Camper Weight Distribution

Camper Weight Distribution

09-21-2009, 06:15 AM

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zippinbye

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Camper Weight Distribution

As said in my thread about a Weekender camper, I am studying the weight issue carefully. So here's a question for you guys who offered the cautions; I am weighing my truck unladen tomorrow for the 1st time. Lets say for arguement sake and round numbers the front axle is 4000 and the rear 3000. Then I add said camper at say 3000 (yes, 100 lbs over GVWR, but just rough numbers at this point). Any rule of thumb for how the weight would then be distributed between the axles with a 10', extended cabover camper? If all 3000 lbs of camper went only to the rear axle, I'd be under the axle rating by 150 lbs. But obviously some weight will distribute forward. Any thoughts from real world experience on your own truck? I ask this because it looks like the for sale camper owner does not want it to roll on my truck w/o purchase for insuranace reasons. So if I take the placard weight and add a realistic gear factor, I want to have a pretty fair idea of where the wieght will shift to on my truck, since scales may not be an option until its mine.

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