BAWHAHAHAHAH That guy is in oregon. My employee made a video of him this last week. He is still driving his truck like that....
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2020PW
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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes! Alittle heat and a big hammer, you will never notice.
Moral of the story read your owners manuals.
Moral of the story read your owners manuals.
50pascals
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Here's the other guy I was referring to, Baja Mexico:
2020PW
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They say they weren’t overweight but there’s other stipulations to slide in campers than just payload. Over hang comes into play, thus the reason for the campers supplement that is supplied with the vehicle. It lists how to determine the weight.
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LOL
It would have been alright to have the camper in the Ram, maybe the motorbike was OK, but he should not have topped the motor bike off with gas
It would have been alright to have the camper in the Ram, maybe the motorbike was OK, but he should not have topped the motor bike off with gas
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That is a lot of cantilevered load. I wonder were the water and sewage tanks are and if they were full. Saw one pic it looked like hook ups were at rear of box. Plus the bikes stuck even farther out someone mentioned they were electric so not light raising bikes. I'm sure that puts strange forces on a frame the engineers never imagined.
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I guess as kids, they didn't play on a seesaw 
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Fixed that for you
I'm pretty sure the engineers know exactly what they designed, but there is no hope for a truck when owners don't read or understand the various specs.I do feel very bad for the owners though. Judging by his comments, most likely it was just lack of knowledge on their part. Very expensive lesson to learn and lets face it, it would definitely ruin my year if I did something similar.
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4917 dry weight, add 50 gallons of water, personal items, food, maybe 1000 pounds of additional gear. No, I'm not overweight... consider the leverage behind the back edge of the truck, missing the center of gravity by about two feet.... snapped like a twig.
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Why was this guy thinking a camper like this was a good fit for all that junk. They make toy haulers for a reason lol.
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That is why fifth wheel hitch pins are either over or just in front of the axle.
Also why they recommend a load equalizer hitch for pull behind trailers over a specific weight.
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And that my friend, is why after looking at the picture, Stellates denied his warranty claim. Go figure.Fixed that for you
I do feel very bad for the owners though. Judging by his comments, most likely it was just lack of knowledge on their part. Very expensive lesson to learn and lets face it, it would definitely ruin my year if I did something similar.
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I bet he even did his research on the "mechanic" that welded it back up alongside the road. He doesn't need the warranty any more it's welded good enough. Throw the camper back on it and hell throw a side by side on top of the camper too and hit the road. Some people...
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Hey, those roadside welders are the best at gluing things back together.
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And for all the "researchers" out there remember the extra glue goes against your payload. To make it easy just weigh your rig and check your door jam for your actual numbers.
Funny part? After it gets fixed/replaced. He's going to go put it back on and drive with it again....
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I think another member said that that truck was driving around in their State
He drove it home without the camper.
If you read above. Some person stopped on the side of the road helped them. Had shop or something. welded the frame.
That was White six four comment above.
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Lordac
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Most definitely overloaded. That aside, you would hope that your frame is capable of holding double. I think the article I read from the people this happened to claimed that they were overloaded as well. That's just a cheap cheesy way for FCA to deny warranty. They should have an independent company inspect it.
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