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I have a 2020 F350 SRW, no camper package, with a door sticker of 3959 lbs. I purchased a Northern Lite that runs 3153 lbs, water and propane included, before supplies. My ride experience has been ok, with the typical side to side and front to back bouncing.
There are lots of products that suggest a fix, but I am focusing on adding air bags and a rear sway bar, about $2,500. Or should I bite the bullet and trade for a 2025 F350 Dually that has plenty of capacity? Don't want to buy a new truck and still have the rock and roll experience. Based upon your experience will I need air bags and rear sway bar with a dually?
I have a 2020 F350 SRW 4X4 6.2 long bed 11,300 GVWR,with an AF 865 camper. I am 12,200 loaded wet. I ordered it with the camper package which got me the springs and rear sway bar. I installed air bags initially to level the truck when the camper was on. They did that but I was never crazy about them. I did install 2" blocks in the rear to engage the overload spring quicker, a BigWig rear sway bar, and 129 (4080# rated) tires.I no longer really use the bags, just throw 10-15 lbs in them to have something. It drives like a dream now, been all over the West.
We have a Northern Lite with a wet weight that is slightly less than yours. Our 2022 F350 SRW has a payload of just over 4200 (we custom ordered it to maximize payload). Although our truck has the camper package, the only upgrades we've added are Stableoad uppers, Timbrens, and Method HDs with 129 tires, and like zzyzxpat, we have put a ton of miles on this setup and feel that the suspension is pretty dialed in other than in the hairiest of scenarios. We boondock in the middle of nowhere on a regular basis and there have only been a handful of times when I've looked up or down a trail and said "nope, not trying it". A dually is always going to provide impressive stability, but you can make an SRW work with minimal effort.
These pics were taken at the Odegaard Falls lookout and at the parking lot for the hiking trail, 25 kms up the Nusatsum FSR in the Bella Coola valley. Anyone familar with the area can attest to the fact that the road is a grunt and is in pretty poor shape in many places. We definitely took our time but we made it without issue:
I have a 19' F350 SRW CCLB and haul my AF990 around with zero issues.
These are the mods I did to handle the extra weight.
1. I had a progressive spring pack made ( 8 leaf + OL ) exclusively for my truck with the camper loaded up. Even when loaded up my OL bar is still a ways from being engaged.
2. Helwig BR Swaybars front and rear. Tossed the stock front bar.
3. Airlift 5k airbags. They don't lift the rear any they just help control any side to side movement when off roading. Got the wireless onboard compressor also mounted underneath.
4. BDS Dual steering stabilizers with Fox 2.0 shocks.
5. Fox 2.0 shocks on all four corners.
6. Toyo 35x12.5x18 tires, load range "F" ( rated for 3,980lbs each ) with Method NV305HD wheels which are rated at 4.5k each.
Hauls my rig all day long.
Just returned yesterday from Quartzite at the Truck Rally.
Windy but fun.
My 2019 F350 SRW with Palomino 8801 TC loaded ready to camp & full of fuel weighs 12,200lbs on the scales which is 700lbs over the trucks GVWR.
we are in it now down in Key West FL
Yes it also did great to AlaskA on a 43 day 13k mile loop & the Mighty Six7 performs absolutely flawless but it’d definitely be way better, more stable & safer on my F350 DRW truck.
People say they do off roading & need a SRW.
Your not going to do much off roading toting a truck camper.
The DRW is the ONLY way to go if your TC weighs over 2500lbs imo
I have a 2020 F350 SRW, no camper package, with a door sticker of 3959 lbs. I purchased a Northern Lite that runs 3153 lbs, water and propane included, before supplies. My ride experience has been ok, with the typical side to side and front to back bouncing.
There are lots of products that suggest a fix, but I am focusing on adding air bags and a rear sway bar, about $2,500. Or should I bite the bullet and trade for a 2025 F350 Dually that has plenty of capacity? Don't want to buy a new truck and still have the rock and roll experience. Based upon your experience will I need air bags and rear sway bar with a dually?
Looking for your experience with this situation.
Dually. Order with out glass roof and get with snow plow prep and camper package. I didn’t order a high end trim, I went with the Lariet ultimate which has plenty of add ons. This is what I did and have a payload capacity of 5400lbs. Camper package comes with a rear sway bar. Only mods I’ve done is Timberen bump stops and a larger road master anti sway bar. I haul a Northland camper that is 3500lbs. Loaded I’m around 13000lbs. I did the SRW thing. Glad I went DRW.
Edit: Forgot I also use Super Sway stops from Superspring, there version of Torklift upper stable loads. They fit much nicer than Torklifts imo. Ran with and without these. Wasn’t bad without but so much better with.
There are lots of products that suggest a fix, but I am focusing on adding air bags and a rear sway bar, about $2,500. Or should I bite the bullet and trade for a 2025 F350 Dually that has plenty of capacity? Don't want to buy a new truck and still have the rock and roll experience. Based upon your experience will I need air bags and rear sway bar with a dually?
Looking for your experience with this situation.
A Big sway bar will help a good bit.
Imo Timbren & Super Stop bump stops making contact much sooner with weight will help side to side sway a lot Better than air bags.
I know most will argue that lol.
At your height & weight of camper tho : I’d strongly advise a low mileaged DRW truck with rear sway bar & longer bump stops for a NO rock & roll experience
I have a 17 350 SRW that I ordered new. As it's a Platinum that had the factory 20" wheels it was not available with a camper certification. I installed a camper plug in the bed and added timbrens and a hellwig big wig bar. Went with wheels with a wider footprint and 295/65/20s for the higher weight rating. I also switched to Billstein 5100s but not due to the camper. I've hauled this camper combo over 20,000 miles now. The camper is a Livin Lite Ford Branded model 6.8 camper, not heavy but it's a tall camper. If I were you, I would try the bigwig and timbrens, both aren't difficult to install yourself and are not as expensive as bags. I personally like the Timbrens because they make zero difference to the truck when not loaded. My 1st trip with the camper had no swaybar or the Timbrens and it felt very unstable at times but now drives great. Give it a try, if you don't like them you can look at options like a different truck.
I have 2014 f250 with camper package, factory springs and blistering 5100 shocks. Carries my NL8-11 very well on and off road and I do some pretty serious off roading sometimes. Usually scales around 11000 full wet
I went through this. Had a 2019 F350 XLT with camper package, CCLB. Was a great truck and loved the 6.2. Added bags and upper stable loads. It handled my AF 865 but the feeling was like I was approaching the edge of the trucks limits. It had a payload of around 4200 lbs. I ended up ordering a 23 F350 dually with the 7.3 XLT. It doesn’t compare, no suspension mods and it doesn’t touch the overloads loaded ready to camp with full water tank. You have to take into account how tall some of these campers get. My dually has a camper cert of course and shows a camper weight of around 4k as what it’s rated for. The payload capacity of the truck is 6200. The heavier rigs, my opinion, are better off on dually trucks. Plus I tow with the camper on as well.
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