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No, not necessarily. I checked a 1995, 2005, and 2015 Land Cruiser, and none of them spec LT-metric tires as the stock size. There are plenty of plus-size options for LCs that are P-metric or Euro-metric, and they are often XL rated.

The chart says each available seat, so I'd venture that regular cabs are calculated with 3 seats, super and crew cabs with 6 seats - so 450 lbs of passengers for a regular cab and 900 lbs of passengers for the supercab and crew cab. Since Ford requires the HDPP for any F150 with a truck camper...

Would you seriously go buy a truck for a slide in truck camper knowing that truck lacked sufficient GVW and payload to accommodate the wet weight of the camper plus passengers? Would you recommend to someone else that they go buy a truck that lacks the necessary payload & GVW to carry the wet...

Being concerned with available payload, towing, GVW, GAWR, etc is never misplaced. What's so hard about buying the right truck for the task in the first place? It's not like automakers don't build them every day. Unless you're brand loyal to an automaker who doesn't provide that option...

I had good luck with the LT-metric version of the Goodyear All Terrain Adventure on my F150. They were good enough that I kind of wish that I'd bought another set instead of Firestone Destination XTs. The Destination XTs are fine - smooth at Interstate speeds, but noisier than the GY AT...

Stickers....they don't weigh much.

Might be time for a transmission fluid exchange. I had the dealer drop the pan, drain & fill, with a filter change at around 50,000 miles on my GM 6-speed and it dramatically improved performance.

That’s interesting. I’m 99.9% certain that’s the sticker - QR code and hitch part number like mine has, but zero info.

Just the weight capacity label on a receiver - usually on the side or bottom of the cross tube that spans from one frame rail to the other. I often find them interesting because historically the capacity of the OE hitch didn't always meet or exceed the advertised towing capacity for the...

Also, a 9,000 lb travel trailer or other enclosed trailer with a large frontal area and side profile tows much differently than an equally weighted flatbed or dump trailer. With properly adjusted trailer brakes and a good brake controller, I'd have no issue occasionally towing a flatbed or dump...

The absolute maximum payload on a new Tundra is listed as 1,975 lbs on a 2WD SR. A 4WD 6.5' double-cab (not crew cab) has a max payload of 1,885 lbs. You put 2 adults and their daily stuff in the cab and you're looking at nearly 400 lbs right there, leaving 1400-1500 for the camper, food...

The OP isn't talking about a camper that you tow behind the truck; the OP is talking about a truck camper that sits in the truck bed.

I'd rather take my chances with the Ford product...better perception of reliability vs Stellantis, and a larger number of dealer service departments to choose from.

Or you could just buy the proper vehicle to begin with. There's a big difference between trying to talk someone out of the proper decision to upgrade to an appropriate vehicle for their load and helping them make an educated compromise in order to select a combination of lightweight camper and...

Camper manufacturers aren't idiots, nor are their retail partners. They know what the best-selling vehicles are, 1/2-ton trucks, and that people are far more likely to purchase a camper if they can be convinced that they don't also have to spend a huge pile of money on a new bigger truck that...

Just because you can do a thing doesn't mean you should.

The medium duty Chevy is built by Navistar using the GM K2 truck cabs and 6.6 Duramax diesel, and Allison transmission. The International CV series is basically the same truck with a different grille.

I got tired of the Ford dealer taking my RCI transmission skid plate off to do oil changes because they would reinstall them in the wrong order, bending the transmission plate (I have the RCI transmission skid plate with OE engine and transfer case plates), or they wouldn't replace all the...

There will be a lot of late availability features on the 2023 Super Duty, according to FordAuthority.com: 2023 Ford Super Duty Has Tons Of Late Availability Items (fordauthority.com) Also, output of the new gas 6.8 V8 (405 hp, 445 lb-ft) and H.O. Power Stroke (500 hp, 1200 lb-ft) were revealed.