon to be doolie and its not a fiver..
The Dually is gonna help a ton with trailer sway in that bumper pull. You'll be glad you have it.
 
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The Dually is gonna help a ton with trailer sway in that bumper pull. You'll be glad you have it.
That's my thinking. She moves around a good bit...not to mention pulling it with the ol gasser 2wd dodge...miserable!
 
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The 96 f150 I drove in college had 5th wheel rails and a 6 pin plug in the bed... It was gutless empty, much less with a trailer hooked up. Scary.
 
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The 96 f150 I drove in college had 5th wheel rails and a 6 pin plug in the bed... It was gutless empty, much less with a trailer hooked up. Scary.

Smh..some people
 
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Heaviest load ive pulled with the OBS, or pickup in general. 30klbs truck, trailer, and cargo. EGTs stayed below 1200 now that i took that chip out.
 
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Does anyone know if i can buy a accelerator pedal thats bent forward, or if i can adjust it further away from the floor? It hits my rubber mat and i have to really push against it for it to move.
 
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Old 02-16-2019, 11:32 PM
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Alao the after 2 yrs of this sitting in my garage its finally installed. Still gotta do under the dash though. Ive done the doors, the sides, the back panel, the floors, and the roof.
 
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Old 02-16-2019, 11:36 PM
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The jeeps takin quite a different turn as well. 05+ SD SRW 60 front and 14 bolt rear. Full cage, 5.38s, 39" comp stickies.


 
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