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[Ohpyramids]

Hi everyone, I'm in a weird spot. My 2018 F-150 5.0 V8 is being bought back by Ford, and I need to get a new truck. I am having an oil consumption issue with the coyote engine. Anyways, I have always wanted a Raptor and this may be the time to pull the trigger on one. 



 

My main question is about payload: I like to go camping and I ordered a new Four Wheel Camper Raven to fit my v8 F-150. The raven will be about 1,374 lbs wet. Adding people and gear nets a rough total of 2000 lbs. Raptors are rated for 1,200 lbs of payload leaving me over weight by roughly 800lbs give or take some pizza slices. 


 


I see that Deaver makes HD spring packs, sumosprings and timbren make bumpstop kits, and there are folks running SVC/rogue/rpg hydro bump kits. Anyone running a similar camper or carrying overweight payloads off-road? I am not open to airbags.

 



Most of the time this truck will be my daily driver and baby hauler, however I hope to camp 15-40 nights a year with the slide-in. Attached a few photos to give you an idea of what I’m getting. Would love to avoid an F-250 because I see similarly loaded Tacomas and Tundras like this all the time. Thanks!




 

[hebegebe]

Having a high performance off road truck and having a camper truck are two different animals! I had my tundra set up as a pre runner and then changed springs and shocks for fwc. Certainly a disappointment. Think of it like doing off road with a full load of firewood it can be done but do you want to?

[rando]

To safely and comfortably carry the camper over rougher terrain you will want to upgrade much of the suspension on a Raptor to something more suited to the load, which negates much of the point of buying the Raptor.   It seems like you would be much better off to buy an F150 with the payload rating for your camper to begin with.  

I mad a similar mistake with my Fleet flatbed on a Tacoma TRD off road (which has about the same payload as the Raptor).  I ended up replacing the suspension all around to carry the camper load, so I probably should have saved some money and gone with the regular Tacoma to start with.  

[trikebubble]

You only live once. If you can swap out suspension components for ones that better carry the load, then go for it. I'd go for the HD leaf pack, and then sort out heavier springs on the front and I'll imagine you will be fine. I run ADS Racing shocks all around on my Tundra with HD springs and Dakar leaf packs, and while the ride is certainly rougher and firmer I'm still ok with it. It still eats washboard all day far better than a regular stock shock would.

[JHanson]

First of all, that's disturbing news about the Coyote engine.

 

I'll restate what an earlier member did. Quite a bit of the extra cost of the Raptor is in its suspension, which is designed for compliance and travel rather than load carrying. If you buy a Raptor and have to completely alter the suspension to carry your camper, I'm not sure what you have left except the extra power and the "look." However, if it's been your dream to own a Raptor and you're willing to do that, I don't see why it wouldn't work.