Re: truck campers

["Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>]

I know this is late, but I have been offline for a couple of weeks with the
computer in the shop...

IF you have a camper that hangs off the end of the truck, the ONLY hitch
that I was able to find that was rated for any kind of an extension is the
Reese Titan.  You can go up to 36" on the extension kit, BUT there is a
chart that shows how much you decrease your towing capacity when you do
that.  In my case, going with about a 24" extension, I was only rated to
pull 8,000 lbs, which, with a five horse trailer I was over.  I then put on
a weight distributing hitch, which put me back up to 10,000 lbs. I have a
one ton dually dodge, with a 9.10" camper and an 18. ft. alumimum stock
trailer.  But, the whole shebang, going down the road is VERY stable.

Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katrina Shaffer" <katrat@horsebacktack.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:54 PM
Subject: RC: truck campers


> Ok, someone gave me one of these slide in truck campers.  It has a
bathroom
> so it hangs off the back of the truck a couple of feet which makes it
> impossible to hook up the horse trailer when the camper is on.  Anything
> made for this which would be safe?
>
> Katrina
> Ohio
>
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