Scout Camper in Sedona

[Ranger X3]

While driving to work today, I saw a slide in Scout camper in the back of a ranger. That thing was rocking n rolling while navigating the roundabout that we have here. I looked at the wife and she said "no way in hell, don't even think of it"! ??

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[RescueSwimmer]

We get to see the wildest vehicles living in Sedona.

One kid had a new tundra and he hand built a wooden house on top of it, looked hilarious. Tried to sell it…

 

[Friday yet?]

Love my Ranger. And love love love truck campers! But a truck camper in a Ranger (or any mid-size truck)? No freaking way.

Edit:
Will add that the majority of F350 SRW running around with truck campers on them are overloaded. But OMFG don't tell them they need a DRW. The knives come out. People get crazy when the subject is needing a DRW vs SRW. Instant argument.

 

[Grumpaw]

Maybe.....with a real good set of shocks, an anti sway bar, an air bag set up, and a good set of E rated 10 ply tires....and still be xtra careful negotiating a curve due to the high center of gravity !!!

 

[OFC Ranger]

Maybe.....with a real good set of shocks, an anti sway bar, an air bag set up, and a good set of E rated 10 ply tires....and still be xtra careful negotiating a curve due to the high center of gravity !!!

What I was thinking - if they are running stock suspension that would have it floating like hell all over the place.

I wouldn't run one of those without a set of leaf helpers and replacement shocks. I don't care how "light" it is advertised as. That is a dynamic load in motion.

 

[JHRODD]

I had a pretty big camper on a stock truck and it was rock solid. I even took 2 spacers out of the spring pack to level it out.

 

[Jason B]

While driving to work today, I saw a slide in Scout camper in the back of a ranger. That thing was rocking n rolling while navigating the round about that we have here. I looked at the wife and she said "no way in hell, don't even think of it"! ??

That looks nice, but is also the reason Ford states in the manual:


USING A SLIDE-IN CAMPER

We do not recommend using your pickup for carrying a slide-in camper.

 

[RedRocker]

Love my Ranger. And love love love truck campers! But a truck camper in a Ranger (or any mid-size truck)? No freaking way.

Edit:
Will add that the majority of F350 SRW running around with truck campers on them are overloaded. But OMFG don't tell them they need a DRW. The knives come out. People get crazy when the subject is needing a DRW vs SRW. Instant argument.

Boy that's no shit, you can't have too much truck! I've got both, Ram dually Cummins & a Tremor, I pull the Jeep with the dually, here's a pic of my camper, definitely not over loaded.

efinitely not overloaded.

 

[db_tanker]

Wife and I visited up there a few weeks ago. Beautiful but lawd naw...those switchbacks were hell in our little rental SUV!

 

[Msfitoy]

640lbs dry...probably 850lbs + loaded...that's almost light...

 

[Grandaccess]

640lbs dry...probably 850lbs + loaded...that's almost light...

Thats what I was thinking too, god I have had more scrap metal in the bed than that

 

[Joeiconic]

Probably just needs to swap out the rear shocks.

 

[Jason B]

It's not the weight, it's the height. Rangers already have a high CG, adding something like that raises the CG and leads to instability.

 

[pbethel]

ALERT: you must NOT place ANY load above the bed rails or you WILL roll over and die

 

[MarioCart]

when talking about stability, its nice to have facts

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/2097745/Ford-Ranger-2020.html?page=34#manual

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