Camper Question on 2011 3500 Crew Cab 4WD Dually Laramie

[ktimmer]

Bill



Using pencil and paper it has been slowly improving from 12. 5 to 14. Avg is about 13 but I only have 1600 miles on it so far. Trying to keep it around 65 mph. (3. 73 gears) Learning that a dually catches more air. Weight of the truck is same as my previous 98. 5 2500(it had 19. 5 tires/wheels/winch/grill guard/chip, etc & 3. 53 axle =8000#) Have only run the new one unloaded so far. Just got the Torklifts and have not installed them yet. Too cold here to crawl under it. I am going to wait for warmer days. Thanks. Ken

 

[Grizzly]

Mileage will improve with time. My 05 improved until I had about 20K miles on the clock. Guess that's how long it takes to break in a CTD.



By the way, the best way to break in that new truck is to load the camper on and make an 11K mile round trip to Alaska. That's what I did with my 95 and my 05.



george

 

[bheiting]

Can someone explain why my '07 2500 SLT quad cab 4X4 short box w/ bench seat is not recommended for a truck camper, while the identical unit with bucket seat is? Can Dodge be figuring that the weight of an additional passenger may overload the truck?

 

[ktimmer]

Sir



Check out the Dodge builders web site which Jim W sent me on the 1st page of this thread I started with that very question. He sent me the link on 1/23. I printed it out and looked up my truck and read throught the whole thing. I have no concerns about mine now. It has some very interesting info about all this.



Ken

 

[bheiting]

Ken, I got the info from the Builders Guide - thanks Jim for the links. Upon further investigation I see it's all based on the gross weight of the vehicle, passengers included.
Thanks, Bill

 

[nunya]

I just bought a used Lance Squire 3000 and put it in my 06 dually, happy-jac system for tie downs. Drove it home 300miles, never moved, very slight sway thru construction areas. I have 25# in the air bags and all seems well! except that the place that wired the plug, 3 wires, did not get it right! Now i gotta pull camper off and wire it correct myself! I called and told them I was not happy, they said bring it back! Yeah right.

 

[Grizzly]

I just bought a used Lance Squire 3000 and put it in my 06 dually, happy-jac system for tie downs. Drove it home 300miles, never moved, very slight sway thru construction areas. I have 25# in the air bags and all seems well! except that the place that wired the plug, 3 wires, did not get it right! Now i gotta pull camper off and wire it correct myself! I called and told them I was not happy, they said bring it back! Yeah right.

That stinks when someone does something wrong and you're 300 miles away. Had that happen to me when I bought a new Lance Legend 11' 3" camper in 98 from a new Lance dealer in St. George, Utah. After I got it home I found that they not only wired it wrong, they installed the wrong battery and installed the Happijac tie down wrong. I had an RV shop in Albuquerque fix all that and I sent a bill to the St. George dealer. Much to my surprise, they paid it.



By the way I never had air bags, nor did I need them. The 95 Dodge and camper never swayed and didn't squat too much. The 05 handled the camper even better.



george