The sad news is that I must use the F350 to go pick up a new camper that is 500 miles away. The spring sizes and types, even the lugs, and wheel are taken into account. I think I answered his question. I now have pulling power, breaking capability, comfort and tons of storage space! Tomorrow a road trip with the F350 to pick up the new camper get it home on Saturday and load it on the deck of the Volvo Sunday. This will give you the remaining payload capacity.
Did I mention my 2007 Arctic Fox is for sale, hint wrong market here. This was not a surprise to me it just reinforced the reason to continue doing what I am doing with the Volvo. Not sure my Volvo 670 deck is 100% ready for this new rig. Did I mention my 2007 Arctic Fox is for sale, hint wrong market here. This will give you the remaining payload capacity. Bear in mind that the Dana 80 is rated at the Spicer axle factory for 11,000 pounds but only rated for about 9,000 pounds by Ford and others when installed on a pickup truck. Cotreker: Your answer will be printed on the side of your tires - look for the load rating.
Be sure to understand that load rating is derated when used in a dually configuration - and the tires may very well state that in their print. I now have pulling power, breaking capability, comfort and tons of storage space! Today I called Ford Motor Company and requested how much can my F350 Ford Dully 2002 carry in the bed of the truck as in a slide-in camper. If you're only going 500 miles one way and not exceeding the tire load ratings, then your vehicle should be good. Note: see my build article posted recently by myself, published by the Truck Camper Magazine. Anyone know what the real payload value is or have an educated guess. The surest way to get the actual payload capacity would be to load the truck as it will be when you go to pickup the camper full tank of fuel, passengers, tools, etc. Edited February 7, 2018 by trailertraveler Ford publishes a brochure for each year of their pickups with this type of information.
They can and often are but not always. As always your input was very valuable and spot on, it forced me to get the values needed. And the carry value is about 3400 lbs. As trailertraveler said, the best way to determine the payload of your truck is to weigh it. That includes the axles themselves spline count, bearing size, etc. By the end of the second day, the salesmen were ignoring me and I had free reign to inspect.
After 10 minutes on hold they came back with 2100 pounds. It will not tell you whether you might be over the front or rear axle or tire weight ratings which will depend on how the weight of the camper and other load is distributed. This was not a surprise to me it just reinforced the reason to continue doing what I am doing with the Volvo. I found that the F250 and the F350 trucks used the same axle. To the point, the tire ratings will be the trucks limitation. Rich, The tire ratings are not always the limiting factor in the rating.
Dennis You will like the Volvo. Note: see my build article posted recently by myself, published by the Truck Camper Magazine. And the carry value is about 3400 lbs. The trucks payload rating will be two or three hundred pounds below the tire rating. Again, assuming the truck tires have not been changed from factory specs. That is crazy I have been hauling a camper weighing in around 4800 pounds.
It will not tell you whether you might be over the front or rear axle or tire weight ratings which will depend on how the weight of the camper and other load is distributed. . Tomorrow a road trip with the F350 to pick up the new camper get it home on Saturday and load it on the deck of the Volvo Sunday. To say that tire ratings will be the trucks limitation, is not correct. You could put the tires off of a semi on that pickup and it will not change the load ratings one bit. As always your input was very valuable and spot on, it forced me to get the values needed.
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