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what if you have the AIRLIFT 5000 AIR BAGS INSTALLED? rated for 5000 lbs. ? with these there is no squat on the springs? 2008 silverado with a glove box sticker stating no slide ins? is the axel/ bearing going to overheat with 3,000 plus pounds?

 

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7 minutes ago, HSDLIZARD said:

what if you have the AIRLIFT 5000 AIR BAGS INSTALLED? rated for 5000 lbs. ? with these there is no squat on the springs? 2008 silverado with a glove box sticker stating no slide ins? is the axel/ bearing going to overheat with 3,000 plus pounds?

 

airlift sells these rated for my 2008 silverado.

 

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4 hours ago, HSDLIZARD said:

what if you have the AIRLIFT 5000 AIR BAGS INSTALLED? rated for 5000 lbs. ? with these there is no squat on the springs? 2008 silverado with a glove box sticker stating no slide ins? is the axel/ bearing going to overheat with 3,000 plus pounds?

 

 

 

The bags may be rated for "5000lbs" but the truck, frame and suspension, wheels and tires are NOT.

 

Slide in campers need larger trucks with high payload and GVWR.  Not sure if you've seen that Ram 3500 dually that snapped in half, but that's a prime example of not having enough truck for the job at hand (slide in camper).  

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The following image is of what was once a F350 that was squeezed down to match the Mini Win.  Crazy, right?spacer.png

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12 hours ago, newdude said:

 

 

The bags may be rated for "5000lbs" but the truck, frame and suspension, wheels and tires are NOT.

 

Slide in campers need larger trucks with high payload and GVWR.  Not sure if you've seen that Ram 3500 dually that snapped in half, but that's a prime example of not having enough truck for the job at hand (slide in camper).  

And if you notice on the Ram pictures, not only does he have the truck maxed out with that camper, he also has a huge platform cantilevered off of the back of it. Rumor had it that the platform had a motorcycle or something like that on it and it was hanging at least 4-5 ft beyond the bumper. IMHO these people got exactly what they asked for, I have no sympathy for them. 

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I can only guess that in the past trucks were over built. I’ve seen trucks with slide ins pulling horse trailers. When my family showed horses it was common. 

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7 hours ago, swathdiver said:

Why This Ram 3500 Broke in Half

 

Go ahead and pretend y'all know more than the engineers who designed the thing.

 

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This Broken Ford F-150 Pickup Truck Shows Why You Should Never Overload ...

 

Boy, wouldn't that spoil your day. 😧 In the first and third photos it looks like a full-size camper on short bed truck. I'm surprised at the 2nd photo but maybe with that large camper and the trailer in tow was just too much for that dually. In all cases, the trucks were just overloaded! As 64BAwagon said, "IMHO these people got exactly what they asked for, I have no sympathy for them. 

"Stupid is as stupid does".

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On 8/9/2023 at 9:33 AM, Poopster said:

Boy, wouldn't that spoil your day. 😧 In the first and third photos it looks like a full-size camper on short bed truck.

That first one had an 8' bed too.  In that particular case, the owner bought the camper based on the base model of his truck, his was fully optioned and was rated for much less and then you have that huge overhang out back which in all three cases did them in.  It acted as a massive cantilever probably putting 6-10K pounds of force on the chassis.

 

These trucks were all also over built but folks these days don't believe in less is more anylonger.

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