Not quite towing..... Truck Camper

[oscar]

But suspect more knowledge will be here than other forums. By law each manufacturer shall provide a load sheet showing the center of gravity range allowed for a truck camper. It shall be provided to the first owner. See attached sample. I did not find any with my 1 year old truck..... Any idea where I can find this? Thanks.

 

[werard]

Owners manual?

 

[oscar]

Certain truck models are not recommended for


slide-in campers. To determine if your vehicle is


excluded, please refer to the “Consumer


Information Truck-Camper Loading” document


at www.ramtrucks.com. For safety reasons,


follow all instructions in this important


document.

That's all the book says. Searched all over the RAM website nothing. Only thing I'm finding is 2016 data..... https://www.ramtrucks.com/assets/bbg/pdf/2016/docs/ram/hdramcg.pdf

 

[LateToTheParty]

https://www.ramtrucks.com/assets/bbg/pdf/2016/docs/ram/hdramcg.pdf

 

[oscar]

Yes, I posted that link too. The info is for 2016 MY.

 

[CG_CWO4_Ret]

Owners manual?

I just looked. Mine was a separate, easily lost, piece of paper in the glove compartment with all the other papers and manuals.

 

[LateToTheParty]

Yes, I posted that link too. The info is for 2016 MY.

Didn't see your post before I posted that, but yeah, I assume the details haven't changed since then which is why there is no newer guide anywhere on the site.

 

[oscar]

Didn't see your post before I posted that, but yeah, I assume the details haven't changed since then which is why there is no newer guide anywhere on the site.

So I looked at the data. The A parameter is all over the place, but it seems like 25-28" from the back bumper is about the same for all the models in my group. Lets see where I fall and whether i need to dig deeper or not worry. Reason I'm going through all this is because I have the hard tonneau, with the box in my long bed. So I want a TC for a short bed and put it up to the box.......

 

[MEGA HO]

Campers are supposed to have a marker on them showing the COG (center of gravity) which supposed to sit right above or in the front of the rear axle. Some campers will have the COG move farther back when your tanks get full/empty, depends on layout. People are generally take this COG rule too serious and some will start losing it even if COG is just an inch behind the axle, saying crazy things like it will reduce the front wheel weight and grip and result in a crash... What they fail to understand is that when pulling a pull behind trailer, the tongue weight from that trailer will all be BEHIND the rear axle (this is without WDH) and it could be up to 1000lbs! I don't see people are crashing when pulling their trailers so it's not a big deal if COG is slightly behind the axle.
I don't see any issues with your setup unless your box is taking half of the bed length.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

Campers are supposed to have a marker on them showing the COG (center of gravity) which supposed to sit right above or in the front of the rear axle. Some campers will have the COG move farther back when your tanks get full/empty, depends on layout. People are generally take this COG rule too serious and some will start losing it even if COG is just an inch behind the axle, saying crazy things like it will reduce the front wheel weight and grip and result in a crash... What they fail to understand is that when pulling a pull behind trailer, the tongue weight from that trailer will all be BEHIND the rear axle (this is without WDH) and it could be up to 1000lbs! I don't see people are crashing when pulling their trailers so it's not a big deal if COG is slightly behind the axle.
I don't see any issues with your setup unless your box is taking half of the bed length.

1000lbs is nothing for tongue weight just last year i had 2 trailers to haul at 1625lbs (dry) and 1750lbs (dry), really makes me laugh when people worry about the COG it really does not affect much you still have plenty of steer weight

 

[MEGA HO]

Exactly! And lets not forget out CTD which's sitting right on the front axle which weights 800lbs more than the HEMI.

 

[Scooter29]

As others stated it’s a separate paper mine was in the glove box. From your picture looks like you have a dually longbed so no worry with COG on that setup. Shortbeds it affects more, I have a mega cab 3500 srw and have a roughly 3000lb camper made for a shortbed at 8’6” floor length and the COG is just about right over the axle. I looked at a 9’1” floor length model at roughly 3400lbs and the extra weight and further back COG made a big difference in the feel while going over bumps so we obviously didn’t buy. I have airbags to level the load. Pictured my current camper is the smaller one and rides great.