Maximum Towing Capacity?
Cargo Master
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I think I can save 1/2" by dropping to 18's and another half inch by getting an All Season instead of an All Terrain- then of course I have to find some lower profile AT's and buy them.
Laughing Gas
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Originally Posted by Karl4Cat
No, the 2017 camper pkg. still prohibits the 20" wheels.
Laughing Gas
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Originally Posted by Karl4Cat
The camper package on the 450 is a sticker in the glovebox and nothing more. It make no physical changes to the truck.
Prolocutor
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From: Western MA
It has nothing to do with a pull behind trailer or 5th wheel. It's just to give you center of gravity numbers for a slide in camper or truckcamper as it's been known for a long time. The sticker really means nothing in the real world and is required for nothing.
Laughing Gas
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Originally Posted by Karl4Cat
It has nothing to do with a pull behind trailer or 5th wheel. It's just to give you center of gravity numbers for a slide in camper or truckcamper as it's been known for a long time. The sticker really means nothing in the real world and is required for nothing.
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Hotshot
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I'm not that familiar with the 450, so does it already come with a plug in the bed for the slide-in camper?
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Cargo Master
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Years ago the "Camper Special" edition had the plug in the box. Now it does not. The fifth wheel/gooseneck plug is on the rear upright adjacent to the tailgate and would not be practical for most campers which completely fill the area behind the wheel well. The plug would stick out too far. Depending on the wiring harness on the new models there is an adapter available which plugs in between the standard trailer plug and the wiring harness which can be wired and fed to the forward area of the box. I drilled the box and mounter the receptacle right outside the front access door in the camper as high in the double wall as I could. It works great.
Prolocutor
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The only in bed plug available is the one in the rear that comes with the 5th wheel prep. There is no slide in camper plug with the camper package on any Super Duty model.
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Hotshot
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OK, thanks. In reviewing the F-350 build it looks like the only thing the camper package gets me is the rear sway bar. I have a rear sway bar in my current truck and it made a nice difference.
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Correct. On the SRW 350 the sway bar is the only physical addition. On the 250 you get an overload spring and the sway bar. (Well, you did on the 11-16 so I'm assuming it's the same...) On the DRW 350 and 450 you get nothing but the glovebox sticker.
Cargo Master
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The front springs are also upgraded one level on the SRW F350 and I believe it also plays into the alternator tango pushing them up one level even though it is not published in the build guide. But what really annoys me is the package costs the same regardless of what springs might have been "computer selected" and whether or not it is a 250 or 450. And even worse, no one of authority can or will explain the double billing.