AcIdBuRn02ZTS
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Hey guys..
So my plans for my '90 F350 have changed and now my wife and I are planning on building a part time expedition rig out of it. We will be starting on building the camper soon (it will be a lift off cab over type that will be mounted to the flatbed and can be removed easily when not in use).
My concern at the moment is the GVWR on the door tag is only 9200lb which seems pretty low to me. The truck scales around 7k depending on how much fuel is on board.
The camper will be between 2-3k dry.. probably closer to 3-4k loaded.. so well over 10k total weight on the truck.
How worried should I be?
The truck is rolling on 37" military take-offs (Baja TAs) e rated at over 4200# each.. so no worries about tires. Does have rear overloads... will be regeared to 4.88s and may add airbags to the rear just to help the rear springs.
What do you guys think?
So my plans for my '90 F350 have changed and now my wife and I are planning on building a part time expedition rig out of it. We will be starting on building the camper soon (it will be a lift off cab over type that will be mounted to the flatbed and can be removed easily when not in use).
My concern at the moment is the GVWR on the door tag is only 9200lb which seems pretty low to me. The truck scales around 7k depending on how much fuel is on board.
The camper will be between 2-3k dry.. probably closer to 3-4k loaded.. so well over 10k total weight on the truck.
How worried should I be?
The truck is rolling on 37" military take-offs (Baja TAs) e rated at over 4200# each.. so no worries about tires. Does have rear overloads... will be regeared to 4.88s and may add airbags to the rear just to help the rear springs.
What do you guys think?