Picked up the camper below. A very seasoned 2000 Lance 215. Everything works as it should with several nice details inside to include a dozen or so ninch shelves and storage spots a TV with swing out, convection oven and a few other items that I don't recall at the moment. He threw in two Truelock Fast Guns and two EZ Springs tie downs. All greatly appreciated.
The camper will require a bit of structural work, going to peel back the exterior corner siding and replace all structural pieces needing attention. Plan is to use 1 1/2" galanized or coated steel for the hidden corner main load bearing pieces that hold the jacks. I'll also install 3" angle iron on the lower edge of the sides that will have new tie down points welded on. These new pieces will get the tiedowns off the jack stand brackets.
Also the current plan is to finish out the bottom of the camper on both sides with white or aluminum diamond plate drop down doors, and have partitioned space behind said doors for storage. This will obviously give the package a more finished look but more importantly provide a lot of secure storage space.
According to the Lance owners manual included with the camper, it should weight 2,200 lbs as sold with all the dealer installed equipment and all expected liquids.
I weighed the truck and camper today at a truck stop on Cat Scales. Steer axle 4240, Drive axle 5540 total 9780. Door sticker shows front gvwr of 5,000 lbs, rear gvwr of 6,000 lbs. So currently, we're good weight wise. However, the truck only had about a 1/4 tank of gas, all camper tanks were empty and we had no personal stuff on board.
A few weeks ago the truck was weighed when we were cleaning up a bit and selling some junk iron, with wife and I onboard it was 7200 lbs. Today it was 9,780. Looks like the camper is 2580 lbs. and not the suggested 2,200 lbs.
I can easily see the total weight going up 500 lbs wet and ready to roll. To help a bit I plan to relocate the deep cycle battery from the back of the camper to front of the flatbed along with anything else possible to improve the rear axle load. We'll also carry personal items on the bed over the cab when it makes sense.
Now for the important stuff (not that the above isn't), on the 150 mile drive home the truck wallowed like a overloaded scow in a hard blow. Side to side as many have reported due to rear coil springs. I was running 50 psig in the airbags. Today on the drive to the scales, 80 psig was in the bags and the roll was cut by over 50%.
I've ordered a Hellwig 7306 Big Wig 1.25 in. Adjustable Rate Rear Sway Bar that according to all reports I've read is the cure for camper sway/roll on a 2500 Ram. We'll see if the air bags and bigger rear bar do the trick. I'll report how the Big Wig Bar performs, hopeful in the next few weeks.
We're going to make a trial camping trip next week to Lake Ouachita as a shake down trip. Then as time permits move on to the rehab/upgrade piece of the project.
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